Pepperfreak said:
If I were you and were my customer, I would recommend spending a little more money and return that faucet for a Delta. When I was in the buisness, Delta was the only way to go. Just my 2 cents....
The American Standard seemed a bit tighter and better built compared to the Price Pfisters, Moens, and Deltas in the same basic configuration.....I kid you not. All the rest seemed to have a lot of slop in the handles and swivvel. And the American Standard was 50 bucks cheaper across the board. I hope I don't live to regret it, but right now I'm pretty satisfied with my choice.
salsalady said:
SWEET set up! Those sprayers are so handy, and I love a hi-rise faucet. One of my pet peeves is not being able to get a tall pot under the faucet.
You had to pay Retta $100 to install it?
We've bought faucets from HD in the past and not had a problem with them, but our plumber contractor friends tell us that American Standard or Delta from Home Depot is not the same as American Standard or Delta from a contractor. Something about plastic parts on the insides instead of brass. Don't know if it's true or one of those urban legends.
I see the scrubby sponge in the holder. Please tell me you sanitize that thing once or twice daily.......
So far, I'm LOVING the pull down sprayer! It's a braided steel line and looks quite sturdy! Retta is actually the one who lined-up the plumber! She works for Paul Davis Restoration and has loads of contractors at her fingertips. When he got here (I live 25 miles from town), he had to remove the old sink, re-saw the hole for the new sink, fix an old leak in the drain, re-configure the water lines as they did not match up with the lines on the new faucet, added a redundant set of shutoff valves.....and was only going to charge me $75 bucks cause he's so fond of Retta. I gave him $100 and felt satisfied.
My scrubby sponge get's washed with the whites twice....then I throw it out for a new one. Yes, they are quite nasty if left too long!
Pepperfreak said:
I've never heard of that line, I might have to check them out.
Paul, did you get your faucet returned all okay? Whenever my current faucet goes out, I'll be replacing it with something like yours since i too hate not being able to get be Chili pot, corn pot and canner under my current faucet. But since it ain't broke I ain't fixin it till it is.
I took Retta with me to return it. When we got to the returns counter, the girl working said she'd have to call a manager, cause exchanging just the sprayer head was quite odd. The girl told the manager that there was a woman that wanted to exchange just the sprayer head. The manager told her
no, we couldn't and that we'd have to pull the whole faucet and bring it back.
Retta just smiled and asked to speak with the manager in person. Disgusted, the girl walked off to get him from somewhere else in the store. When he approached the counter he saw Retta.....standing there in her Paul Davis Restoration shirt. He stopped, turned to the girl, and told her to give the PDR rep anything she needed.
We were out of there in 5 minutes with no further questions or paperwork!
It's nice to have connections!
