The bathroom faucet was beginning to leak. Since I knew nothing about repairing faucets, combined with the fact that the bathroom was a little outdated, pile-on an 8 year-old son who is ravenous about interior design and renovation, and top it all off with a Sunday morning meltdown by the children and the day's mission was clear: separate the kids by taking the son to Ikea and fix the bathroom.
The Ikea.com website provided all the details we needed for choosing a sink and faucet - right down to the local store's inventory. We headed out and returned with our items.
Shut the water off at the valves under the sink, have a bucket handy, unscrew the connections for the water lines and the drain, remove the plug plunger (which never worked reliably), and lift out.
For the new sink, attach the lines to the faucet and install the faucet onto the new sink (better do it now rather than when it's already installed in the cramped vanity), dry fit the drainage piping and cut them to length. Once you have everything set, lift out the sink one more time, run a bead of caulk around the vanity top, then lower the sink back on.
Post-Op notes:
Apparently, Europe uses 5/8" water valves. I had 3/8" installed, so I needed an adapter. $5.00 x2 (yes, but it was better than trying to replace my valves - that would've involved blowtorches)
Also, when you're going to Lowes for plastic parts, be sure to bring all the parts you want to fit together.
"Schedule 40" is plumberspeak for really thick PVC plastic parts.
Hose connections use compression to achieve a watertight union.
Be prepared to get a little wet.
Bathroom is dry and leak-free. Mission accomplished (and look at that smile)
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