Dreaming -- thanks for all the chuckles. That blooming baby is so beautiful ... my but those were the days! I know it all felt unimaginably hard when they were so tiny but from here, it seems like about as good as life can get ... and easy. Teenagers are considerably less adorable! (but more rewarding in some ways). Anna -- pictures? OK, you asked ... I took a picture of my poor, broken sink. And its replacement from another bathroom. I must say, that "loser" faucet is suddenly quite pretty, highly functional and plenty good-enough. The whole bathroom is less, well "special" I think, but that's going to be fine. It should be more than made up for by having an actual functional sink! Both my kids were ecstatic to hear the sink had broken -- dh too. It's funny, everyone I know really hated that sink. Folly.... ;) Here's the beloved, deflowered: Here's the transplanted "new" sink -- I was in the process of round-robining sinks and faucets anyway, so this got waylaid from its transit to a *different* chest-of drawers. You can see the jerry-rigging with a block of wood to pull the faucet forward following the different-shaped cutout that left it with no wood to attach to, and the water actually falling onto the drain now. :) And here's a picture of the whole bathroom, which I just love and have never been able to photograph in any kind of reasonable reflection of its essence. In photos it looks weird and spotty and even a little cold. It's a really fun place, just about my favorite spot in the house. But I really don't think this comes across. You see the mess of course (some, not all, due to current work) and the stick-clothes tree and the wirey elfa and it looks just cheap and weird. I can't tell whether that's a cold objective eye of the camera and it is in fact weird, or why in real life it just does not feel this way at all.... interesting (to me at least): There's a very cool abalone shell mirror you can't see above the sink and very, very neat-weird lamps above them that are flowers, sort of, with a slight colored glow to their shades (sounds weird, it's not ... really) and a really pretty hand blown lamp on the ceiling from a child's old room -- it's whimsical too. Another good thing about having the "special" sink gone is that leaves more 'room' to choose an interesting stone for the top. It was going to be hard to find something calm enough not to clash with the sink but also interesting -- there's a shade more leeway now for interesting or color there. ... if you follow. I don't have anything picked; I'll go look at some scraps (I'm working with a yard with tons of scrap, deliberately). I've always always loved that countertop made from recycled glass - it's way more expensive than I could afford ordinarily but I saw some scrap of it a while back ... that would be exciting perhaps...

The leaky faucet may just be a coincidence, and not the source. Two thoughts. First, you could conceivably have a slow leak in the piping from somewhere in the wall due to any number of reasons. Also, if this is an outside wall and you have had really cold weather lately, you should consider the possibility that it could have damaged the pipes (e.g., a hairline crack). I suggest you go out and look at your water meter and see if there is any movement when no water is turned on in the house. Usually a meter will have a tiny indicator in the center that will rotate if there is the slightest amount of water flow (like a leak or drip). Second, is there any possibility that you have leakage from accumulated snow/ice, or any kind of water ponding? Two weeks ago my nextdoor neighbor had water get into the wall and come out under his kitchen cabinets. The roof over his kitchen is flat, and the outflow drain had gotten plugged with leaves: the backed-up water had gotten under the roofing and come down inside the wall.

Try searching on the Moen site to see if they have a troubleshooting area. My single handle is decently old, but when it was leaking in the front where the handle pivots I was able to figure out online what I needed to do. I even had to convince the HD guy I needed that part. I did. Just had to replace two little gaskets where the water mixes. Piece of cake with the online diagrams. Just be careful where you decide to lubricate if you need to buy some lubricant. I put it on a part I shouldn't have and the handle wouldn't stay lifted :-)

Hi and thanks for your responses! The Ladylux is gorgeous and the Plus has a great reach, I'm just seeing if my local plumbing place has it in stock (Home Depot doesn't). Raehelen, to answer your question, I'm trying to replace it for Thanksgiving, so I wouldn't be able to get a hose in time :-( The reach is a horizontal measurement, measured from the middle of the main vertical part of the faucet, up to the middle of the spout. Basically, it tells you how close the spout will be to the front of the sink. I've never been crazy about the faucet anyway, so replacing it with something I like better would be a bonus. I'm just having trouble finding something in stock locally that can be installed before the upcoming 2 days of holiday cooking and dish washing. The leak is in the perfect place to spray both me and everything around me the second I turn on the water! The Pfister Sedgwick is in stock at Home Depot, and has a reach of 9+ inches, so that may have to do. Thanks again :-)