Plumbing Fixture Upgrades

Reasons for upgrading,.... we will be keeping this camper for the long haul,... haha,.. get it!?  And little investments like this will be nice to have.  The bathroom sink drove everyone crazy with the short spout it just made it difficult to really wash up or even brush your teeth.  Many times we have talked about replacing that.  The kitchen was more of a finish factor than a need.  The tall bent spout was loose and couldn't be tightened, at least that I could figure out.  It was made of plastic and definitely wasn't going to last for many years to come.  So, once we found a faucet that we liked for the bathroom we used that as a basis for the finish and form of the kitchen.

Bathroom Sink, notice the short spout

Kitchen

Bathroom was a simple upgrade as it was installed with PEX threaded connectors which are standard for faucets.  Reaching up behind the basin, I could just undo these and then reach the threaded on clamp rings for the faucet.  Undo those, and out came the old fixture.  A few minutes later after cleaning the counter the new fixture fit right into the standard holes and I could just thread on the new bracket and then re-connect the thread on PEX lines.  Literally it only took about 10 minutes total.

The kitchen would take a little longer.  The fixture that we have in the camper already was similar to the bathroom with thread on connections, but the new fixture we purchased had the need for a 3/8" compression fitting.  Since I have done the plumbing in my house I had two 1/4 turn shut off valves already for PEX and the output was the standard 3/8",... coincidence!  So, rather than type it out here I have a short video showing the final configuration for this installation.

Water connected and everything tested,... no leaks.  We will get a better review of this upgrade on our next trip in June after the kids are out of school.  Hard to believe another school year is nearing completion already.