Posts filed under 'Bathroom Faucets'
Have you ever noticed how many faucets are shaped like a question mark? See the several samples on this post from Whitehaus, Newport Brass, Samuel Heath and Perrin and Rowe. 
Is there a reason why many manufacturers of kitchen faucets choose this basic shape?
Well, of course. It is primarily a matter of sanitation. Without the downward pointing end of the tube, debris from the air would likely fall into the end of the tube, mix with the water, and then what would you get when you turned the water on to get a drink? 
One other perhaps more practical reason is that you would not want the water to be spraying uncontrollably upward and make a mess.
Look at the drawing here: 
When the water is turned off, what remains in the end of the tube flows downward into the sink, being discarded through the drain. 
The water that remains in the tube is kept well back from potential contamination, assuring that the next drinker will not get a culture of material that’s been growing for hours. Yuk!
May 4th, 2007
One annoying feature of the single-handle faucets is that if you move the handle from the left (hot side) to a certain spot, and then move it from the right (cold side) to the exact same spot, the water is not the same temperature. Stated in other words, how hot or cold the water comes out of the spigot does not depend on the position of the handle - it depends on how you got it there. This is an effect called, “hysteresis.” (Pronounce it, “Hiss-ter-ee’-sis” - accent on the third syllable.)
Hysteresis happens in the single-handle faucet because a pad that moves over the hot and cold holes inside the valve has some play or looseness in its position. Where the pad ends up depends upon how it gets there - from the left or from the right. There are few manufacturers who have actually caught onto this problem, and most have not. But, alas, you can solve it on your own!
Simply use dual-handled faucets. These give you the repeatable accuracy you need to be sure the water will come out of the faucet at the same temperature every time. I’ve found some good selections from www.knobshingesandmore.com.
March 2nd, 2007
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November 19th, 2005
