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Show me your bridge kitchen faucet photos

5 years ago

I’m doing a mini kitchen renovation: new backsplash, sink and faucet. Gotta keep the white cabinets and black honed granite countertops. Swapping out the 2 bowl sink for 1 bowl but gotta keep it top mount, no apron sink. Narrowed the kitchen faucet choices to 2: Kingston Brass Restoration or Graff Canterbury, both are bridge style. I want the Graff but no showroom has the Graff on display in my area and it would be a special order. My dilemma is: Is the Graff too beefy for a regular top mount white Koehler sink? Anybody have any photos of their Graff Canterbury (or Hampton) on a regular sink?

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Beth H. :

5 years ago

last modified: 5 years ago

liz, just google some photos or look here on Houzz with "bridge faucet" in the search.

here are a few for you:

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jhmarie
5 years ago
A bridge faucet is very pretty, but a pain to use:) I chose a similar look but with a single handle because I previously had a two handle faucet and I did not want to deal with that again. I much prefer the single handle.

Read reviews carefully on your choices.

My mom has a top mount white Kohler and chose a pull down Moen faucet which looks very good with her sink even though it is much beefier than her old faucet.

My single handle faucet - I think this would look fine on a top mount:

https://www.houzz.com/photos/my-pics-work-in-progress-phvw-vp~58831076
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Original Author
5 years ago
I currently have a single handle faucet with a pull down sprayer and can’t wait to replace it. I can never get the right temperature. Thank you for your comment though. I really would like to see photos of bridge faucets, anyone?
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jhmarie
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I had the same problem with my 2 handle faucet - could never get the flow and temp right. It was not an expensive faucet - a fill in till I had the budget to do a full kitchen refresh. While you do not need a $1000 faucet, if you want either a bridge or pull down to work well, expect it to be at least a midline price faucet. The Graff has a better rating then the Kingston.

Find your faucet brand on the right and click on it for a review:

http://www.starcraftcustombuilders.com/sources.faucets
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Patricia Colwell Consulting
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I am puzzled at the comment the water temp never gets right.IMO bridge fauctes are pretty ugly and more cleaning than I would ever want.
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5 years ago
Photos of your bridge faucet, anyone?
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5 years ago
Yes, almost all photos show a bridge faucet with an apron sink. Does anyone have any photos with a non-apron front kitchen sink?
probookie
5 years ago
Our dark kitchen sink (Silestone--2 thumbs down) was installed by the previous owners as a drop-in (why??!) atop the ugliest granite ever. The original faucet had poor water pressure, and its replacement had to meet 2 absolute requirements: 2 handles for DH (who does all the cooking) and a pull-down sprayer for me (who cleans up after). Wasn't specifically looking for a bridge faucet, but this "antique steel" jobbie by Elkay was the simplest faucet I could find that met our requirements.
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Beth H. :
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
probookie,,,the least they could have done was used caulking to match the sink color! that white is horrible.

what 's with the quarter round tile on the countertop? did they have to hide a large gap?

you can find a pre-fab granite top for that portion for less than $450. fabricator will cut the sink hole and install it for another 700 or so. just an option for you.
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Original Author
5 years ago
Hmm, from the photo, it almost looks like your faucet is cramped in there. Yet, on the apron sink, two photos above, the bridge faucet doesn’t look cramped. Why is that? All faucets have about the same distance on the photos.

Probookie, thank you very much for your photos and comment.

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