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Sat, Oct 6, 12 at 11:38
| My wife really likes the concept of wall mount faucets for the bathroom sink, rather than having them come out of the counter top. It seems to me that this really complicates things. Seems it adds a lot more to the installation as you have to break the wall, possibly drill holes in cross member studs if they are in the way of the vertical pipes, and you have to deal with the wall or backsplash where the faucet is mounted. Probably a half day of extra work. Besides that are there any other downsides? - less selection of faucets, but still pretty many. |
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- Posted by hollysprings (My Page) on Sat, Oct 6, 12 at 12:40
| The big gotchas (other than the additional cost of the fixtures themselves over standards lavs) is getting an plumber experienced enough to place the rough in at the proper height and depth. What that proper height will be will depend on your choice in vanity and sink combo. You have to plan everything out from the beginning in much more detail. There's no running out to a box store to pick up a faucet because you have the plumber scheduled to come and you still haven't made up your mind. Whatever you pick, has to be done on the front end, and all designed to work together properly without splashing, and you're not going to "just change it out" down the road if you change your minds on finishes in 5 years. The valves are in the wall, just like with a shower. You're marrying it, not dating it. |
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| I agree with the point about marrying the faucet, but I intend (hope) to hold onto all my faucets for a long time. No serial dating. We installed our wall mount on a new wall, so we didn't have to open anything up. As enduring notes, showers are installed in a similar fashion, so the concept isn't new to experienced plumbers. I love my wall mount, and they are valuable space savers, particularly if you have a shallow vanity/counter, which is my case. I probably wouldn't bother is I had a full depth vanity and if it would mean opening up an existing wall. |
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| Despite the added installation hassle, I like wall-mounted faucets from a functional viewpoint. They stay clean easier, with the knobs or lever typically further from the spout, and the vanity top surface unencumbered with faucetry. They allow a larger bowl in the same space, or a useful ledge at the back where the faucet would have been. |
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| I am looking forward to the nice tidy function that Lee676 mentions. One main reason I went with the wall mount was for the same reason Sochi said, and that is for room. I have a fairly small bathroom and wanted to have 30" between the toilet and the vanity, which will be across from each other. The vanity I drew up is 18" deep giving me the room I need. |
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