My brand new faucet sprayed water everywhere last night

So I picked up one of those pull down faucets from a big box store three days ago. Installed it myself, thought I did everything right. Then last night I went to rinse some dishes and water shot out from under the handle like a sprinkler. Turns out the hose inside was kinked and the connection fitting wasn't fully tightened. Anyone else have a new faucet fail right after install?

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white.alex5mo ago

Jumped in on this one because same thing happened to me last week. @martinez.anna is totally right, plumber's tape saved my bacon after my pull down faucet started leaking like crazy from the handle. I thought I tightened everything fine but that little connection was just a half turn loose. I took it all apart, wrapped the threads three times with tape, and cranked it down proper. Water was everywhere too, soaked my dish towel and everything lol.

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martinez.anna5mo ago

Did you try wrapping the connection threads with plumber's tape? That fixed mine.

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