Bathroom sink faucet height: low-, mid-, or high arc?
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Comments (6)Lovely! I like the classic white tile and porcelain and how you used furniture pieces in the bathroom. I love that the storage at the end of the tub has pull-outs that can be reached from the toilet. Your custom sink and backsplash and counter are unique and beautiful. Yours may be the first bathroom sink I have seen in which a small or medium dog could be washed! That is a good thing! I showed your pictures to my DH because I am thinking of classic tiled walls with a chair rail for when we redo our bath in a couple of years. He liked it! I was expecting him to say, "too old fashioned." He did not, he said it looked nice. From him, nice is a compliment. He even liked your rows of listello. I was just at the Tile Shop's site the other day looking at the Hampton tiles because someone was selling some on Craigslist. I am hoping to do as you did and get what I can cheaper there, and fill in the rest from the store. I can see that you worked very hard to secure all of your materials - and then cut the floor tiles to size and culled the Hampton tiles, too! You succeeded very well in getting the look you wanted while saving money along the way. Congratulations, and thank you for the pictures and great detail and supply list....See MoreMaking a high arc faucet and sink work in limited space
Comments (13)Now you're getting into the design aesthetics of the kitchen. How important is it for you to have that specific tap. If you plan on it being a show piece then you have to show it off and putting it underneath cabinets in a cramped position is not going to do it. If you want to show it off - then raise the cabinets which makes sense anyway, and put glass doors in them OR put some higher open shelves above the sink - maybe 2 of them. Then you are creating a focal point for the tap. If the storage is more important than the tap then I would suggest a lower tap to avoid the cramped feeling. But raising the cupboard level over the sink is a good idea to avoid bumping your head and the claustrophobic feeling which may develop....See MoreLooking for a reliable low arc kitchen faucet with sprayer
Comments (14)@gail.katz Delta provided replacement parts on 2 separate occasions, but the faucet continued to develop leaks over time. My kitchen is currently gutted with new Brizo articulating faucets on site and ready to be installed along after new cabinetry and countertops. The old, leaking Delta faucet has already been discarded. I don't know the model, but it was one of the standard, gooseneck pull-downs from probably 20 years ago. My understanding is that Delta's new DIAMOND Seal technology is supposed to go further toward preventing leaks than the technology that was available at the time my old faucet was manufactured. Not all of Delta's faucets feature the DIAMOND Seal, so make sure whichever one you get has it if you go with that brand. I did as much research about faucets for my kitchen renovation as essentially any other component, which means I was researching faucet quality and visiting showrooms with faucet displays over about a year's span before deciding on a Brizo articulating faucet in the Artesso style. Brizo is a Delta brand, but I really liked the articulating design so decided to upgrade to the Brizo line which is on the expensive side but about middle-of-the-road on price when you compare to other luxury faucet brands. The faucet I chose has a PVD-applied stainless steel finish which makes the finish among the most durable available in the industry today. Any of Brizo's styles that list "Brilliance" in front of the finish name are PVD, so "Chrome" finishes are just electroplated, but "Brilliance Stainless" in the Brizo brand, for example, would be a PVD finish. And, all of Brizo faucets come with the standard Brizo/Delta lifetime warranty. I had read some earlier reviews about the Brizo articulating faucets failing at the joints, but I was able to confirm that this has been fixed, so unless you order old stock from a showroom somewhere, all the newer articulating faucets should wear well. The styles of articulating faucets with covered hoses are all newer with the upgraded joints. You might really consider splurging on a Brizo articulating faucet if you like the design. It is adjustable in many ways to help prevent back strain, and there is no retractable hose to get caught. I found a sale on Brizo from Quality Bath and got good pricing on mine. One had some surface damages and had to be replaced by the supplier, but that process went smoothly, My renovation involves a large sink, 42" wide, so I opted for 2 of the faucets to go with the large sink. I hope that helps, and I'm sorry to hear of your faucet problems....See MoreWhat are the elements of a low maintenance bathroom?
Comments (10)Fully agree with bpath on the wall mounted toilet. You'll never have to climb around behind the toilet to get between the wall and the porcelain. The same goes for the sink. Ikea has some sink options that hang on the wall; HOWEVER, they require a little different plumbing. In the US we seem to have our water supply oriented equidistant from each other outside the drain pipe in the wall. With the Ikea sinks, it would be easier if the drain were to one side and the hot/cold water were together on the other side. Ask me how I know. The curbless shower will be a huge (HUGE) mistake. I lived in hotels for 8 years with a traveling crew of researchers. The one thing everyone complained about was getting the handicapped enabled room with curbless showers. They said the floor was wet after every shower. If you currently have a tub, use the entire area for the shower, but put a curb at the bottom. I have glass side and door at 6.5-ft high to allow for full air flow. I clean the shower daily with a mix of vinegar (100 ml), alcohol (100 ml), and water (to make 1 liter/quart) sprayed after every shower. If that gets away from me, I use a 50/50 mix of vinegar and liquid laundry soap to clean the walls. Spray it on, let it sit for an hour, and wipe it off with a Scotchbrite pad DURING a shower. The floor will be very slippery, so be very careful. We used large format tiles for our master. If you decide to mix/match tiles, you have to see them side by side in the store. We carried the greenish tile over to the wood-toned tiles and found only one in the store that had a greenish cast to it. You'd never know in this picture, or to look at it in person, but all the rest looked awful next to the greenish cast on the riverbottom tile. We also used 12x24 tiles for the floor. Concrete is the most porous solid surface you can have. Eventually all the stains it picks up will be called, "patina" and you'll go on not hating your decision. You might be able to avoid that by sealing and waxing continually, but for a low maintenance bathroom, concrete is not what you're looking for. Porcelain tile is much easier to keep clean even with the grout. Get a high efficiency ceiling exhaust fan. They are silent and will keep the bathroom from getting too humid during a shower. I get one rated for about 1.5x the size of the room, so for a 100 square foot room, I get a fan rated for 150 square feet. I always use whitey white grout so I can tell when the grout is dirty. You cannot tell when you use dark grout. If you just want it to look uniform, use colored grout. If you want it to look clean, use white grout. Encourage him to sit down to pee. There's no splashing when he sits. Also encourage him to wipe up water spots around the sink before he leaves the bathroom. This tip is not so much for cleanliness, but more for longer term maintenance. Consider using Moen faucets. Why? Because Moen has not changed their cartridge design in decades. If one leaks, you can replace the cartridge from any hardware store (and some grocery stores) for under $20. You don't need a plumber to come in. Delta, Pfister, and other brands change their faucet designs every year, so they have catalogs of parts for every year model. Before you can get the parts to fix a Delta you have to know what year model it is and have the exploded parts diagram for that model. Then drive to a specialty plumbing store (always closed on weekends) and wait at the counter for help. I've had various combinations of Moen faucets over various years amounting to 115 faucet-years and only once did one of them leak. If you keep a spare cartridge on hand you can replace it in about 20 minutes....See Moredekeoboe
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