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Choosing Bar Faucets

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Installing bar faucets in your home, whether it be in a bar or just on your kitchen sink, is an excellent way to improve the feel of your space.  Bar sink faucets add a touch of old-school to a modern home, and they create a ton more space in the sink because of their height and narrow profile.  With lots of different options to choose from, how do you make a decision?  It’s easy when you know what you’re looking at!

Before we go any farther, I should point out some of the minor drawbacks that bar sinks and faucets have.  Most bar sinks are stainless steel, when you couple the stainless with the extended height of a bar faucet you have a noisy recipe.  It’s only an extra few inches, but it can really make a difference when the water is on high!  Bar faucets also have a very limited range.   The entire faucet has a small footprint, so getting water to the front of the sink to clean is tricky.

With all of that being said, there are some things that you should look for when buying bar faucets.  Design is obviously the most important.  One really cool thing is that an authentic faucet is going to be the cheapest one.  If you find the same kind that they use in your local dive, it will probably cost you less than thirty bucks!  If you are looking for something in a different finish, you can expect to pay much more.  Bronze bar faucets are very popular and elegant, but if that’s what you’re looking for do some research to find the best price.  It can mean the difference of a few hundred bucks!

The features of bar faucets also vary a lot.  You can get faucets that have both the hot and cold stems, a single stem version, or my favorite, the pump.  The pumps are very cool because they seem to operate like an old school faucet that pumps the water from under the house, when in reality they just open the valve for a few seconds.  Pump bar faucets are very nice, but they tend to get dirty faster due to more contact between the hands and the hardware.

Adding a bar faucet in your home is a wise investment.  It can make a dramatic impact on the appearance of your bar or kitchen for not a lot of money.  Spend some time shopping around and I’m sure you’ll find exactly what you’re looking for at the price you want.

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