We have had good luck with the performance of Grohe (over the last 20 years)

Thanks.

The vanity is 48" and will have a surface mounted medicine cabinet over it. I don't have a sink picked out yet but most likely it will be the Kohler Caxton. I am trying to stay around 6-7" high. I like the Moen Brantford but that is too high.

Rohl - I haven't been able to find the height of the Rohl Viaggio but I think it is a little shorter than the Rohl Arcana. I haven't found any reviews on either of these. I found some comments on Rohl in kitchens from people that had issues with their faucets but that was quite some time ago. It's one thing to have issues with a faucet that you spend $100 on but it would be frustrating to pay $500 for a faucet and have issues.

We currently have a Moen that is 10 years old and looks and acts brand new - but manufacturing may have changed since then. We have a Hansgrohe in the kitchen and we are happy with that. It is only about 3 years old.

Rococogurl - I have seen many faucets that don't have the lever to lift the drain plug. Instead they have the spring loaded ones without a lever to lift them. Are those the ones that are called pop ups? Danze and Brizo had quite a few without the pull up lever.

I don't really have suggestions for you but wanted to mention something as it just happened to us. We are in the middle of a gut bathroom job that is taking way too long by the way. There have been so many problems with our contractors. We had a Moen single lever arched faucet similar to some of your pics and had it onsite since early Feb. when the project started . We had our vanity and our medicine cabinet which is also a recessed one.

Anyways to the point, all of that was measured and taken into account so that when you open the medicine cabinet door, it doesn't swing into the tap. We also discussed the thickness of the granite, but somehow they screwed it up. We didn't realize since the vanity and medicine cabinet are in but not the granite or faucet. When we were getting the granite templated, the granite guy asked what kind of tap. That's when we discovered it was way too tall now. We had to get them to take it back and searched high and low for a similar style that was low enough.

Just wanted to make sure you don't make the same silly mistake our builders did, despite discussing exactly that when they cut the hole for the medicine cabinet and the co-ordinating hole for the light fixture. We could have had them pull all the drywall off, reframe the medicine cabinet hole and move the light higher and re-drywall, but I didn't have the stomach for all the mess. We had already had so many re-do's due to incompetency.

silken1 - I'm sorry to hear about the issue you had. I'm glad you were able to exchange the faucet but what a pain to start the search over again. Our current medicine cabinet is too low and the current faucet just barely misses it. So with the Refresh we are doing, I want to be sure we don't have that issue. I want to be sure I have everything and there is some room to spare between the faucet and the new medicine cabinet. The contractor that is doing everything, but the counter, did our kitchen and family room so I know he thinks about all of these things and he hasn't given me any major concerns. These projects are mentally draining enough without the contractor adding to them.

Thanks maries1120. Our contractor has done all our major renos over the past 20 years. They were so good, we wouldn't consider anyone else. And yet, here we are with the worst reno I have known. The problem is finding employees who care and have a brain. They can't have their hands held for everything. Almost all the arched style of faucet were too tall in all the major brand names, so in the end we settled for a Glacier Bay one at Home Depot. It feels heavy, has a ceramic cartridge and a lifetime warranty. We could have changed style and had a lower one, but our bathtub filler is a nice arch and we wanted a curved graceful faucet. Could have also switched to 8" widespread 3 piece. I love the look but didn't want the extra clutter and things to wipe water spots.

We already had to have drywall torn down and redone twice due to shoddy workmanship in that small room. I had done all the painting already, so just didn't want to go backwards again with gutting part of that wall and re-framing. I'll be so glad when this is done and we won't ever be calling them for work again. (Hopefully this is the last major reno we need anyways).

I had a Kohler Fairfax for 3years and it was probably installed for another two years before that. It worked but I always felt like I would break the handle easily because it was very lightweight plastic. I have a Dornbracht and Hansgrohe now that have much solid handles.

Good luck!

The little sink plunger is called the pop up. I haven't seen the ones that aren't connected. That sounds like a newer system -- no idea. Danze and Brizo are fairly high end brands though Brizo is fancy Delta I believe.

It's most helpful for suggestions if someone posts photos.

Vanities are generally 36" high. So, if the med cabinet is a tall one, it needs to clear 36 plus the height of the faucet, plus say 2 inches.

With a 48" vanity and a single sink, I wouldn't want a tiny faucet. If you get a modern style with a top lever that ads to the height. A bridge faucet or separate hot/cold spouts should be lower.

I'm planning a budget powder room expansion to add a shower to our first floor. I made sure I went to the showroom and handled the shower fixtures. I would do the same with sink faucets. The heavier the better (more brass).

There aren't so many complaints about bath faucets. Most have ceramic cartridges which can break but are easy to replace. Warrantys vary so I'd read the fine print. Also, some manufacturers, like Rohl, have tiers of product. I happen to have Rohl/Perrin & Rowe nickel faucets & shower in our master. Those have been excellent and 0 issues in 12 years. They still look new. I love the color of the nickel but would likely not get it again as it needs to be polished up periodically.

I don't think our vanity is that high but higher than standard from years back. I'll have to check that when I am home.

The medicine cabinet is 33 inches. It hasn't even come in yet so photos would be with the old one. I want to have all the components ready so they can be referenced during the install.

We currently have a cheapo solid surface but we will be going with quartz so I am allowing for the extra height with that. I want 10-11 inches between the counter and the bottom of the medicine cabinet, So if the faucet opens to a height of about 8" there is still room above.

The current faucet is about 6.5 without raising the handle and that height looks good and proportionate so I thought staying around that would be safe. The one Rohl doesn't list a height but looks shorter than the Arcana. I emailed the company to see if I can get that info. I'm surprised they didn't have it on their spec sheet. Maybe I am missing it but I looked quite a few times.

That's good to know that there isn't that many issues with bathroom faucets.

Yes, keep in mind raising the handle too. I think our raised height was an inch or inch and a half extra.

Rohl absolutely should have a spec sheet with the faucet height on their site. If not, I'd try googling it on another site and see if the info is available.

I measure, write it down, measure again and sometimes even photograph so I can see how it looks and live with it a bit. Otherwise, one can get unintended consequences.

If the faucet is installed in a showroom near you or in any showroom you might call and ask someone to measure.

We have had two of these for a few years and I love them. Very substantial feeling, beautiful finish (we have polished nickel) and small footprint on the counter.

Topanga Faucet

I own that Kohler you pictured. It's awesome!

Here is an example of the newer pop-down drains. When I remodeled I replaced all of the the old style with this one from california Faucets.
http://www.calfaucets.com/zerodrain

I really like that it streamlines the faucet, both in looks and cleaning, because you don't need the pull rod. It also eliminates all the metal and clips under the sink to move the drain up/down. They always seem to rust or get clogged up and I'm the one in the house that has to clean/repair ... yuck!

The zero drain simply lifts up if hair/stuff gets caught in it. I LOVE these drains!

If you are into soaking really dirty stuff, then you might no like it because you need to stick your hand in the water to press and pop the drain open. We aren't big into soaking things in our bathroom sinks so the zero drains offer more postives for us.