New Kitchen Faucet- choice and install

[Pepper]

My mother gave me some money for Christmas to buy a new faucet for the kitchen. I want one of the ones with a pull out sprayer. I am looking at a Price Pfister or a Delta.

Anyone have any experiences with pull our sprayers, these brands, or changing out a kitchen faucet? I am being pretty non-committal on the whole thing. Would someone just kick me and tell me to decide. Thanks.

[goingrey]

We've used a Moen for years. Works good. It may be near impossible, but I would buy one made in USA. Chinese will last about a year.
As far as putting one in Step 1 is always : TURN OFF the water. I learned what full hot and cold water feels like when I was 18 and tried the job.
The rest is mechanics. They usually come with instructions. Which "real men" don't use....they botch the job and call a plumber when the kitchen gets flooded.:shock:

[jeffus]

I replaced everything with Moen's 4 years ago and they still look great and perform.

Delta is totally crud. Can't speak about Price Pfister.

If you choose NOT to read the directions, you would be advised to pop the valve body out of anything you'll be soldering. After it cools off, re-insert the valve body. Happy results afterwards!

Use flux! Prepare the solder joints properly. Compression fittings are your friends.

Nevermind,
you're just replacing a kitchen faucet, no soldering required.....

[Bollux]

sink wrench!

http://images.lowes.com/general/b/basinwrench_00.jpg

[jim]

No reccomendations as far as what to get, but when you do get one do yourself a favor and read the directions first. They are not that hard to install but if you get out of order you will just have to start all over from step 1.

[jeffus]

Graphics guru Bollux nailed that one....great tool! :wtg:

[sao95]

Moen and Delta are both good, although Delta tends to be a bit more pricey. Delta is made in the U.S. though and a letter to the company will usually get you a replacement or part for free if it does break. I'm not sure where Moen is made. To install turn off water, take old faucet off, put new one on in reverse order of how you took old off ;)

[chuck]

Price Pfister is definaitlly the cheaper brand, I've used them and replaced them in short order, Delta is a better name, moen is better, it comes down to getting what you pay for.
As the others said, turn off the water! Get the handy dandy pipe wrench pictured above (don't even try to do it without it, you'll just have to back to the store to get one) and take yourtime, it's one of those jobs you want to send the wife and kids out of the house for.
Lots of info on the web of how too's and as said earlier read the directions!
Good luck!

[Cubfan]

I put in a Price Pfister about a year ago and we love it. It was quite unique, and the color is that "oil rubbed bronze". It was super easy to install. Actually, I had bought 3 or 4 faucets at once, one from each brand (Moen, Delta, PP, etc.) and the "ease of installation" helped make the decision towards the Pfister. Everything was very straightforward - hand tighten then lightly turn with a wrench. I was done in minutes.

Here's mine. It's been performing flawlessly for about a year now. We get some 'wows' when people see it because it's a bit different.

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=108216-330-26-4NZZ&lpage=none

[SideShowCecil]

Moen and Delta are both good. Delta is commonly used in the hotel industry. It wears well and parts are easy to get.

If you have particularly hard water neither will last as long as they should.

[tt3]

Depending on the age of your shutoffs it wouldn't hurt to pick up spares just in case. From the three faucets I've replaced I had to do the valves on two. One handle broke apart in my hand and sliced me up pretty good. Still bitter about that. Now I wear gloves when I turn off water at those stupid things.

[Hockeyfan]

I have Delta in my house and love it. Had mainly Delta in my old house too. My friend works for Delta and its made in Canada. Yeah, we make it too. Moen is good too. I don't think you would go wrong with either. No experience with Price Pfister.

As for the instalation...it's super easy. Directions will show you the way. As long as your water connections aren't welded together. Most new places have threaded connections. Just make sure you buy a high quality joint compound (like plumbers puddy) and use it in every joing.

My kitchen faucet is a Delta with all black and copper showing through. It has the pull out strayer right in the main spout, with a switch to change the stream. Therefore my sink does not have the hold off to the right. Other than that, just tighten your connections well, but not too tight to break the plastic connections. Watch it for a few days after the install too ensure that there are no slow leaks, which could damage your cupboards beneath the sink.

All in all...it's easy. When I sold my last house I bought a super cheap faucet with sprayer and installed it. IT was a Delta and it functioned fine, although I wouldn't go with a cheap one if I wanted it to last long. More expensive = higher quality parts. Good luck.

[MIDAD]

I prefer ceramic disc valving in any faucet....if that matters:shrug:

[SGTDad]

Yeah, get one with quality internal parts - ceramic valves are best and will last the longest.