VolNExile
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Potfillers! (no, not that kind of pot):
@Behr @Orangeslice13 @Orangeredblooded @Souce and @ anyone else who gets deeply involved in cooking/ building
Remodel starts in September, and I'm finalizing the plans. I am reluctantly giving up my second smaller prep sink on the range wall due to space. We will be down to one faucet/ one kitchen water source, over the Kraus 33" or 36" apron front single bowl sink six+ feet away on the opposite window wall. I know the argument about "You don't just have to carry the newly-filled pot across the kitchen; you also have to carry it back to dump it." It's not that so much as the fact that, umm, the sink won't always be empty when I need to put a 12 quart stock pot in there to fill, meaning having to take stuff back out of the sink in order to set the pot on the rack at the bottom, cursing that the Dish Fairy had not fluttered through to do her job in a timely manner. Dumping used pasta water on dirty dishes doesn't bother me, as the Dish Fairy can deal with it as the natural consequence of not washing up in a timely manner.
Range wall backs onto the bathroom, which will also be remodeled, and at some point this wall will be open on both sides, exposing the plumbing already there for the bathroom, so relatively easy access.
I don't care about any coolness factor (or absence thereof). I do like things that make my eyes happy, but function and efficiency and clean lines and relative simplicity are what I look for in design.
I can hear the strangled cries of husbands everywhere at the thought of a faucet without a sink and drain underneath.
***VNE finally gets to the point***: Does anyone have first-hand experience with pot filler disasters, specifically leaks? And I've read mysterious references to one-valve, and not having a "second knob in back" - are these something to look for in buying the fixture? (Second-hand experience is OK if it was something that happened to a family member or close friend, as opposed to "this guy at work.")
For the baffled (random image, not how ours will look) - the articulated arm swings out for use and tucks back against the wall when not:
@Behr @Orangeslice13 @Orangeredblooded @Souce and @ anyone else who gets deeply involved in cooking/ building
Remodel starts in September, and I'm finalizing the plans. I am reluctantly giving up my second smaller prep sink on the range wall due to space. We will be down to one faucet/ one kitchen water source, over the Kraus 33" or 36" apron front single bowl sink six+ feet away on the opposite window wall. I know the argument about "You don't just have to carry the newly-filled pot across the kitchen; you also have to carry it back to dump it." It's not that so much as the fact that, umm, the sink won't always be empty when I need to put a 12 quart stock pot in there to fill, meaning having to take stuff back out of the sink in order to set the pot on the rack at the bottom, cursing that the Dish Fairy had not fluttered through to do her job in a timely manner. Dumping used pasta water on dirty dishes doesn't bother me, as the Dish Fairy can deal with it as the natural consequence of not washing up in a timely manner.
Range wall backs onto the bathroom, which will also be remodeled, and at some point this wall will be open on both sides, exposing the plumbing already there for the bathroom, so relatively easy access.
I don't care about any coolness factor (or absence thereof). I do like things that make my eyes happy, but function and efficiency and clean lines and relative simplicity are what I look for in design.
I can hear the strangled cries of husbands everywhere at the thought of a faucet without a sink and drain underneath.
For the baffled (random image, not how ours will look) - the articulated arm swings out for use and tucks back against the wall when not:
