December 30, 2005
Faucets Other Than Farrah, Jimmy
My faucet has been in need of replacement for quite some time now. Whenever I operated the handle, the entire faucet assembly pivoted to reveal the rust and corrosion beneath its loose base plate. Not only did the faucet drip-- despite having replaced the washer-- but rotating the handle had a non-deterministic, non-zero chance of producing a spurt of water through the joints. And don't even get me started on the anemic droolersprayer.
So today we replaced it. And when I say "we", I really mean my thoughtful girlfriend (who bought the faucet as my replacement birthday gift) and my staunch friend and business partner (who, with the gf, did most of the labor). I now have the sparkling new Grohe faucet shown here, which is superior in every way to my old American Standard disaster. It's higher, allowing me to fit my Brita pitcher or stockpot beneath it easily. It emits a more concentrated stream, so water doesn't splatter. As for style, it has some. And the sprayer-- oh my, the sprayer-- actually cuts off all flow from the main faucet and creates a powerful blast of water with which to clean all the nooks and crannies of my cookware.
Ye of lesser faucets, look upon me and weep.
Posted by Peter at December 30, 2005 08:45 PMA thing of beauty indeed. But if it were truly wonderful--and I cast no particular aspersions here, as my kitchen faucet lacks this feature as well--it would come with foot-operated pedals, so that when you come back to the sink to wash your chicken-goo-covered hands, you wouldn't gunk up the lever to turn it on.
Posted by: Clay on December 31, 2005 08:32 AM