Hi All.
I bought my first house a little over a year ago and did almost everything that I wanted to at that point (new furnace/AC, new carpet, painted every room). But there was always a bathroom that my wife referred to as the "rapist bathroom" which literally looked like a gas station bathroom, complete with flickering florescent lighting. Over time, I changed out the mirror and replaced the lighting and painted, so it looks slightly better now, but my wife still hates the sink (personally, I think it's fine, it gives hot water, cold water, has a drain and it's clean, what more do you want?? Anyway, I digress).
It just so happened that there was someone across the street from my parent's house who were throwing away their old pedestal sink. I noticed it could use some TLC and the pedestal was missing a piece, but overall it didn't look anything but dirty, yet functional. So we threw it in the back seat and brought it over.
After getting it inside, it's obvious that we will need a new faucet on it since the old one was a brass plating that was wearing down to the normal metal.
My question is, how do I remove the old sink? I know how to shut off the water, take off the supply lines, and uncouple the drain. That much I got. But how do I get it off the wall? Just loosen the bracket behind it on the wall and then lift it off? Is it that easy?
Also, for the new sink, there was no bracket. Could I possibly re-use the bracket for my old sink? It looks like I could bend it to accommodate the slightly larger lip. As far as a new faucet, do I just remove the bolts holding the old one on, slip the new one in, tighten the bolts, connect the supply line, and be good to go?
Just looking for some general guidance from people who may understand and have done this kind of thing before. I have attached pictures of existing and the new sink.
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imgur.com/a/9Zte9Thanks.