Buying faucets and fixtures for your home used to be easy. Most stores had few brands and models to choose from, and functionality was all that counted. As a consumer, you had no choice except to make your choice from the limited selection that was available. This is no longer the case. Manufacturers have responded…
If you’ve bought a new faucet or shower head in the last 25 years, you’ve probably noticed that the amount of water flowing through the fixture is lacking in pressure. This is due to the presence of a shower head flow restrictor that does what the name implies: it limits the flow of water. American…
Choosing the right color for your fixtures is an important decision to make when remodeling a kitchen or bath. Chrome fixtures once dominated the design preferences of professionals, only to be replaced by brushed nickel, brass, and even gold. Nowadays, however, designers are falling head over heels over matte black finishes that can be found…
A faucet installation is among the most common plumbing repairs that consumers need. Want to give your kitchen an inexpensive upgrade? Something eye-catching that also has incredible new technology features like hands-free controls? We suggest you start by changing out that old kitchen faucet for a brand new one from Moen. Many people tackle the…
Now that we’re heading toward summer months and warmer temperatures, it’s time to get out the garden hoses and connect them to your outdoor faucets. Most of you will do this without a hitch, but some of you are going to find out that your faucet won’t work anymore. One of the most common causes…
If you want to add an unmistakable touch of class to your gourmet kitchen, you can’t do better than a Grohe faucet. The collection of faucets available exceeds anything you’ll find at your local hardware store, no matter how big it is. Quality like this is to expensive to stock in a big-box store. Grohe…
Whether you’re remodeling a kitchen or bath or simply replacing or updating an older unit, you’ll find hundreds of faucets and fixtures to choose from. It wasn’t always this way. Chances are when you were a kid, a plumbing business had a couple basic models to choose from. But over the years, manufacturers have responded…
Do you have a dripping faucet in your house? Or is one of your outside spigots constantly dripping water? If you do, you’re wasting a lot of money. A dripping faucet can leak thousands of gallons of water a year, and that’s money literally down the sewer.
