Commercial electronic faucets make cleaning and using your business restroom sinks much easier. You don’t need to touch a handle or knob, and you won’t get and spread germs or bacteria from and to other users.
If you’re remodeling your restroom and considering getting electronic instead of manual faucets, below are some tips to make your shopping easier.
1. Finish
There are a lot of faucet finishes that it can be overwhelming to choose one. Some of your options include polished chrome, brushed chrome, polished nickel, brushed nickel, hammered nickel, stainless steel, bronze, brushed bronze, oil-rubbed bronze, polished brass, black, white, gold, and decorative ceramic.
Here are some tips for choosing a finish for your sensor faucet.
● Choose a finish that matches all of the hard surfaces in your restroom. For example, the colors should all be the same, including lighting fixtures, window handles, and door hardware.
● Polished finishes are beautiful, but they require continual maintenance to keep your touchless faucets looking new.
● Brushed finishes hide wet marks and dirt better.
● When it comes to durability, chrome is the clear winner. It’s also the easiest to clean. That’s why it’s a popular choice for commercial faucets. If you have a high-traffic restroom, this is an ideal choice.
● Bronze faucets have a surface that is actually a coating. This coating is durable, although it is more easily chipped or damaged than metal.
2. Style
Style is important but you shouldn’t choose your faucet based on style alone. Make sure you don’t compromise quality and reliability just to get the style you want.
These days, most designs focus on spouts. You can choose just about any design but you should consider the surrounding space when choosing one.
Faucet spouts come in a wide range of heights and lengths. So choose what will go well with your sink. Your sink and faucet do not necessarily have to match but the materials, finishes, and color of both your faucet and your sink should complement each other.
So before you go out and buy a motion sensor faucet, decide if you’re going to keep your existing sink first. If you’re doing new construction, you have more free choices in picking hands-free faucets.
3. Quality & Durability
Quality and durability often go hand in hand. Here’s how to make sure you’re choosing high-quality faucets. The following are some of the things you should look into to determine the quality of the faucet:
● Material. Copper is currently the preferred material for faucet parts. Ask about the materials of the parts inside the faucet.
● Cartridge. Faucet cartridge offers high-temperature resistance, chemical corrosion resistance, wear resistance, high mechanical strength, and superior lubricating characteristics.
● Aerator. High-quality aerators— the small screw-on tip that fits on the end of your faucet— will thoroughly combine flowing water and air to produce a foamy water flow. Aerators will also boost the scouring force, resulting in less water usage. A high-quality aerator can efficiently save water by up to 30% or more. Plus, water noise is almost non-existent.
4. Flow Rate
New faucet fixtures manufactured in the United States since 1992 have a maximum flow rate of 2.5 gallons per minute (GPM) as mandated by the law.
You may find faucets that offer an even lower flow rate. Faucets with WaterSense certification have a high-efficiency flow rate of 1.5 GPM or less.
The technology that allows for these extremely low flows is either incorporated into the faucet body or applied to the aerator. Low-flow aerators with clever engineering will automatically compensate for pressure changes, allowing you to adjust the flow and restrict water while maintaining a full, forceful flow.
So when choosing your faucet, ask about the water flow rate. This way, you can save water and water expenses.
When you’re ready to buy your commercial electronic faucets, visit Quality Plumbing Supply. They have commercial kitchen and bathroom faucets from major manufacturers like American Standard, Kohler, TOTO, and more. Visit their website now.
