Bathroom Sink Faucets

The Bathroom is one of the most used areas of your home, yet it is often times the most neglected when it comes to décor. As your sanctuary, your bathroom deserves to look its best. Upgrading your bathroom not only provides better functionality and style but also can add significantly to the overall value of your home. While you're sure to have questions such as:

• What functions / features do I need?
• Will it fit my Bathroom Sink?
• How to Install Your New Bathroom Sink Faucet?
• Popular Bathroom Sink Faucet Collections?
• Cleaning and Maintaining Your Bathroom Sink Faucet?

Our mission at Build.com is simple – provide information and expertise to ensure you get the Bathroom Faucet that fits your budget and style.

What Functions or Features do I need?

It’s no surprise that the most used fixture in the home has so many options. Here are just a few things to consider when shopping for a Bathroom Sink Faucet. Which is better Single Handle Bathroom Sink Faucet Faucets or Double Handle Bathroom Sink Faucet Faucet’s? This one's up to you, and with a bit of research, you can decide what’s right for you. While a single-handle faucet offers convenient control of water volume and temperature, double-handle faucets offer additional styles and spout designs.

Other Desirable Features include:

• Ceramic Disc Cartridges

  It goes without saying that your new faucet should work without dripping. Trends in designs have improved significantly in just the last decade. Taking the place of rubber washer gaskets are Ceramic Disc cartridges which last a lifetime. Considered the industry’s hardest, most reliable valving material, single-cartridge and washer-less valving systems use ceramic discs to control water flow and are designed to last a lifetime.

• Handle Choices

  Some manufacturers sell the faucet handles separate from the faucet to give you, the consumer, the ability to mix and match styles, If your bathroom sink faucet does not come with handles our site will indicate a separate purchase is necessary

  Changing handles is simple and takes less than five minutes.

  • If you are changing from lever handles to knob or porcelain cross handles, you will need to re-orient the right (cold) handle stem stop so the stem stop faces inward.
  • If you are changing from knob or porcelain cross handles to lever handles, you will need to re-orient the right (cold) handle stem stop so the stem stop faces outward (both left and right handle stem stops should orient to the right).

  Eco Friendly Options

  Following in the footsteps of the lighting industry, plumbing manufacturers are increasingly offering eco-friendly products. Kohler, Moen and American Standard are just a few manufacturers that offer environmentally conscious bathroom sink faucets. Water Sense Certified faucets are being introduced every day by most manufacturers. WaterSense is a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency program designed to encourage water efficiency in the United States through the use of a special label on consumer products

Will it fit my Bathroom Sink?

Determine your basin configuration (i.e., the number of holes in your sink). If your bathrom sink has three or four holes, determine the space between the holes. If your sink has three holes, determine the spacing of the holes. This is typically 4" or 8" and are refered as Faucet Centers.

Single-Hole Faucets: also called “vessel faucets,” a handle is attached near the spout—therefore using one hole (and no faucet center) for the complete faucet—and the spout is usually situated higher over the sink; perfect for vessel sinks. Check out these stylish choices by Kohler and Moen.

Center-set Faucets: the spout and handles are situated on the base of the faucet; perfect for smaller sinks. Faucets by Delta and American Standard broadly offer sleek and stylish choices for this arrangement.

Mini-Widespread Faucets: the faucet’s handles on this design sit close to the spout, but off the faucet’s base; great for medium sized sinks. For this faucet type, Kohler and American Standard exhibit unique and beautiful designs.

Widespread Faucets: the handles and spout are not connected to the faucet’s base and a short distance of counter exists between each; suited to larger sinks. Moen, Price Pfister, and Kohler are all notable choices for this faucet center spread.

Wall-Mount Faucets: similar to widespread faucets, the handles and spout are situated over the sink’s center, but are mounted on the wall; a great choice for vessel sinks, antique sinks, or sinks that don’t already have pre-drilled holes; make sure the spout is long enough to direct water into the center of the sink. Kohler and Danze lead the pack on this arrangement, but many fashionable choices can be found with other brands as well.

In addition, be sure to measure the exact dimensions of your Bathroom Sink Faucet so that your new faucet will fit properly.

• Avoid a petite faucet on a big, bold sink, and vice versa.
• A spout that’s too short may not reach far enough, so choose a faucet that directs water into the center of the bowl (a fixture with a high-arc spout or pull-out spray are wise choices).
• Make sure your new faucet matches the correct hole drillings in your sink: four-inch centers, eight-inch centers or single-hole.

How to Install Your New Bathroom Sink Faucet

Popular Bathroom Sink Faucet Collections

Cleaning and Maintaining Your Bathroom Sink Faucet?

Once you install your Bathroom Sink Faucet, you’ll want to clean and maintain it. To care for your faucet, wipe with a clean, soft, damp cloth. The ideal cleaning technique is to always blot dry any water from metal surfaces as often as possible. In addition, buff drying should keep your product looking beautiful. Occasionally apply a non-abrasive polish to prevent water deposits and remove build-up of household soaps, creams and sprays to all finishes.

Finally, never use abrasive cleaners or pads, or chemical cleaners of any kind (including window cleaner) on any product with a protective coating or custom finish. Such cleaners will attack the protective coating and use of products like these will void the finish warranty.

If you have hard water and get a build of up mineral deposits in your aerator soak it in vinegar overnight and flush it with water, rubbing it with a toothbrush if the deposits are stubborn.