Talk to Me About Faucets
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talk to me about bidet faucets please!
Comments (6)Here in Italy where bidets are considered standard bathroom equipment, most faucet manufacturers make bidet faucets as part of any model line. Usually the difference between a bidet faucet and a standard sink faucet is the moveable head, which allows you to direct the spray to a certain extent. Depending on the shape of your bidet, this could also allow you to overshoot the bidet altogether and wash your bathroom rug/floor by mistake... We had to have our plumber put blocks in a couple of our bidet faucets because of this, but we also had installed slightly shorter bidets due to space constraints in our bathrooms. If you prefer to fill your bidet and then wash, you could probably get away with just using a regular sink faucet, but if you prefer a directional spray your best bet is to find a faucet line that includes a true bidet faucet. Hope this helps!...See MoreTalk to me about cooking with stainless steel
Comments (35)Lowspark, nonstick pans can spoil your culinary skills so far as knowing how and what kind of pans tend to stick. A thinner SS pan overheats faster and tends to stick more. Also, if you are using veg. oils in SS they stick much faster and easier. I learned this the hard way when I first started cooking. I started with copper bottom Revereware, they didn't make nonstick in those days unless you knew how to cure your cast iron which I thought was ugly and in those days you were considered a slob if your cookware looked like you even used it. I noticed that when I fried eggs in the bacon grease or butter they didn't stick at all. I always browned my meat in the cast iron because it didn't stick and everyone expected those pans to be "ugly" and used. I avoided using them for my tomatoey recipes, my usual, which didn't hurt the SS at all and they always cleaned up super easy. I found that Barkeepers cleaner left them shiny without much effort. I use plastic scrubbies, dish cloths and scrapers for hard burns, hate steel wool. SS shines up really nice. It was the copper bottom that caused me to replace them about 20 years later. Can't believe I kept them that long. I find that SS pans that have an inner layer of aluminum heat up faster and more evenly and only burn when you try to fry soy sauce, LOL. Hope you solve your problem....See Moretalk to me about laminate -- major budget-induced rollback
Comments (44)You can go to the Wilsonart web page, pick out samples you like, and they will mail them to you free. These samples are larger than the chips they have in the stores. There are many beautiful options. I just put the Wilsonart HD in a powder room, laundry room folding table and built in desk top all matching as it is an ensuite. I think you will like it, I am going to choose another color soon, for a bathroom counter top. We recently remmodeled our kitchen, we paid $69. per linear foot for our Cambria counter tops. Extremely expensive because we have a large kitchen and island area. It is very nice, very pretty, but sometimes I wish I had saved that money and used the wilsonart. Look at the HD samples....See MorePlease talk to me about your metal counters..
Comments (10)Mairin -- ha! It was a special birthday night, thus the lamb (and the commemorative pic). Okay, here's the copper counter info! (Copper: the Hardcore Version) I'll preface all this with the strong caveat that my tops are plain old roofing sheet copper with no finish of any kind except waxing. If you purchase yours from a fabricator like a normal person (!), chances are you'll have some kind of finish on them to preserve their factory-applied patina, like the darkened copper sinks one can buy. It's also insanely difficult to photograph it and capture the richness and color of the metal. It has a deep warm glow that doesn't come through very well. Copper is not not necessarily for the faint of heart. Here's the coffee station after my guy finished with it and left it overnight (hey, you wanted hardcore!): Yes, that is green where water was allowed to stand for hours. Obviously I need to wax that section soon. Here it is after cleaning that mess up: Here's what it starts to look like after lots and lots of use: all the blotches even out into one darker color: Here's another section: If you have any qualms about water rings, spots, etc., I'd strongly recommend getting a fabricated copper top that has a lacquered finish to protect it. We love the marks and spots, since it turns the kitchen into a living thing. My house is a modest little 1923 coastal bungalow and the "worn" look really fits right in. If that works for you, I'd say welcome to the ranks! As a material, it can take any abuse you, your kids, or red-hot pots can dish out - it's more a matter of how comfortable you are with the changing surface. And as I say, if you buy a table or top that's pre-patina'ed, I doubt you'll have any issues with green verdigris or acid/water rings as shown above. Kerry -- my finishes are a total hodgepodge! Wish I'd found Gardenweb before making most of my decisions. I have Moen copper fixtures on the main sink. Kohler's Vibrant Brazen Bronze on the prep sink. Vintage copper knobs on the cabinetry. My switchplates and doorknobs are the original darkened brass. My 1949 stove is white with chrome. My fridge is stainless steel. My DW is panelled with an antique copper handle. My light fixtures are from Rejuvenation in antique copper. Somehow, it all works. If I knew what I knew now, I might make all the fixtures darker or lighter. The Brazen Bronze looks particularly nice with the counter, although the Moen copper isn't bad - and the more the counters age and darken, the more contrast there is with the faucetry. Hope that helps!...See More
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8 years agoGrohe Concetto here. Love it. There is some splash, but not enough to bother me. Agree with sjhockey that the depth of the sink is a factor in that. Looks and works great.
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