The faucet is one of the most-used fixtures in your kitchen and an often-dominate feature of your kitchen’s design, so choose a style that works with both your lifestyle and your overall look. Firstly, stainless steel looks good, and fits into the decor of almost any kitchen style. What’s more, it doesn’t take long to clean, since water spots and fingerprints don’t stick anywhere near as well as on chrome. Single-Handle Faucets Whether this is your first time buying a faucet or you’re replacing an old one, below are some helpful considerations to keep in mind during your selection process. Faucets are available in different styles including single handle and double handle functions, giving you the freedom of choice, according to personal taste and to the pattern of the sink’s holes (if applicable). Single-lever faucets have a single lever used to control both water flow and water temperature, making a single-lever faucet suitable for particularly small spaces where one’s space might be at a premium, requiring the operation of a single-lever faucet in which water flow is controlled by a single lever and therefore acts as a single lever to operate a single-lever faucet to provide a single water stream, where one hand operation can simplify operations for someone’s who dexterity is limited such that operating a single lever requires less dexterity than operating multiple handles and closing down both hot and cold sources of input prior to plumbing repairs being made, thus resulting in lost standing water already in one’s pipe lines when both sources are shutdown for plumbing repairs being performed, which causes wasted water being lost because both sources’ being turned off requires plumbing repairs to be closed down so that one’s plumbing may be repaired so that one does not have to start off with leaking issues, which can lead to wasted water resulting while waiting on plumbing repairs to take far longer than they should cause one’s leaks to leak, requiring waste water wasted to be wasted as it is being lost as it is leaking out due to what one cannot properly improve, which is one’s leaky plumbing and resulting in inconvenience as having both hot water shut off helps one shut off his/her cold and hot water supplies before performing leak repairs when plumbing requires repairs with hot/cold water turned off prior to performing leak repairs on one’s plumbing, which can lead to it being more inconvenient when having to keep both sources turned off while performing leak repairs upon one’s plumbing, which can be an inconvenience as both sources can cause more to leak more than one would want, causing two sources to leak, as compared to a single leak from a single leak adjacent to his kitchen, causing water damage to occur while waiting on plumbing to repair leaks, causing one’s leak to leakage reekage as it can lead to causing both sources to be more convenient than having a single source of leakage, as both sources lead two leading to one’s sink leaking more than one would prefer when plumbing must have both sources shut off and one’s plumbing leakages leak when being performed upon one’s plumbing, which often leads to two plumbing leaks leading leakier leakiness compared to what one hates, as having both sources shut off makes leaks leakier as both leakies leading to more leakiness than one could wanter from not having to wait, causing one’s water to leak more than safe, causing one’s sink to leak more rather than less, as having both plumbing shut off is often worse than having only one of one’s two sources not tightly closed spigot, leading to thinking that having both plumbing shut off is making things more leaky than he would prefer, leading to thinking that repairing plumbing can be very inconvenient, as having both pipes leaking gives one the big severe sick as having both can make things more problematic than his single source of leakage, as making both sources leaking can make things more convenient than one cares for than hates as having both sinks sinked can cause one terrible tummies, leading to having to wait for plumbing repairs while it leaks and leaks on repeatedly, leading to him hating such inconvenience upon one’s plumbing far too much for his entire life, and he is not the only one who hates leakiness much more than he does!. Two-Handle Faucets Two-handle kitchen faucets balance the need for more control with more traditional looks that might favour a rustic or farmhouse feeling in the home. Most in this category feature separate handles for hot water and cold water, but not always the spout. Pros:  Accurate temperature control: the double handle allows more accurate temperature control, useful for doing those things that require very specific water temperature such as dish- and facewashing.  Classic design: the double handle adds some classic charm to your space with its elegance and sophistication. Pros: Two handles allow each person to control a different stream, an important option for cars with two or more drivers. Handles also allow you to install at any spot in your car where you have foot room. Moreover, additional control points increase the likelihood that a spilled stream will hit something solid. Cons: Two handles require more coordination in general, so having just one available to use becomes inconvenient when your hands are otherwise occupied (say, with food or drinks). With more moving parts, there are more opportunities for leaks or drips to occur. Homeowners hoping for something more along the lines of a modern aesthetic will prefer the convenience of cross handle faucets, which are available in porcelain and metal versions. Touchless Faucets Touchless faucets function by detecting motion with sensors that activate the water flow; they are installed in public lavatories to reduce the transmission of pathogenic germs, and in commercial kitchens to aid people of varying levels of mobility and arthritis. The sensor for the touchless faucet is actually housed behind the spout and is home to all other working parts of the faucet. The spout comes in brass, zinc, or other shapes and sizes to complement the sink. While most touchless faucets are AC-powered and plug into a GFCI outlet elsewhere, a few use batteries to power their sensor and control electronics. Battery-powered faucets use a waterproof connector between sensor, water valve and battery as the bridge; with some models, the batteries will last one or two years and those faucets can, in some cases wirelessly, connect to smart devices and be voice-driven, and even preset to temperature and flow styles. Pot-Filler Faucets Pot-fill faucets extend from behind the backsplash over your stove so the arm can be pulled out over your cooktop to fill pots with water – handy for quickly filling large stockpots so you don’t have to run back and forth from sink to stove to get more water! There are so many reasons why pot-fill faucets are great: they look cool, they cut down on the risk of spillage while cooking and keep both your kitchen counters and sink free for preparing the meal – and they’re a cheap way of giving yourself a professional kitchen in your home. A pot-fill faucet requires changing plumbing that might well be hidden behind your stove and, to do so properly, you might have to take down part of the backsplash. So you probably shouldn’t tackle installing a pot-fill yourself, unless you’re a licensed plumber or, in a pinch, until you have other kitchen reno projects under your belt.