Professional Plumbing Repair Services
and Faucets Are Important
How to Choose the Right Faucet – The First Time
Many homeowners actually experience fear when trying to select the right faucets for their home.
There are hundreds and hundreds of designs. Different manufacturers, different quality and seemingly thousands of different prices. There are so many choices – how do you ever get it right? What can ever be worse?
How about finding out that you have a faucet that no longer has parts available to make repairs and you must replace it. What do you do about the bathroom faucet that matches the bad one in the sink on the other end of the vanity? What about the tub…or the shower faucets too? All of these issues can add up to be a very stressful day.
What’s Important When It Comes to Faucets?
It helps to understand the basics first.
Why are there so many choices and how can some be about the same price nut others are so different? They all just turn the water on and off right?
Well, yes and no. As stated earlier there are many many manufacturers, many styles and prices are all over the board. The most important factor just got left out, and many homeowners leave it out when they are faced with a decision here…quality! In fact, the quality of a faucet should be the most important consideration. It will cost you less in the long run.
Does that mean just choose the highest priced faucet and be done with it? No!
Important Considerations – Ranking Order
- Quality
- Manufacturer
- Style
- Cost
Let’s look a little closer at each of these for a better understanding.
- Quality – Materials and products of all types are built differently by different manufacturers. Determining the one that is of higher quality either for remodeling or plumbing repair projects can become a real challenge to an uninformed homeowner. Little things make a big difference.
- Flow rate: A good faucet should offer a high flow rate. Their curves should also be smoothly done to ensure that they do not affect the water pressure.
- Clogging: Faucets from the main brands are more compact and therefore do not jam up with pieces of debris that could lower the flow rate.
- Ease of cleaning: Every installation along your water supply should be kept clean at all times both for hygiene and beauty. Higher quality faucets have very smooth surfaces that are easy to clean such that they maintain their new look for a long time.
- Manufacturer – Most brands that you’re familiar with have been around longer. That doesn’t always mean that they are better, but it is an indication they’re doing something right. You must consider the availability if replacement parts are needed for a particular faucet later. Some brands will discontinue their models after a few years and customers experience problems during plumbing repair or when remodeling their kitchens. We recommend Delta and Moen as the best brands for faucets due to the fact that although they are sometimes a little more expensive, their products are of higher quality. Their replacement parts are also pretty easy to find in any retail store.
- Style – This is a personal preference from start to finish…but if it’s not by a major manufacturer I recommend that you think long and hard about it.
- Price – prices are normally a direct result of:
- The quality of materials that go into a product,
- The manufacturing processes, assembly and quality control,
- Market forces – when a product is known to look good, work well and last a long time, then it’s likely going to cost more…but, the other market forces in play here are the competition for a similar product of a similar quality.
I believe when you step back for a moment from the initial shock of needed, maybe even when emergency plumbing repairs are required, the costs for truly similar products are surprisingly consistent.
Make Leak Geeks Your Plumber
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