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sum (FL)
What are your opinions of kitchen pull out faucets vs pull down faucets?
Seems a pull down faucet require more force to pull? Does it translate to more friction & wear and tear to the hose assembly inside?
It also seems a pull down faucet is typically taller, hence it should be installed on a more solid and stable surface like granite and marble counter? Would you say if you install it on the mounting hole of a standard gauge stainless steel sink, it would be more likely to "flex" the thin steel when you do the pull down? Or doesn't matter if you reinforce it with a good quality deck plate?
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LI Guy (IN)
I would say it depends more on the quality of the faucet. To your specific concern, pull outs exert less stress on the mounting because the detach point is right at the base of the faucet, whereas a pull down the detach point is at the end of a long spout. Most pull downs "click" in place so best practice is to hold the spout with one hand while pulling the head down with the other, but number of times I have seen anybody do this (except me) is still at 0.
In a rental environment, if I had to pick one it would be a pull-out. A better choice IMO is the old-school Delta single handle with a separate sprayer.
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hj (AZ)
In a rental environment, I would not use either one.
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packy (MA)
on this, hj and I agree.
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vic (CA)
I'm of the same opinion that sprayers are not trouble free and tend to break easily. I don't have one in either of my two homes. Heck, in one of my homes where my wife doesn't go very often I even took out the garbage disposer as to me I don't feel like it improves my life at all.
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bernabeu (SC)
simple is BETTER
better = more free time
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DaveMill (CA)
We were all excited when I installed our first pull-out faucet 15 years ago. Then the plastic joint between the spray head and the flexible hose broke. Four warranty replacements later, I gave up. Even though the replacement parts were free, it wasn't worth the grief.
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Curly (CA)
One advantage to a pull down faucet is that if it leaks at the spray head to hose connection it will leak into the sink instead of underneath it.
Just my 2 cents.
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