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Faucet Handles: Choosing the right one for you

Single Handle Faucets: A good choice for older users who have difficulty opening faucets with round knobs or children who usually reach for one handle or the other. There are single-handle models that let you adjust the flow mechanism to limit the amount of hot water available. For disabled persons, look for a faucet with the "ADA Approved" label.

Two Handle Faucets: The choice of a one or two-handled faucet is purely personal. With one handle, you enjoy convenient, single-handed control of water temperature and volume. Two-handled faucets offer more handle styles and spout designs.

Variable Center-set faucets are widespread faucets connected by hoses rather than solid piping, and are the most common in contemporary widespread lavatory faucets. These can be mounted into 8inch centered drillings or offer those with undrilled countertops to vary the spacing even further apart for custom spacing.

Single Hole Mounting: These faucets are mounted through a single hole. These usually have a single handle, but at times can have two.

Faucet valves:
Compression valves: Compression valves control water flow with a rubber washer. Hard water and overtightening can wear out the washer.

Ball valves: Ball valves are used exclusively in single-handle faucets. Choose brass cartridges over plastic if possible.

Sleeve-cartidge valves: These are used in two-handle faucets and are easy to repair. Be sure that the placement parts match your faucet as different companies has different sleeve designs.

Ceramic-disk valves: These valves are considered to be the best and replaicing the self contained disk is fast and easy.

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