¿Your tap does not work like before? Lose water? Not comfortable for you? Time to replace it! If you haven't replaced it in many years, choosing a new tap can become quite a challenge. Today the alternatives are greater and a bad choice could make it difficult for you to work in the kitchen.
Single lever or double lever? High spout or horizontal spout? Folding or removable? You probably did not imagine having to answer so many questions to choose a faucet for your kitchen. And you probably don't know exactly what one term or another implies. Don't worry! In Bezzia We clarify them one by one.
A wise choice of tap in addition to make your job easier in the kitchen, it will contribute to make its decoration more attractive. Take your time choosing the right ams. You start by determining whether it will be flush-mounted in the counter or in the wall. Then measure the space available to place it, think about what features are essential for you and respect your budget when buying it.
Opening Single or two-handle?
Han mixer taps are today the most widespread option. A single remote and a simple movement they are enough to adjust the temperature and the water flow. Its ease of use has displaced two-handle taps, those that have two controls, one for cold water and the other for hot water, to regulate the flow and temperature of the water.
Spout high, low, folding or removable?
Where is the tap going to be installed? How much space do we have for its installation? Are there any obstacles nearby? These and other factors such as the size of the sink will largely determine which type of spout is the most suitable for our kitchen from the following:
- High spout: The high spout faucets allow you to comfortably clean and fill large kitchen containers such as pots, pans, carafes or even buckets. You will need for this, yes, a sink large enough; since if it is small they would splash the countertop. For small sinks it is recommended that it be also removable. In this way and when you need to fill a large container you can use this, reserving the middle spout for the rest of the tasks.
- Low or horizontal spout: When the taps are installed on the wall they are known as low spout taps. When they are installed in the countertop, however, they are usually called horizontal spout taps. If your sink is right under a casement window or other obstacle, these types of pipes will allow you to avoid collisions.
- Folding: Casements are another great option when installed near windows that can be hindered from opening. They are also a great alternative in areas where space does not allow us to use a larger tap, because we can achieve greater room for maneuver with a smaller tap.
- Removable: It is a common feature of industrial kitchen faucets that we can now bring into our homes. Pull-out taps are very practical in any kitchen. Why? Because they incorporate a spring that allows you to move the spout of the tap up to 2 meters. A very useful feature for filling large containers; even those found on the stove.
Extra features
There are certain characteristics of a faucet that can help you save on consumption of water or to purify it. But there are also mechanisms that you can incorporate into standard taps to achieve the same. We talk about them above:
- Mixer taps with two-stage opening: The ease of opening of the mixer taps causes us to open them in such a way that they supply the maximum flow rate, thus increasing water consumption without being really necessary. The two-stage opening mechanism incorporates an intermediate stop that provides sufficient flow for normal use. And when you want to have a higher flow it will only be necessary to exert a slight upward pressure to bring the handle to the stop. According to studies, this mechanism allows reducing consumption by more than 50%.
- With flow regulator: They have an adjustable mechanism to internally limit the flow of water, but at the same time, it overcomes the existing restrictions in the manufacture of taps, which requires minimum flow rates of 12 and 20 liters per minute.
- Aerators or pearlizers: These are not incorporated into the design like the previous ones. They are devices that screw onto the tap and break the stream of water, mixing it with air. Thus they achieve an increase in the volume of the jet and the surface of contact with the water. We talk about them almost a year ago, do you remember?
- With osmosis: Kitchen faucets with osmosis include the function of purifying the water, so they have built-in purification mechanisms.