<p>Our kitchen faucet totally failed today…leaking in several places. I need to replace it. Looking for a chrome model (current one is a 1990’s white). Don’t want brushed chrome…but would like the pull out faucet sprayer like we have now (you know…the whole faucet thing pulls out…no separate sprayer).</p>
<p>Any suggestions? I’ll be going to a plumbing supply place…thought maybe a Moen would be good. Would like to spend $200 or so…not much more.</p>
<p>are y gona to install it yourself? If so, pick a medium priced one from homedepot or lowes. Otherwise pick a good one in copper, plumbers are expensive.</p>
<p>Costco sells a Hansgrohe arc faucet with a pullout sprayer for around $180. I used it for my kitchen remodel last year.</p>
<p>No Home Depot or Lowes ones…DH says NO. Yes we will do the installation ourselves. We are not members of Costco…and the nearest one is more than 45 minutes away.</p>
<p>Also (sorry for not putting ALL the info in my first post)…we don’t want a very HIGH faucet…as there is a window behind this sink. That Arc one looks nice…but it’s too high, I think.</p>
<p>It looks like you want a one-hole single pull-out handle faucet in “chrome” finish. Something like this?</p>
<p>[Coralais</a> Single-Handle Pull-Out Sprayer Kitchen Faucet in Polished Chrome-K-15160-L-CP at The Home Depot](<a href=“http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v/R-100064421/h_d2/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053&superSkuId=202619864]Coralais”>http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v/R-100064421/h_d2/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053&superSkuId=202619864)</p>
<p>or this?</p>
<p>[Renzo</a> Single-Handle Pull-Out Sprayer Kitchen Faucet in Chrome-CA87316C at The Home Depot](<a href=“http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v/R-100684596/h_d2/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053&superSkuId=202620184]Renzo”>http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v/R-100684596/h_d2/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053&superSkuId=202620184)</p>
<p>Our kitchen faucet is white, too. It is on my hit list, but the garage lights come first. :)</p>
<p>thumper: yopu do not have to be a Costco member to shop their website. The faucet on Costco is brushed chrome, not shiny. HD and Lowe’s ship…</p>
<p>I had bad luck with my Moen kitchen faucet - cheaply made and kept breaking. I replaced it with a Kohler model that they carry at HD (one of the higher end ones for HD). It has a pullout sprayer (part of the faucet - not a separate one) and a decently designed spray mechanism control - i.e. hard plast rather than the rubber we had on the old one that breaks right away. </p>
<p>I’ve been pretty happy with this faucet.</p>
<p>thumper, this faucet is on sale at Costco dot com:</p>
<p>[Grohe</a> Ladylux Pull-Out Kitchen Faucet](<a href=“http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?prodid=11589842&whse=BC&topnav=&cm_sp=RichRelevance-_-categorypageHorizontalTop-_-PopularProductsInCategory]Grohe”>http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?prodid=11589842&whse=BC&topnav=&cm_sp=RichRelevance-_-categorypageHorizontalTop-_-PopularProductsInCategory)</p>
<p>It is more money than you want to spend and perhaps a bit too tall, but it surely looks nice (and is built well).</p>
<p>Our whole 10-year old development had Moen kitchen faucets and each and every one of them has failed within that time frame. Mine only lasted 2 years and the builder gave me a sizeable credit and I replaced it with a Hans Grohe that I purchase on-line from “Click.com” or something like that. BunsenBurner, It is the Ladylux kitchen faucet and it has been great! On a side note, I have had to replace THREE of my Moen bath shower heads and TWO of my Moen bath sink faucet cartridges. </p>
<p>The good news is that Moen has a lifetime guarantee on their products but their warranty is non-transferable. Covers parts but not labor.</p>
<p>My 12 yr old kitchen faucet is a Moen. Ironically, it leaked the day I was laid off from my job in 2008! DH tweaked with it, and the leak stopped. The white plasticky finish of the faucet yellowed somewhat, and the rubber cover of the spray control button is on its last legs, but the whole thing still works, so I hesitate to replace it. The Ladylux looks very nice…</p>
<p>The Hansgrohe faucet I bought last year isn’t on the Costco website - I bought it from the store. </p>
<p>The Grohe Ladylux has a lot of fans on the gardenweb kitchen forum.</p>
<p>Both brands are top quality.</p>
<p>Plumbers always say something like, “do not stray from Delta or Moen”. I would believe them.</p>
