How To Install A New Delta Kitchen Faucet (Including Removal) 

Yesterday, 3/4/2024, I went to my local hardware store and just so happened to buy the exact same model as you show in this video. Before installing the faucet, I thought I would see if there were any RU-vid videos out there that might show some helpful tips on installing one of these. Your video came up. The best tip was about the tool that you used to tighten down the plastic washers under the sink. I didn't have one of those and I didn't feel like driving back to the store to buy one. If they did have one. So, I found an old piece of plastic plumbing pipe that I had laying around that just so happened to be the right size I needed. I cut 4 notches in it with my rotary tool and basically made the same tool that you showed in the video and saved myself a trip back to the store. I never would have thought of doing that if I hadn't seen your video. Thank You for posting it.

I just bought a house and every time I have a project and look for help I find you've made a video on the subject. In this case we even have the same exact Delta faucet. Your channel has been so incredibly helpful I feel like I owe you at least a case of beer at this point!

Brilliant explanation. So calm and such clear description as you were working. Just subscribed. Your calmness and patience are inspiring. Going to check out what else you have in your library

Thank you so much for this video. I bought the same Delta Faucet at Home Depot back in June 2022 but didn't have the nerve to install it. Well, your video was my guardian angel and the only problem was uninstalling the old delta faucet. That took me over three hours. But installing the "new" faucet was not that hard following your instructions. It was quite quick. Thank you again!👍

Great job. Very thorough. Enjoyed it, best one on youtube. Even had good lighting and camera placement 👍

Remove aerator before running water for first time. Then reinstall it.

You posted this video two years ago, but I just used it to swap out my kitchen sink faucet to the same model. I would have felt silly paying for the work to be done, seeing how easy the process is. Thanks so much!!! 😊

assuming the main will shut off...

Very nicely done. Super easy to understand. Greatly appreciate the time and effort. Thank you for an outstanding job.

Excellent. I just purchased the Delta Savile. I want to save some money so this was a great video. Easy to understand.

Very clear and very simple explanations. Nice to have a clear video too. Thank you.

Easy to hear, see and follow. Thanks for that ! Was surprised that you didn't use silicone. I just installed the exact faucet with the bright chrome finish. Let's hope we get a lot of years out it

Bought a Delta Marca Faucet yesterday, it seemed easy enough to install, but I could not for the life of me get the nut off of the sink because it has rusted and metal was falling off. I got scared of tackling it myself until I saw your video . I got the WD-40 and sprayed and then sprayed again, not I'm on a roll. Just hope I can get the new nuts and wires tighten and aligned correctly. Plumber wanted to charge me $250. and the faucet itself cost near $200......... THANK YOU!

I've watched four different vids now to help me decide if I can install 2 delta faucets in my kitchen and yours is hands down the most thorough taking me from removal of old to install of the new. I have a pull down sprayer model but it should be super easy now that I have watched and listened here. Many thanks. Just noticed your UI tee...my Alma Mater! I-L-L...

Excellent video! Working on getting my faucet replaced and feel comfortable doing it on my own. Thank you!!!

This was a very helpful video. Thanks for making it. I will be tackling the job of replacing our kitchen faucet later today or next weekend. I was surprised that there was no need for any plumber's tape. Isn't that a necessary step anymore? I used it when I replaced a showerhead a few months ago and wasn't sure if it helped or just made it harder.

thank you!!!!

Thank you!!! Fabulous!! Single lady here not a plumber but this was great!!!

Hey there, Recently, I installed the same faucet, But I can see a few drops leaking(upon use) from the Hot side (left) under the sink tank where you tighten the plastic mounting nut. What could be the reason ? - Is it dripping from the inside of the assembly ? I can't figure it out... Any suggestions will help me. Thank you.

Great video but wondering if I missed ... did you use plumber Putty for the sprayer? I recently put it in a RO system and was going to put it where the sprayer is and all the plumber putty must have been old as our house is only 8 years old. So needed a video to make sure I put Humpty Dumpty back together again correctly LOL. Thank you!

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great video! Thanks very much. I need to swap out an ancient faucet that is plumbed with those cruddy valves you mentioned, and they're threaded onto iron pipe. Ugh. I was surprised there wasn't a gasket for the sprayer base. Perhaps a little bead of silicone under that cover piece would be a good idea to prevent water from dripping through from the sink deck?

