How many faucets is too many???
As part of our kitchen reno' my wife wants a filtered water faucet with cold and instant-hot water (she's a tea drinker). We both want a bridge-style faucet, which will require a sprayer (not thrilled about that - gonna miss the pull-down sprayer for sink cleanup). Then there's soap dispenser. Thank goodness we both agree on a batch-fed disposal! With all of this stuff in the counter-top, I think it's going to look very busy. hoping i can convince her that a nice glass soap dispenser is acceptable.
I saw that Rohl has a nice faucet with a pull down which could tidy things up a bit but she's got her heart set on the bridge faucet.
What have you guys done or seen with respect to this busy-sink conundrum?
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eam44
6 years agolast modified: 6 years ago
damiarain
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6 years agoSam Carder
6 years agoRohl has this faucet which I kinda like.
The left lever is filtered water, the right is hot/cold like a regular single lever faucet. Still not a bridge style though.Was thinking that maybe I could filter the whole bridge faucet and avoid a separate spigot altogether....then wifey would have to boil water in a kettle on her new BS Platinum Range (life's rough, huh?)
AvatarWalt
6 years agoeam44
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoGot it. One sink.
I guess the other thing you should know about insta hot is that they break. So do electric kettles, but the latter are far less expensive to replace. You are young, and will go through several of these (think one every 7 years or so).
Of course decluttering the sink of your hot water tap just clutters your counters with a kettle. You can’t win!
Just FYI, my sister’s amazing kettle...
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6 years agoChessie
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6 years ago
suzanne_sl
6 years agoOn the tea issue: I put an induction stove in our new kitchen, which has revolutionized the whole tea thing. I fill a mug with water, pour it in the kettle, and turn on the burner. By the time I've pulled the tea basket out of the adjoining cupboard and spooned some tea leaves into a tea bag, the water is boiling. Actually, I've never gotten the tea leaves ready before the water boils. Insta-hot is OK, but I really prefer boiling water for tea.
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