Choosing Bathroom Faucets Wisely
A well chosen bathroom faucet enhances both the esthetic appeal and the functionality of a home’s bathroom. Likewise, a poorly chosen bathroom faucet detracts from the bathroom’s beauty and may also cause the entire sink area to be inconvenient and awkward. An unwise faucet choice can also make cleaning and maintenance of the fixtures more difficult and costly. Therefore, when deciding upon a bathroom faucet, it is important to have some knowledge of the various faucet styles and the materials used to make them.
Many people select bathroom faucets based entirely upon their visual appeal. Obviously, a person should like the way his/her lavatory hardware looks. For that reason, it may be wise to consider the function of the bathroom faucet before actually shopping for one; otherwise, it is possible to become attached to a style that is not suitable for the project. Bathroom faucets are certainly not one-size-fits-all; their forms often reflect how they will be used and how often they will be used. A person purchasing a bathroom faucet must also determine whether it will installed in a brand new bathroom or be part of a bathroom renovation. Another prime consideration is the type of basin with which the faucet will be paired.
Generally, bathroom faucets come in one of three layouts: A single-hole, single-lever arrangement; a widespread eight-inch center cut pattern; or a mini-widespread four-inch center cut design. For areas with a lot of space there are also faucets with a sixteen-inch widespread center cut. A variation on these basic configurations is having the handles and spigot mounted on the wall. If space is tight both the handles and the spigot can run off of one center mount. A person choosing a bathroom faucet for a newly constructed house can choose any of these types of faucets. However, if the new faucet is replacing an existing faucet, the hardware selection may be limited by the holes which have already been drilled in the sink or wall.
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