Thank you great job explaining. I am going to get the same faucet this week. Very helpful!!

Very thorough and understandable instructions! Awesome tutorial. Two suggestions: (1) I thought that after hand tightening the compression nut on the supply line, you're supposed to use a wrench to tighten another another quarter turn or so. Obviously, your lines didn't leak. So hand tightening sufficient for your install. (2) Personally, I wouldn't feel safe/comfortable using a recip saw to cut out a frozen nut at the top. A dremel tool with a small cutting wheel may be easier and safer in the tight space directly underneath the faucet. One question...why do you prefer the Rigid multi-tool over the more standard basin wrench? I've never seen that Rigid tool, but it looks very cool. Thanks for a great video!

The Delta Faucet I obtained had black rubber as shown in this video however the instruction guide and pieces that came with it stated to remove the rubber and install the plastic that came with the Delta Faucet. The problem I could not get the plastic one to screw on and utilized the rubber as shown in this video as of right now no leaks. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Thank you for such a detailed video! My older brother and I (both in our 20's) have no "handy-man" experience and needed help with replacing our old kitchen faucet. Although it took a while we go it done. Thank you for giving us the confidence. Keep up the great content!

I have to replace my kitchen faucet. It has older lft and rt handles and center faucet, no sprayer. All the videos I've seen replaces old water lines. My brand new faucet didn't come with lines. Do I have to replace them too.

Thank you so much. very well explained. some one came to fix my kitchen sink faucet and sprayer. but the hot and cold water hoses didn't work for the new faucet and sprayer. he hasent come to finish the work since days ago. i think im going to do it my self.

Hello- love the illini shirt- I am having trouble reinstaillng just the handle. Delta sent me a new handle with a button and scew but I can figure out how to get that back on ( previous handle removed to reolace the cartridge- plumber advised that new handle needed because screw had lost threading.

This video is excellent. I know now it is better to fix the faucet for now and wait until I need to replace both faucet and sprayer. I feel confident I can do and that it will be an all day project.

Thank you so much for doing this video. Very helpful. I had a hard time following the instructions that came in the Delta 400 DST kitchen faucet box. After watching your video, I was able to install the faucet. This was the first time that I installed a faucet.

Thank you for a great helpful video! Very informative!

You didn't put any silicone under the sprayer mount so therefore you will have tons of water getting under the sink.

I like the walk through of every step , that way if you have a problem or question it is more or less answer. Note i know they make a speical swivel head wrench you probally only use it for take off the nuts to the faucet , but it worth it . I think they cost $15 to $25.

whats the name of the pvc coupling used when p trap coes. ot line up with the drain hole exactly

Great installation video! Just ordered the Delta Classic for my kitchen and am now more confident with my installation. Thank you!

You're the Bomb! This is great! I appreciate your help. Delta will replace your valves if needed. Unless you are the second homeowner like me.

Should remove the aerator to flush out any sentiment before normal use.

