I hear you on the “awkwardly sticking out” part. That’s been my main gripe with faucet filters too—they’re almost always in the way, especially if yo...

I totally get wanting to tackle it yourself—nothing more annoying than staring at a crooked sink every day. But man, I’ve seen some wild stuff when fo...

Good point about not trusting penetrating oil too much. Had a similar scare last winter—valve felt fine externally, but inside was rusted to bits. Now...