<p>Good suggestions…I’m still listening!!</p>
<p>If you want my opinion, stay away from Kohler, I haven’t had good luck with them. When they renovated our house we had all Kohler plumbing put in, and I haven’t been all that happy. It is true we have hard water, but the kitchen sink tap and several of the bathroom sink faucets failed in a short time after the work was done. They leaked and in several cases the valves basically became worthless, and I had to replace the controller in all three showers that had kohler, they all started leaking and couldn’t be fixed, and since I replaced them years ago with American Standard, none of them have failed. For what you pay for Kohler, I don’t think they are worth it to be honest. </p>
<p>I have had pretty good luck with American Standard and Delta and because they aren’t so expensive even if they fail X years down the road it still is cheaper then buying the very expensive stuff. </p>
<p>The nice part is most modern faucets are easy to put in, they require a minimum of tools and take not a lot of time, and you would be saving yourself a lot of money (last time my wife checked on how much it was to do a faucet in our kitchen sink, plumber said it was 300 bucks for the installation alone…)</p>
<p>Is Hansgrohe and Grohe two different companies or levels of quality? There is also a THIRD one with the name “Grohe” in it: Frederick Grohe. Fred is somehow related to Hans but this is a separate company that also makes really high-end stuff (or at least used to) priced even higher.</p>
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Why - more money for them?</p>
<p>Just being cynical and kidding. The advantage with staying with the most widely produced brands, like Delta, Moen, Kohler, Am Std is that parts are more readily available and usually less expensive.</p>
<p>You can’t go strictly by brand name though. You need to check out the construction including any moving part. I’ve seen some Grohe faucets (a high end brand) that had some flimsy components on some of their faucets and, again, a very solidly built Kohler (the one I felt was better constructed than the particular Grohe model). Each of these manufacturers makes a lot of models and they’re not all the same. In some cases the higher price for the more expensive brands is more due to the looks aspect of the design along with brand name cachet than durability or reliability. Most of us want the durability along with the design more than the brand name and of course the price usually enters the picture.</p>
<p>We just replaced our kitchen faucet. I spent a lot of time researching faucets on-line, including reading many Gardenweb Kitchen Forum threads about faucets. Note that there are two different types without a side spray (separate sprayer): pull down and pull out. You’ll want to decide which of these you prefer.</p>
<p>Take a look at faucetsdirect.com. We bought our sink from them and many Gardenwebbers have endorsed their customer service. Even if you don’t order from them, their website allows you to search by several criteria including price and spout height so its very helpful in narrowing down your choices. I wouldn’t buy a faucet without reading several reviews on-line.</p>
<p>Some styles come in both a regular version and a bar or prep sink version, which tends to be shorter. The bar or prep sink version also tends to have a more restricted water flow so I would avoid choosing that type unless you can confirm that its flow is comparable to the regular version.</p>
<p>Grohe seems to be consistently highly rated. Some folks on Gardenweb are happy with their Deltas. We bought a Kohler for aesthetic reasons and we like it.</p>
<p>I have the Grohe Bridgeford and love it. It was recommended by two plumbers I know, the kitchen designer we used, as well as the kitchen and bath supply store that stocks every faucet known to man. I never realized what a difference there is in faucets until we reno’d our kitchen!</p>
<p>They’re 2 separate plumbing companies, both very high quality. Hansgrohe was founded by Hans Grohe. Grohe was founded by Hans Grohe’s son Friedrich.</p>
<p>[Hansgrohe</a> vs. Grohe - Kitchens Forum - GardenWeb](<a href=“Hansgrohe vs. Grohe”>Hansgrohe vs. Grohe)</p>
<p>[Grohe</a> Ladylux Pro faucet or Hansgrohe Allegro pull-down faucet? - Kitchens Forum - GardenWeb](<a href=“Grohe Ladylux Pro faucet or Hansgrohe Allegro pull-down faucet?”>Grohe Ladylux Pro faucet or Hansgrohe Allegro pull-down faucet?)</p>
<p>If you look at thathomesite.com, in the kitchen forum, you will find lots of information about faucets. We renovated 2.5 bathrooms, and I bought all Rohl fixtures online for great prices.</p>