At 4:00 you say you can tell that it's the COLD line...well... HOW are you able to DETERMINE that ? You don't EXPLAIN HOW you have determined THAT. Did you determine that by "feeling" the vibration of the water coursing through the tubing ? Or are you actually saying that you were determining that due to TEMPERATURE ? At my house ( especially in Winter ) it can take anywhere from 30 seconds to a minute for HOT water to come up to the kitchen. A person that doesn't KNOW that could easily mistake the hot water line for the cold water line IF you're making the determination by temperature. WOULN'T it be SMARTER from an instructional standpoint to say: Turn on the HOT water at the faucet and let it run until hot water comes out and THEN feel the tubing under the sink - the tubing that feels very warm or HOT will be the HOT water line ! At 6:10 wouldn't it be easier to use a BASIN WRENCH ? At the beginning of the video you show what tools a person would need to do the job. Showing a BASIN WRENCH and how to use it would probably help a lot of people out. At 6:34 you "go after" the Dispense hose with TWO WRENCHES - very awkward, very cumbersome in a confined area. Maybe...just MAYBE it would have been better to take the God Damned hose off first while the large nut was still holding the unit firmly in place ? 7:18 The green crap is a LIME Deposit. There's a product out there called " CLR" ( Calcium, Lime, Rust ) It dissolves Calcium, Lime AND Rust deposits rather nicely. 7:53 Once again... a BASIN wrench would be a better idea here... OH... and taking your watch off would 1: protect it from damage and 2: give your arm more room and flexibility. 15:58 It IS a better idea to cut the hot and cold supply lines to a shorter working length because ( as seen later on in this video ) the super long supply lines ARE going to interfere with and "hang up" the spray nozzle supply line. The white plastic Ferrules that come with the kit ( if used after cutting the supply lines to a near exact fit ) go on the supply lines after you slide the chrome nuts on the supply lines AND the white plastic ferrules MUST be positioned with the BEVELED EDGE facing DOWN towards the stop valve. Make sure that the plastic supply line(s) are inserted INTO the stop valve about a quarter of an inch - they have a tendency to slide back and out. Hold each in place while you tighten the chrome nut(s) so that when the supply line(s) are firmly tightened the white plastic ferrule(s) will be clamping down on the tubing. This is THE VERY reason that if you are cutting the supply lines for a custom fit you MUST NOT cut them too SHORT. Remember: you can ALWAYS cut more off... you can't put it back on if you cut too much off. 16:58 The sprayer hose is DEFINITELY going to GRAB the cold water line when the sprayer nozzle ( topside ) is pulled out for use. 17:06 BEFORE turning on the water under the sink - Remove the AERATOR from the outlet of the faucet with the SPECIAL PLASTIC TOOL that Delta includes with the faucet kit so that WHEN you DO turn on the water, any residual rust, sand, silt or debris in either water line won't clog up the faucet AERATOR. The AERATOR is at the very end outlet of the faucet that has the tiny screen in it that causes the water to AERATE and come out of the faucet in a steady, bubbly stream. ALSO before turning on the water at the stop valves under the sink, make sure that the faucet is shut off up top.

Thank you so much. Followed your tutorial, everything was on point. Only thing, mine was rusted from the water line valves to the all the nuts underneath the old faucet. But after I got the old faucet out, everything else was smooth sailing. Thank you again.

Good video, but with that said, when I went underneath my sink, it is a mess of pipes. I don't see a shut off for hot and a shut off for cold but one shut off that goes towards the sink and another one that looks like it goes to the dishwasher. Any thoughts on that?

I have copper water supply should I replace

This was a great video. Can you give us some tips or what materials you use to clean the sink when you remove the old faucet before installing the new one?

Thanks so much for the complete guide that includes extra info we may encounter. I feel confident I can get this done!

Amazing video!

Hot Water is always on the Left My Man !

Suggest putting in a callout to indicate you used a pipe wrench to assist in loosening a nut. Minor change. Overall a very instructive video!

Great video, worked perfectly. That snap on spray nosel is lovely haha.

Even as someone who has done this work a little bit. I love the thoroughness and explaining everything in the depth the point recommending the homeowner know where the water shutoff valve is, etc. Superub!

It was informative but for some reason you tube during Comercials too me to thete videos and would shut yoirs down i reloaded video 3 times it kept happening thanks for video

Excellent video. Great step-by-step instructions. Very helpful. Thank you.

Solid video. Thank you.

Watching this video because we had a kitchen faucet installed without the gasket in place. Thank you!!! for sharing and being thorough, super helpful.

Hello Scott! You make it look super simple. It would be great it you also did a video where you had to deal with with some corrosion. thanks much!

I recently had a Delta 2 handle kitchen faucet with sprayer installed and when I turn the faucet on there is a Klunk noise, Delta's instruction say to remove the diverter and run the water, but I can not remove the diverter, I told them this and they are sending me a new diverter and sprayer, I am not sure how I will install this as I can not remove the existing diverter, can you help with instructions for that?

just a good rule of thumb, 99% of the time the hot shut off is on the left and the cold is on the right. that's the standard setup in north America :)

Salutations kind sir, the plumber for my housing unit was unavailable and I decided to replace the kitchen faucet myself. The Installation guide on the new faucet was great but I didn't know how to correctly take out the old one. Thanks to this guide it made the removal and installation a breeze!

Nice tutorial. Question: re the faucet plates/base usually the same size? Don’t need to worry about measuring?

@Everyday Home Repairs - just installed the exact faucet you did. Was able to find a “re-certified” unit through Delta as I think they’ve been discontinued elsewhere. Anyway, thanks for the lesson; all went relatively smoothly!

Great video, but I buy Moen. They have lifetime warranties & stand by it. I’ve had 2 issues with my faucet. I emailed them & they responded for a model # and a picture of the faucet. Sent it & the next day the replacement part is shipped free of charge. Faucet is 14 years old.

