What’s It #9 ? The perfect faucet (for me)
Google made quick work of this “what’s it” – so much so I had to edit Roy’s nearly instantaneous post to hid the answer. You may recall I am designing the closest think to a “private commercial” kitchen as I can and still have it feel like a home. The post about the pre-rinse sprayer should have been a hint that this will not bve your usual “pro-sumer” design.
B0200LN + 069X + BWH4 * 2
valve assembly + 24″ double jointed spout + wrist paddle levers
valve assembly + 24″ double jointed spout + wrist paddle levers
I wanted a faucet that matched the pre-rinse unit. I liked the single hole design so that was my starting point. Next, I looked at what I did not like about the kitchen sink and faucet where I currently am renting. I also remembered my last kitchen design. The problem was the faucet did not reach over the whole sink. I was regularly using the sprayer as a faucet. The kitchen will get a 36″ wide by 18″ deep farmhouse sink. If all goes as planned, it will be an apron front sink with two bays. If I place the faucet in the middle behind the sink, I would need at least an 18″ spout and that would still leave large portions (inside and outside the arc) inaccessible – not to mention an 18″ spout is unwieldy. The solution was a 12″ + 12″ jointed faucet. The last bit was the need to quickly and easily control the faucet even with dirty hands. The solution here comes from hospital sinks that have handles that you can move with your wrists. These have an added bonus of meeting some of the ADA guidelines. When you put them all together, you get this …
There’s something very 1930’s about that faucet. Even though I recognize the handles from hospital faucets, the whole setup looks a bit old-fashioned. In a good way.
I had not really noticed but you are right, it definitely has an old school look to it in these pictures.
FYI, those wrist handles will bet set in a more “up” position when it gets installed because, you will see in the picture, about 50% of them extend down below the mounting flange (same goes for the pre-rinse sprayer). It is very heavy (9+lbs for this unit and 25+lbs for the pre-rinse). These are definitely designed for a restaurant /cafeteria … and my kitchen !