It's the stuff behind the wall that gets you
A new faucet on the counter is the easy part. The job is the supply lines, the shutoffs, and the fit — and in an older Bay Ridge home those rarely cooperate. Rigid supply lines that don't reach. Shutoff valves frozen open for 30 years. Threads that don't match. That's where a quick job turns into a long one.
Where the cost adds up
The cheap-install bills show up later: a slow drip you don't catch because the connection's tucked behind the escutcheon. A supply line that's been cross-threaded and lets go at 2am. A shutoff you can't close when it does let go, so the whole house loses water.
- •Cross-threaded supply lines that leak under pressure
- •No working shutoff, so a leak shuts down the whole house
- •A fixture set off-level that looks fine until the light hits it
- •Missing escutcheons leaving the wall open to the cabinet
Done right the first time
Done right, a fixture replacement means new flexible supply lines, working shutoffs you can actually turn, a level set, and a pressure test before I leave. It's doing it properly instead of doing it twice. Call before you start and I'll tell you whether yours is the easy kind or the kind that bites.
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