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I'm not sure I understand your problem. I do not think that the hoses underneath matter, because I don't think they move when you turn the faucet. (The long hose might move a teeny bit, but not...

I didn't let the spring get tangled up. It seemed fairly well behaved, actually. I did step on it once, though. And the hookup under the sink for the hose is really nice---I didn't get any water...

Here's my final report in case anybody is looking for a solution to the same problem:

I found that in order to get the hose out I had to pry the water supply lines to the side (reaching in from...

Not sure what you're asking.

We'd never noticed any obvious siphoning problems, but I installed an air admittance valve when I redid the sink. (Connecting a proper P-trap would have entailed ripping out the kitchen cabinets.)...

I took apart the faucet last night. It turns out the screw is hidden under a plastic ring that snaps down. Anyway, I found that the pull out hose prevented me from getting the arm off. But when I...

Thanks. Looks like there's supposed to be a screw underneath the front of the handle. I vaguely recall that there is a spring (as shown in the diagram), rather than a weight to retract the pull out...

I would say I'm adept mechanically, but I've never taken a faucet apart like this, and I've noticed that they go to some pains to hide the fasteners that hold it together. So first step, remove the...

If I take a close look at the faucet will it be obvious how to go about this disassembly? (This is a style with a pull out hose, if it matters.) Note also that the faucet was installed two years...

My wife complained that the arm of the Grohe kitchen faucet is hard to turn between the sinks. And indeed it seems harder to turn than it should. (Like the force needed to turn it causes the whole...

We only hand wash the sharp knives, things with wood on them, and the stuff that doesn't fit in the dishwasher. But often both sinks will up with dirty dishes when the dishwasher is full. We have...

I took a close look at the assembly over the weekend and noticed that there was indeed an adjustment for the height of the drain plug. I lowered it and the problem is solved.

If I press the drain plug down it seals. Could it still be misaligned?

Where would I look for adjustments to the operating rod? (I didn't realize there was anything to adjust.)

Let me note that we have nobody with long hair in the house. The drain seems to drain properly and speedily at the moment (though we have had some mysterious periods of slow draining). It's...

We have a Kohler tub installed with a Kohler drain about 3 years ago. The drain is operated by a lever on the side of the tub. And for a while now if you fill up the tub the drain will float open. ...

I had been asked to post pictures of my kitchen sink after the work was completed. I had some trouble scheduling the work, but finally was able to tackle the job last weekend. Over all things went...

The above is kind of vague. I thought the concern was water flowing backwards into the dishwasher, which is supposed to be a clean area. Also I guess it would be really annoying if the dishwasher...

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So why'd I ask? What it really boils down to is that it looks bad. It's ugly, as Verdeboy says. Does that mean bad function? That's what I was trying to find out. I have,...

I have to admit that I was wondering if those corrugated dishwasher hoses were somehow smooth inside. Regarding dishwasher hose availability, I had noticed this mail order source which has 5/8" and...

It's not quite that bad, though the picture sort of makes it look like it. That valve is the for the dishwasher supply which sounds like it's run just about the same way as yours. There's a...

I'm not asking for a blessing. I want to know what specifically is bad about it so I can decide whether it's important enough to do something about it when I redo the kitchen sink. Since I'll be...

Most of the discussion in this thread has been about air gaps, which I think probably has been useful to the audience. I feel like I have a pretty good understanding of the air gap now, though I'm a...

I don't think I understand why the "teed air gap in the drain pipe" is any different than just having the garbage disposal act as an air gap.

I'm also not sure I understand why it's bad to have...

My dishwasher is separated from the kitchen sink cabinet by a fairly large corner cabinet. There is no room in my kitchen to have the two side by side. So running through the cabinets would mean...

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I thought an air gap was a little device a couple inches high that sits on the sink which the dishwasher drain connects to.

From what I have seen,...