Delta or Kohler faucet? difference?
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15 years ago
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Why would GC put in Delta valves when we specified Kohler???
Comments (34)"When we bid out a bathroom remodel the contractor told us to pick Delta or Moen. He refused to even consider Kohler due to its lower quality." This is the type of statement that contractors and plumbers make that I don't understand. I look at a lot of real estate and as a designer I tend to look at some things very specifically. Every relatively inexpensive spec house, every inexpensive tract house my sister has owned or rented, every flipped house, every on-the-tight-budget bath renovation my non-design friends do: Delta, Delta, Delta, Delta, Moen, Deltadeltadeltadelta. The two pre-sale bathrooms done to put the house I recently bought onto the market without spending an extra penny: Delta. So here I am picking new fixtures to replace a two year old bathroom and a five year old bathroom where I can pull the Delta faucets apart with my hands, and my plumber is telling me that Delta is so much better than Kohler. I realize that there are different levels of quality within brands but still, Delta being superior to everything else has not been my experience. I simply think part of it is that they only like working with what they work with all the time. My current plumber, who is a great plumber who does tidy work and loves talking about plumbing on a higher plane, almost, he's not a sloppy git her done kind of guy, says he will not put in Toto skirted toilets because they all leak. Having had Toto skirted toilets and having spec'd Toto skirted toilets for other people, none of which have leaked, leads me to believe that when HE puts them in they leak, because he Doesn't Know How to install them very well. That's fine, I will probably Not put a Toto skirted toilet in this house because I don't want white. But why not say "I don't like installing Toto toilets, so if you want one you will have to get someone to do that part of the job." Not "They are not worth the money" or "they are a bad product". I used to be in another business, and there were some things that were really outside my expertise, or I did not do that well compared to some people and I would Tell the client "This is something I would refer you to someone else for" not "This is a lousy product/procedure" just because I couldn't do it that well....See MoreCombining Kohler and Delta parts & finishes?
Comments (3)We went to a showroom and compared finishes just like you are describing. Some are really different. We are doing Delta and Moen and they look similar enough but we aren't mixing in the way you are. I think we have one bath with a moen shower and delta faucet or vice versa. On your other point, I would check the plumbing forum. I know that shower valves are specific to the brand and parts are not interchangeable. I have no idea about rain shower heads though. Good Luck!...See Morebrizo or delta faucets? quality difference?
Comments (1)I'm no expert, but I chose a Brizio. It looks like a swan. I relied on salesman opinion....See MoreKohler Bellera v. Kohler Artifacts - Why the huge price difference?
Comments (4)There is actually a quite a bit of difference in the detailing of the faucet, with the body and the lever both being much simpler on the Bellara than on the Artifacts, and then I think with the difference in price point, there are probably a lot more units of the Bellara sold than the Artifacts, which could further effect the price at which it's offered because of volume of production. If you don't notice the stylistic differences that much or they don't bother you, there is probably no compelling reason to buy the more expensive one....See MoreBuehl
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