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bridge faucet without side spray???

16 years ago

I like the look of bridge faucets with two legs. These, however, come without sidesprays. Would I regret this down the road?

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donna214
16 years ago
Perrin & Rowe (Rohl) makes the bridge faucet with a side spray.

Here is a link that might be useful: bridge faucet
zipdee
16 years ago
You can also have a bridge mixer faucet custom made here and add a side spray if you are inclined. Their prices are fairly reasonable too. Take a look through the catalog, bridge faucets start on page 14.

Here is a link that might be useful: Baths from the Past
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I haven't bought my faucet yet. I'm using a $10 stop valve for now, and it's on a flexible bendable pipe that holds its shape (Kitec iPex). For my ideal faucet spray, I think I's like the spray wand to be a little "tip" at the end of the hose. I don't like large spray wands, even when I have pulled the hose farther out of the tube. I've tested out faucets in other people's kitchens and I've been to every showroom and hardware store within 50 miles. I think that, according to all who have one, a pull-down or pull-out spray is easy to use. It seems to me that people pull it out (or "down") most often to rinse off the side walls of the sink. I've observed people pulling the spray out a few inches for this. On web sites, manufacturers' videos seem to show me most often people pulling the spray out a long way in order to fill a vase on the counter next to the sink. (This doesn't make sense to me: I could just put the empty vase into my deep sink... besides, I only fill a vase once in a blue moon, but I rinse the sink out constantly.... oh well, who cares about "real" needs when we can fantasize about vases.) Pulling downwards is easier than any other movement because your arm's natural strength is highest when you only move it from up to down. Pulling it downwards is one straight movement, with a straight arm using the big flat muscle under your shoulder blade. (Like in swimming or in cross country skiing). It's technically harder to pull something outwards sideways as it requires several other muscles. It's harder for two reasons. One is that more muscles = more coordination. The other is that the muscles coordinated are the smaller ones. I have a vacuum cleaner with a hidden self-returning coiled spring loaded electrical wire (hope that is clear). The effort is weird sometimes pulling it out. A pull-OUT spray makes you pull sideways. Pulling it out the longest possible length reminds me of pulling out the vacuum cleaner electrical cord. Mind you, I would almost never have a reason to pull the hose out the longest possible amount. Pulling sideways has one other disadvantage: it puts more stress on the junction points where the faucet body meets the countertop hole or sink hole, and where the swiveling part of the body sits in the fixed part of the body. In a small faucet body this is insignificant, but the bigger the body the more the rocking. I think this explains why larger faucets are mostly configured to have a rounded tube at the top, so you pull downwards (straight down) more than outwards (towards you). Pulling downwards puts a physical stress on the faucet base that is mostly downwards, and that is not going to weaken the faucet body swivel joint or the bolted connection to the counter or sink. Pulling more towards the side forces the metal body to receive this side to side force more often, and it could lead to something loosening up. The Arwa Surf faucet seems to me to be a good compromise in terms of shape, if you don't want a long rounded top on a high faucet. Use "Arwa Surf " as key words for your web search if you want to see it the shape. All faucets are installed a few inches away from the sink wall, and they reach forward about 8 or 9 inches. I'll guess the query about it seeming "like it would collide with the front of the sink" is more about the spray shooting too far forward, and not about any collision when one pulls the spray out of the tube. A spray that shoots straight down or slightly forward is going to end up hitting the sink bottom. All faucets do this; they project the stream down onto the sink bottom, some a bit more forward than others. hth
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velodoug
16 years ago
I have a (now discontinued) Chicago bridge faucet with an articulated faucet arm. It can reach most of the bottom of my 24" Franke fireclay sink so I don't miss having a side spray. With a standard faucet arm, even a fairly long one, I might not be as happy.

I didn't know about the Perrin & Rowe faucet when I spec'ed the kitchen plumbing, but it would have been out of my price range anyway.

The Baths from the Past faucets with side spray have a third (center) leg. They look nice, but they're not really bridge faucets as the term is generally understood.
polly929
16 years ago
I have a bridge faucet from Belle Foret with a sidespray and I love it, it is very affordable.
napagirl
16 years ago
Polly 929:
I'm curious ... does the Belle Foret side spray deliver both mixed hot & cold water, or is it hooked up to only one side, making it either hot or cold? Does the side spray splatter water very much?

