Types Of Bathroom Faucets We Can Buy For Our Bathroom

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In any bathroom renovation, its bathroom faucets that plays the crucial role. Available in an endless number of shapes and finishes, even a low priced faucet can do a lot in enhancing the interior decor of your bathroom. Before you plan to buy bathroom faucets, there are some factors you should take in consideration if you don’t want to make any mistake such as do you require faucet for existing sink or are you purchasing new sink too along with the faucet, what type of features you want in your faucet, which faucet will suit your bathroom, price of the faucet etc.

Different bathroom sinks require different type of faucets. Most of the sinks usually consist of 1 or 3 holes on their rim or deck and a countertop or the wall above them. If you want to buy faucet online or offline for your exiting sink, first of all determine which type of faucet will suit its design. If there is only one hole in your sink, buy single hole bathroom faucet and if your sink has three holes, buy 4" minispread faucet or centerset faucet. You will find numerous varieties of bathroom faucets online but before you even think about buying them, it is essential that you should know about how they work.

As I said above, there are numerous shapes and finishes of faucets available in the market but if we categorize them on the basis of configuration and working process, only four basic types will emerge from them. These are as follows:

Ball faucets:

Ball faucets consist of one handle and a ball joint at the base on which it rotates. The handle of these faucets control both flow and temperature of the water. It is easily identifiable because of its older design and is used widely in both bathroom and kitchens. However, there is one downside of ball faucets and that is they are prone to developing leaks more than other models.

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Compression faucets:

These types of faucets consist of two handles and each of them come equipped with a valve and on board washer to control water flow and create pressure seal respectively. Just like the above one, these are also old-school faucets with which we have grown up. Many updated version of these faucets have come up in the market nowadays.

Cartridge faucets:

Compression faucets are available in two varieties, one handle and two handle. One handle model of Cartridge faucets looks just like Compression faucets but unlike them it does not consist of washers. In the place of washer, stem cartridge is used to regulate water supply. And what’s more, they moves smoothly and does not become tighter on being turned.

Disc Faucets:

Disc faucets consist of a cylinder and 2 discs which regulate water flow and temperature. Although somewhat similar to ball faucets, disc faucets are relatively modern in design and are much expensive than the other three models. However, life span of disc faucets is more than other varieties.