Hi!
I am in a quandary: my old faucet wend bad and I cannot seem to remove it.
I bought a standard one-hole faucet with 1-1/2" stem.
Now when trying to remove the old faucet I found that underneath the counter instead of a wide nut there is a metal can that the hot/cold pipes and the pull-out hose go through. The pull-out hose goes through a long threaded metal pipe and then a nut goes over it. This pipe is about 1/2" in diameter and it seems that this what holds the can (and the faucet) against the counter.
The can kinda looks like the one in here. Except as I said, the nut goes over the hose, not net to it.
https://www.grainger.com/product/SUPERIOR-TOOL-Universal-Faucet-Wrench-with-45W754
So I pulled out the hose but there is no tool that would fit the nut and is long enough to go over the threaded pipe through which the hose was going and reach the nut. The can is too deep and narrow for me to reach the nut with pliers.
So, first I thought of simply trying to break off the part of the faucet that is over the counter, but then it occured to me that the hole through the counter might not be 1-1/2" but might be the same 1/2" for that metal pipe to fit through, and then I would be stuck with the old faucet broken and the new not fitting through, and without water supply in the kitchen.
Any advice? Really could use some help here.
Best
Mike.
I am in a quandary: my old faucet wend bad and I cannot seem to remove it.
I bought a standard one-hole faucet with 1-1/2" stem.
Now when trying to remove the old faucet I found that underneath the counter instead of a wide nut there is a metal can that the hot/cold pipes and the pull-out hose go through. The pull-out hose goes through a long threaded metal pipe and then a nut goes over it. This pipe is about 1/2" in diameter and it seems that this what holds the can (and the faucet) against the counter.
The can kinda looks like the one in here. Except as I said, the nut goes over the hose, not net to it.
https://www.grainger.com/product/SUPERIOR-TOOL-Universal-Faucet-Wrench-with-45W754
So I pulled out the hose but there is no tool that would fit the nut and is long enough to go over the threaded pipe through which the hose was going and reach the nut. The can is too deep and narrow for me to reach the nut with pliers.
So, first I thought of simply trying to break off the part of the faucet that is over the counter, but then it occured to me that the hole through the counter might not be 1-1/2" but might be the same 1/2" for that metal pipe to fit through, and then I would be stuck with the old faucet broken and the new not fitting through, and without water supply in the kitchen.
Any advice? Really could use some help here.
Best
Mike.