It looked to me that the Perrin & Rowe (bridge faucet) side spray was hooked up to only one side (i.e., cold water line). I will say that the Rohl side spray I tested had a very gentle spray and would not splatter water.
heimert
16 years ago
Grohe appears to have a new version of the Bridgeford faucet with a sidespray as well.
teedup1
16 years ago
Napa: I believe all side sprays deliver water through the spray nozzle when using that INSTEAD of through the main spigot. Mixture of water temps is determinable as when you turn on keys to deliver water through main spigot. (Either hot, cold, or somewhere between). Unless of course you opted to hook your spray line up to the hot or the cold line ONLY (that's a fairly uncommon way).
Fori
16 years ago
I had Velodoug's faucet too and didn't miss the sidespray. It's still available as a "commercial" unit but you have to buy the ceramic handles separately. I'll be getting THAT again.

(The double-jointed spout is very good for people of different heights because it enables you to have water flow at any distance, not just in the same arc.)
napagirl
16 years ago
teedup1:
Maybe I didn't explain myself well enough. In a true bridge faucet the hot & cold water is mixed together ABOVE the countertop, whereas the side spray hose is attached UNDER the counter. Therefore it would seem that the side spray could only deliver hot OR cold water, but not both at the same time.

I recently saw a magazine photo that showed a true bridge faucet (2 holes) and next to it was a side sprayer and a separate single hole/single lever valve that operated the side spray. They did not name the faucet brand but it looked like a Rohl.
flyinghigh
16 years ago
We have the "Hampton" (link below) with a sidespray and really like it. We have it in the ORB finish with a copper sink. The center "leg" is what feeds both the faucet and the side sray when in use so you get "mixed" temperature water in both. The price is very reasonable for an all brass European faucet - even the side spray is a solid brass with a metal hose (not the cheap plastic hose).

Good luck!

Here is a link that might be useful: Hampton bridge faucet with side spray
teedup1
16 years ago
Napa: The hose delivering water to the side spray option is always attached to a delivery line UNDER the counter.

As I said above, I suppose you could hook it up to only a hot, or to only a cold, output line. Can't think of why anyone would do that though. (Unless you have an instant hot delivery feature, hooking a sprayer up to a hot output line would be a giant waste of water over time if hot water coming out of tap takes as long to get hot as mine does.)
napagirl
16 years ago
flyinghigh:
How has the ORB finish held up on your Hampton faucet? How long has it been in use and have you noticed any of the finish coming off on the handles and/or spout? I love the ORB and weathered brass finishes, but I'm skeptical about the finish - don't want it peeling or wearing off anytime soon.
polly929
16 years ago
Napagirl:
To answer you questions-
I just tested my side spray and it delivered the water warm (mixed hot and cold) when the main spout was set to warm. As for the splashing : My MIL has a Perrin and Rowe from Rohl- I don't think it splashes any more than hers- but we have the 36 inch fireclay sink from Rohl so if its splashing its usually staying in that huge sink! In my previous home we had a cheap Lowes faucet in the kitchen and the side spray on that one went everywhere! I never used it. What it came down to for me was price - I had just spent a ton of money on the sink that I just had to have- and I wanted a pot filler and prep sink faucet as well. I got them on designerplumbingoutlet.com- I was very pleased with price and delivery time. They come in many finishes as well. My only complaint is DH who is left handed installed the damn thing on the Left- and I'm right handed- but he renovated an entire kitchen for me - so I have no right to complain. We are about 85% done- but fully functional- sure beats washing dishes in the basement!
plumorchard
16 years ago
Waterworks - Easton has a side spray that works on a sep lever w/the bridge faucet.

Also, Barber Wilson's has a bridge faucet with side spray w/out the sep lever. It is also shorter than some models. We have this model and the sprayer will run at what ever the current temp is on the faucet when we turn it on - so hot, warm, cold - whatever.

And, I still love this one....Steamvalve Original - from Taps and More - Bridge Mixer with Pull off Spray.

I would miss our sprayer - we use it to rinse the sink out and it comes in handy to pull the hose over to whatever might be on the side of the sink instead of in it.
flyinghigh
16 years ago
Napagirl: The finish on our Hampton faucet has been fantastic and in use for almost 2 years.

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