Nate Nagel wrote:


I was kind of shying away from the faucets with the pull out sprayer; I
guess I just kind of considered it something else to go wrong. I was
anticipating everything getting floppy and leaky with age, is this a
real concern? I don't know anyone that has had one for more than a year
or two, so I don't know if I'm worried about nothing or not. I guess I
was just assuming I would be using the separate pull out sprayer for
"KISS" reasons.

We had one for 8 years that we replaced for decor reasons in a remodel. It
worked fine all those years. The current one has about 4 years on it and going
strong. I wouldn't have a kitchen without one.

Looks like I will have to replace a couple valves too... the hot water
shutoff valve seems to be weeping past the stem (big shocker, house is
60 years old) so the snowballing of the project continues...

My rule on old house plumbing is that, once I have started to rebuild a sink or
whatever, to tear it out to the wall (or to the pipes coming out of the wall)
and rebuild forward. I've found it easier and more dependable to put all new
parts in.

-- Doug