Made my first purchase - will it work? Vinnata faucet

15 years ago

Wow. I was so excited. I made my first purchase for my new kitchen. I snagged a "NIB" Brushed Nickel Vinnata faucet on craigslist for $250. They assured me it was the larger faucet, not the prep sink one.

Got home. I'm missing 3 parts, no big deal I guess. It will just cost me another $50 for the parts, I'm still getting a pretty good deal on it I guess.

Anyway, I measured it out and I've got the prep sink version (only 7 1/2 in reach instead of 9 1/2, arc height of 15 inches instead of 16 5/8).

Question - I'm planning on using the Ticor S105 sink

or am open to this one also S305

Is the 7 1/2 inch reach going to be enough for these sinks? Would one sink work better than the other? Will I get splashing problems, more than if I had the full size one? Is there any kind of flow restrictor in the prep sink size that isn't on the full sink one?

I'm not unhappy with having the smaller one, the larger one was kind of intimidating to me and I had toyed with the idea of choosing the smaller one anyway but figured I'd get used to the large on in time.

And I've had one more session in the "if it sounds too good to be true...." and the "always make sure you have all the pieces before you give over the money" lesson books!

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lascatx
15 years ago
The concern I would have is that it will be harder to wash a large item like a soup or pasta pot, a cookie sheet or such as much as I'd like to be able to. The further you have to reach in, the more you are likely to bend and strain your back. It would be more like the old faucet I had in terms of reach, but higher and with a pull out sprayer. The height would be a plus and the sprayer would let you work around the reach, but you might not like having to.

Not sure what your construction status is, but hold the faucet at a sink to see how the height and reach work for you. Assuming you would place the faucet behind the center divide on either sink, the one with the D shape larger bowl is going to be worse in terms of the reach into the bowl.

If you decide the larger one is what you really want, I'm sure you'll find a taker for that one. The Vinnata is very popular.
surveymom
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15 years ago
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Buehl
15 years ago
B/c you have a two-bowl sink, I think the shorter reach may be a problem. You will lose some in the divider where the faucet should be placed (so it can reach both bowls).

We have the larger Vinnata and it doesn't quite reach the drain in the larger bowl. Yours will be two inches less. OTOH, you have a smaller sink than we do. In our case, we have the S405D. Our larger bowl is 21"...6" wider than yours, so it's possible it might work. If it were me, I think I would send it back and ask for all my $$$ back since it isn't what was advertised (NIB, 690 model). However, go ahead and mock it up and see what you think...it may be OK for you.

As to the arc height, I think that depends on:
* How deep are your counters at your sink? Standard? Deeper?
* What's behind your sink? Window? Wall?
* What's above your sink? Cabinets? Ceiling?

Here are some views of the larger Vinnata installed in our two-bowl sink:

Overview:

Smaller bowl:

Over larger bowl (bird's-eye-view):
surveymom
Original Author
15 years ago
buehl,

Thanks SO much for the pictures. It makes it much easier for me to visualize.

The sink will be in a peninsula in a cabinet that is 33 wide and 29 1/2 deep. The backside of the peninsula will be 45 inch high cabinet that will be topped with a slab of granite. That makes about a 9 inch high backsplash behind the sink. The extra depth should give me plenty of room to deal with the faucet, even with the overhang of the granite on top of the cabinet behind the faucet.

I think with the sink being 3 inches narrower than your sink, the drain should be 1 1/2 inches closer to the center divide. Assuming the same relative placement of the faucet to the sink divide and the smaller faucet having a 2 inch shorter reach than yours, my faucet would hit the drain 1/2 inch closer to the divider than yours does. I think I could live with that.

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Buehl
15 years ago
Sure it does! It's a "face lift" and we consider face lifts remodels!

With that depth & the openness of being on a peninsula, though, you could definitely use the larger size...if you want to.

Made my first purchase - will it work? Vinnata faucet

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