A kitchen faucet decision isn't a casual decision. Buy the 'wrong' one, and you will regret it for the life of your kitchen.
Useful Or Good Looking?
Changing a kitchen faucet is something that will eventually happen to everyone. The old faucet will finally break down or during the renovation we will decide to modernize our kitchen by buying a new faucet.
But whatever is the reason, we find ourselves in the same situation – we have to choose a new kitchen faucet and we have hundreds of faucets to choose from. How do we cope?
Quality Costs of a Kitchen Faucet
The first truth: the faucet’s quality comes for a price. 'Cheap' and 'high quality simply don't belong in the same sentence'. Of course most of them are good enough (in other words they work), but their reliability and decorative values are doubtful, to say the least. Naturally, we don't need our kitchen faucets to be made of solid gold, either, but don't sacrifice quality just to save a few dollars.
A Kitchen Faucet Is Also A Decoration
Keep in mind that you will spend approximately five years of your life in the kitchen and during that time you will have to look at the faucet you’re now buying. It doesn’t matter if it’s a bathroom, a toilet or a kitchen – a faucet is as much a device as a decoration and it has to look good!
For instance, this beauty below isn't "just" a faucet – it's also a work of urban art. It's great because it's so high! It is a total drag to try to put a pot under the water and it doesn't fit. This won't happen with the Delta 19922-SSSD-DST. Combining function and aesthetics in this way is ultimately the most satisfying choice you can make in your home – especially in the kitchen, which is justifiably known as the heart of the home.
Installing A Kitchen Faucet
If you’ve already bought a kitchen faucet, the hardest part is behind you. In most cases you can install a kitchen faucet yourself – all you need to do it is an adjustable crescent wrench and some good will. Of course, if you're like us, your first call will be to a plumber, since you wouldn't dream of tackling such an installation project.
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