Thanks, folks. It's back up, now. I spoke with Myles--looks like they had what may have been the beginnings of a denial-of-service attack, so the site was pulled offline briefly. All's well now. Thanks for the condolences. What started out as a promising year soured quickly. A big part of the problem was an over-abundance of caterpillars. No matter how close an eye I kept on my smaller, rarer passis, it seemed the Gulf Frits rendered them to a stub every time I turned my back. Most never recovered...

TARA ULTRA 33 860 875 Professional single-lever mixer, 240 mm projection is where the handle is on the side and it is on a spring. I would istall it with the waste pop up and a soap dispenser on the deck. I do not have the kind of design that can carry a wall mounted faucet. Rococogurl, I completely understand the plastic body with coating versus all metal workings. Some of my cheapo (midpriced) faucets have nicks where the plastic are showing underneath. I have had good luck with Grohe but have not done as well with hansgrohe. How do you use the Dornbracht faucet so you can fill the pot on the counter? Maybe you can't. This to me is the biggest drawback of these pro sprayers that do not extend beyond the 'hose' that is visible. I really like the presence, however. I do not have any uppers on the sink side of kitchen. The sink is in front of a very large window, 6 ft wide or more, so the larger scale would look better from a design point of view. It's just the reach outside of the sink that I am worried about. I think they all reach well within the sink, but I would like it to be able to fill the pot on the counter so I don't have to lift the heavy pot up and out of the sink since I am short. If I fill it on the counter, I can just slide/carry it to the stove. A part of me has an attitude that if it isn't great, replace it in a few years. We tend to "wear out" things. We are hard on our stuff. I am not a great housekeeper and my house cleaner is "hard" on things, I think. They have been with us for 10 years or more and I don't have the heart to look for a new house cleaner. For example, our handheld shower heads get dropped all the time (not sure more by the cleaners or us), so there are cracks on the plastic. It is relatively cheap to get a new shower head for a small pick me up! Why not a faucet! It helps that my DH can replace these things with some ease. (even with an Ivy league PhD, he has his practical uses.) Decisions. Decision. Now that I have put in the cabinet order, I can move onto the faucet and the counter. i also have to decide on the railing system; glass, metal, or cable. A friend of ours is doing their house with all Dornbracht plumbing stuff. Amazing and beautiful! She has the tub filling from the ceiling. Cool, man!

I needed to pick a faucet that had a handle that didn't tip back too far because I was worried about it hitting the backsplash or window overhang. I have a large sink and only 24" to work with. That's why I ended up going with this model. It is the Hamat Ergo. I bought mine from faucetdirect.com. Mine is chrome, the picture from Faucetdirect is stainless I think. Organic Nettie: If you check back on this thread, here's the answer to the question you asked me in another thread about what my faucet was. Picture of Hamat Ergo in chrome (sorry not too close up): Close-up from website (I think this one is stainless steel): - Jim

I'm kind of in this dilemma and have been considering posting for ideas. I'm going to have uppers above the sink and although I'll have 18", I'm not sure if it will look strange to have a tall gooseneck there. Unlike you, though, I'm open to a pullout if it has the right look. I'm looking for both low profile pulldowns and tallish pullouts. I actually think it is possible that a pullout has an advantage as the reach might be less to get to the faucet. I'm also -considering- touch activation for that reason. I'm a little concerned about the reach to the back of the counter under those upper cabinets... My partner has also offered to modify the uppers so they are less deep over the sink if we end up feeling the uppers are really in our face. If I had any other layout, I'd bump the cabinet up over the sink or get rid of a cabinet there altogether. But, I have this backsplash window I am trying to learn to play nice with... Maybe this thread can become a place for us to post possibilities for both of us - and future folks in this dilemma. I'm not sure how a prep faucet would function as a main faucet. My gut says not so well? This post was edited by Steph2000 on Sun, Sep 8, 13 at 13:17