How do I fix a loose faucet?

Post date: 2020-04-01 13:51:31

My kitchen faucet is loose. Is this something I should fix immediately, and can I do it myself?

For the past few weeks, the faucet on my kitchen sink has been kind of moving back and forth a little whenever we turn the water on. I kept meaning to have the super come look at it, but never got around to it. Now, of course, I'm very anxious that it's going to spring a leak or something and we'll be stuck without water in the kitchen. Obviously, this won't be an optimal time for that to happen.

I'm perfectly comfortable doing simple DIY stuff around the house, but I'm always very hesitant to mess with plumbing at all. I'm thinking this is probably just a screw that needs tightening, but things are complicated a bit by the fact that we have what's basically a giant drawer under the sink and I'd have to remove all the stuff in the drawer and then take the drawer out to actually get under the sink. (This is basically what we have — I'm not positive that it because the previous owners were the ones who installed it, but ours is definitely IKEA.)

Assuming that I can remove the drawer and get under the sink, is this something I can do myself? Or should I just beg the super to come in and give him a massive tip? Or should I just leave it alone until things are back to quasi-normal?

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