TARA ULTRA 33 860 875 Professional single-lever mixer, 240 mm projection is where the handle is on the side and it is on a spring. I would istall it with the waste pop up and a soap dispenser on the deck. I do not have the kind of design that can carry a wall mounted faucet. Rococogurl, I completely understand the plastic body with coating versus all metal workings. Some of my cheapo (midpriced) faucets have nicks where the plastic are showing underneath. I have had good luck with Grohe but have not done as well with hansgrohe. How do you use the Dornbracht faucet so you can fill the pot on the counter? Maybe you can't. This to me is the biggest drawback of these pro sprayers that do not extend beyond the 'hose' that is visible. I really like the presence, however. I do not have any uppers on the sink side of kitchen. The sink is in front of a very large window, 6 ft wide or more, so the larger scale would look better from a design point of view. It's just the reach outside of the sink that I am worried about. I think they all reach well within the sink, but I would like it to be able to fill the pot on the counter so I don't have to lift the heavy pot up and out of the sink since I am short. If I fill it on the counter, I can just slide/carry it to the stove. A part of me has an attitude that if it isn't great, replace it in a few years. We tend to "wear out" things. We are hard on our stuff. I am not a great housekeeper and my house cleaner is "hard" on things, I think. They have been with us for 10 years or more and I don't have the heart to look for a new house cleaner. For example, our handheld shower heads get dropped all the time (not sure more by the cleaners or us), so there are cracks on the plastic. It is relatively cheap to get a new shower head for a small pick me up! Why not a faucet! It helps that my DH can replace these things with some ease. (even with an Ivy league PhD, he has his practical uses.) Decisions. Decision. Now that I have put in the cabinet order, I can move onto the faucet and the counter. i also have to decide on the railing system; glass, metal, or cable. A friend of ours is doing their house with all Dornbracht plumbing stuff. Amazing and beautiful! She has the tub filling from the ceiling. Cool, man!

I'm in the same quandary. I like the Karbon and I'm planning to have little taps for filtered drinking water and IHW. The current thinking is to build it all into a shelf structure. With a screen in front of the faucet bases to hide them partially. Then, I can spend less money on the little taps. The shelf structure would be sturdy and hold everything firmly at about 8-10 inches above the sink rim. Like a bump-out in the wall behind the sink, but not a solid box. Meanwhile, here are droolworthy alternatives considered if we go with a drilled-counter installation. Dornbracht Elio platinum KWC Ava (looks like Elio) KWC Systema KWC Eve (bar size) and a Tara Ultra or a Newport Brass or similar tap (as above, in rococogurl's link) The first two are not gooseneck, and not a 1970's style pullout. -- I really wish I could just mix and match more easily. The faucet market needs "rationalization". Just for fun, search on "Watts 116023" and you'll find a glass filler tap that costs less than $20 and looks like the other glass fillers that cost ten times that. hth

I had a pleasantly surprising unintended consequence to my posting early in the week. Chris from Henrybuilt contacted me after reading my posting on the forum to let me know that because of the problems I had experienced during the installation of my kitchen they had made some significant changes in staffing and in the way they do things on the east coast. Apparently they have tripled their field operations team here and have begun to keep stock here too so that some pieces can be fabricated locally and more quickly replaced if necessary. They have also changed the way they receive and delivery inventory which will hopefully prevent the damage to pieces I experienced during the delivery process. On wednesday he stopped by with one of his field operations people to swap out some hinges for me (my contractor had installed the wrong type) and they will also be providing me with "Danish Oil" which I will use on the panels closest to the sink to prevent water damage to the walnut. Anyway - kudos to Henrybuilt's customer service!

FWIW, and I realize the thread is old, but I have very recent experience with Dornbracht customer service I would like to share. It’s the pits! I bought near-$1000 of Dornbracht fixtures installed in my master bath. It’s been 7.5 years and the cartridges need replacing. Ok, perhaps the hard water in my area is a factor in their early demise. I can accept that. The screws with blue/red (cold/hot) plastic caps fell off within the first 3-4 years. I hadn’t thought about inquiring into a warranty at the time until my contractor happened to mention that there was a lifetime warranty. Now over 5 years old, Dornbracht customer service says the warranty is void. For two lousy screws! I don’t want free cartridges and this and that, just the two screws with the caps. MEANTIME, I called HANSGROHE about the kitchen faucet, same age, and they are sending me a replacement part with very little hassle. If you can even call emailing a photo to them a hassle, which is a totally reasonable request. HANSGROHE 4 EVER <3