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sum (FL)
Normally when you install a faucet you tighten the locknut from below with a basin wrench.
But if the lock nut has two screws next to it like this.
Do you still tighten the lock nut as much as you can and then tighten the two screws?
Or do you just hand tight the locknut, then tighten the two screws as much as possible?
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Author:
hj (AZ)
YOu can put the locknut any distance that the screws will reach, then tighten them to secure the locknut.
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Author:
sum (FL)
but will you still tighten the lock nut with a basin wrench then use the screws?
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Author:
packy (MA)
you do not need to tighten the locknut after securing the screws.
BTW, this improved method of securing a faucet is one improvement that most of us can cheer about.
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hj (AZ)
No, in fact, you do not even have to snug the lockring against the sink, although I usually do it, but very lightly.
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Author:
bernabeu (SC)
RAH RAH RAH
NO BASIN WRENCH NEEDED
SIS BOOM BAH
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"Measure Twice & Cut Once" - Retired U.A. Local 1 & 638
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sum (FL)
OK I got the faucet in.
I am changing the angle valves now. The stubouts are copper with male adapters, so I am using quarter turn valves with a 1/2" FIP inlet connection. I normally use the BIG WHITE joint compound but I am out. So I went to HD to get another but they no longer carry it, so instead I got a tube of the yellow Rectorseal 5. This stuff is different, seems very "watery". The white one I had before was thicker, where this yellow stuff is more like melting soft ice cream. Is this normal?
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george 7941 (Canada)
After having dealt with a lot of very thin and skimpy brass locknuts, made to economize on the amount of brass needed to make the locknut, these locknuts with the screws are a huge improvement. A lot of them come with three screws on the locknut.
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KCRoto (MO)
yes, it is normal sum, it also has an odor to it that the white stuff does not.
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sum (FL)
Thanks KCRoto, I don't like it, too watery.
I am going back to this.
I thought the yellow tube is better because it's rated for gas pipes.
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