Thank you! First time doing this and I got through it with very little trouble. Like you said in the video, the hardest part was getting the old faucet and stuff out

I installed new delta single lever faucet foundation model .it jumps when turning on other than that works good,how ca. I stop the bucking

Awesome video, thank you! I just bought an inexpensive Delta kitchen faucet on Amazon. Is it normal for the copper lines directly below the deck mount (like the ones at 8:25 in your video) to be loose? One of them wiggles, the other spins 🤔.

Thanks for the help buddy

I just installed the Delta Charmaine in my kitchen. That Ridgid tool was a game changer! Thanks for the tip!

Thank you, your video describes the product better than the installation instructions do! (The design for the lower plastic plate above the sink surface seems to have changed since the instructions were printed.)

I love your channel. Your very slow and thorough so thank you. Im getting ready to install one that has a pull down sprayer and it has a kind of ushaped piece with a metal gasket on top that goes around the lines to mount the base to the sink. Im not sure how this holds it down but I guess it does ha ha. Oh it has two screws that tighten from the bottom up. I am a little leary about the still water lines that comes with the faucet and looping them without pinching them. I wish they had the old type braided lines that are so flexible and so much easier to work with.

Many thx. It was my first time installing a kitchen faucet and went super easy just following along with the video. You rock !

Attempting a faucet replacement tomorrow morning. Replacing the pull chain on my bedroom ceiling fan is as much home repair experience I have. Wish me luck!

Great info, planning to change annoying slow leaking faucet will look into delta faucets.😊

Nice job. Easy to understand. I didn’t get instructions with my Delta 100DST so glad to have your help!

@Everyday Home Repairs Thanks for the tutorial! Only one thing though, I actually had to remove the entire sink to get to the damn nuts for the hot cold lever & faucet. & I think I got the same faucet, some Foundations model of Delta, stainless steel. Works great!

Can I install that on top of my quartz countertop without taking out the base plate? If yes, do I need a silicone underneath of the base plate?

Everywhere I go in utah, the delta is the cheap one. Thanks for the video l. It helped me lots!

Delta will send you repair parts for free

Scott, I followed this for a successful installation last month. Much better than the enclosed instructions or Delta’s website! Yesterday there was a serious leak. I took everything out and crawled under the sink. It’s running from up in the faucet area where all of the supply lines were pre-connected. I’m at a loss. Will I need to get another unit?

excellent video. Much less um and ah chit chat, and real info and easy to see directions. Well done!

Gracias 👍👍👍

Basin wrench

Very good video What if any water leaks What do you recommend.?

You are absolutely right I couldn’t find the washer....hard to buy the whole faucet set

How tight does the supply lines to the shut off valve need to be?

Had to cut the main heavily rusted nut with metal cutting rotary tool.

Thanks for your video and tips! It took me about two hours to loosen the old faucet mounting nut and the vinegar helped. I still had to go buy a faucet wrench which also helped 🥴.

What is the name of the Red Tool used to tighthen the faucet?

Nice!

Do you need to put a sealer around the base of the handle or is the screen down air tight enough?

Scott something strange happened after I connected the same Delta faucet model to my kitchen sink. I connected it and it was working fine. I used the sprayer once and shut off the water after and when I returned later and turned on the water the water pressure was flowing with half the force it was before. Any idea what it could be? I live in a mid-rise condo and the hot/cold and main shut off valve are under the sink. Could it be that the sprayer isn't seated properly?

How do u change the cartridge on the faucet

Thank you for posting this helpful video

Thank you, sir. This video is incredibly helpful. Your patience is commendable, as well. I fought with the removal for about an hour and a half. By the end, it was "whatever works to get the old out!" including cutting the supply lines that were too difficult to remove at the threads and cranking the old faucet with a pipe wrench. (I felt like a contortionist under the sink. The whole process would be a lot easier, but for this part of the job!) But my pile of junk was similar to yours, perhaps a bit more messy.

That looks a lot better .. thanks for sharing ~

GOOD,VIEW CLEAR AND TALK SLOW ,NICE

When I raise the handle, it makes a sound

Thanks for the video it really helped me a lot

Great video. I like the braided hoses better. I think the hardest part is bending down getting under the sink and getting all the bolts off.

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Very easy to follow even for an older female

Thank you, I can now work on tomorrow

Great video . . . many thanks!