How to choose a mixer for a bathroom with a spout: a long, short, exhaust

The mixer has long become an indispensable attribute of modern life. Without this useful device it is difficult to imagine not only the bathroom, but also the kitchen. If there is water supply in the room, then you can not do without a mixer. For a bathroom mixer with a spout - the most popular solution.

It is necessary for us for a comfortable life, since it allows us to obtain the required water temperature. Through water pipes there is water or scorching cold, or close to the temperature of boiling water. With a mixer, the water from the pipes is mixed in different proportions, and we can safely wash or wash the dishes without risking a burn or frostbite.

Mixers come in three types:

• with shower head,
• with spout,
• combined, where there is a shower head and spout.

Faucets equipped only with a shower head are usually found only in public showers, and the last two types of mixers can be found anywhere. The spout of the mixer has several different names. Some call it "gander", others - "tap", and still others - "nose".It is a thin metal tube from which water flows.

The main purpose of the spout is to form and direct a stream of water.

For the manufacture of spouts, as for other parts of the mixers, mainly brass is used, which is then applied with a decorative coating, which determines the color of the product. For kitchen sinks, washbasins and bathtubs, you should choose a mixer of different shapes and sizes.

The long spout mixer is the most popular model. It is in demand because the long spout allows making necessary manipulations in the sink, without pouring all around with water. Another advantage of the mixer with a long spout is that it can be used immediately for two plumbing fixtures. This picture is familiar to everyone without exception: in the close bathrooms of the "Khrushchev" building, a wash basin and a bath were located side by side. Above the bathroom hung a long curved faucet that needs to be turned, depending on whether you want to wash your hands or fill the tub with water.

Swivel spout is very convenient to use in the kitchen. If necessary, the nozzle of the mixer can be turned to the side to make room for the dishes. A swivel mixer is also usually installed if a kitchen sink with two bowls is installed in the kitchen. Plus of such a design is that it does not take up much space, it is very important in conditions of space deficit.

The drawback of the design is the following: the mixer spout turns back and forth very often and quickly fails even if it's a high-quality product.

Curved long spout is able to bring vintage notes to the interior of the bathroom, especially with the appropriate decorative coating. If you want to create a retro-terrier, then support the vintage spout with beautiful valves and an old-style shower head.

Mixers with a short spout appeared on the market relatively recently. This is an invention of economical Europeans who try to minimize the consumption of resources in all possible ways. A short spout, indeed, helps to save water consumption, but this saving will be quite insignificant. Among other things, experts say that a short spout helps to regulate the water temperature more quickly. True, the difference here is only a fraction of a second.

A short spout creates a strong and even stream of water, minimizing spattering. It is usually installed over a small sink in the toilet or over the bathroom. In the latter case, it is also equipped with a shower head.

The main advantage of a short spout is that it takes up considerably less space than a long spout, so it is simply irreplaceable in small bathrooms where every centimeter of free space is in the account.

The man's striving to save space knows no bounds, so recently in shops there were mixers with a short spout that are installed directly on the side of the bath. This design quickly gained popularity due to its ergonomics.

The mortise mixer not only allows you to free space on the wall. With it, you can fill the bathtub faster.

Depending on the shape of the spout, the sanitary faucets available in the sanitary ware market can be divided into two large groups. The first group includes mixers with a classic spout, and the second - cascade mixers.

Classic outlets combines one thing: they all represent a tube in shape - short or long, straight or curved.

For a bath or shower, usually either very short straight mixers are chosen or, alternatively, long ones with one or two bends. The latter resemble the English letter S. But there must be a lot of space above the kitchen sink so that as much as possible of the dishes can fit into it. For these purposes, straight or bent L-shaped mixers are most suitable.

Cascade mixers "live" mainly in the bathrooms. Their main difference is in almost complete absence of spillage. More precisely, there is a spout, but its form is so far from traditional that we perceive it as something completely different. Usually, the spout of a cascade mixer is a wide metal or plastic panel having a narrow slit, from which water is poured. The jet as a result turns out to be wide and flat, which creates a waterfall effect. Equipped with a cascade mixer, the bath is filled with water twice as fast as usual.

Despite the fact that our article is devoted to mixers with a spout for the bathroom, we can not ignore the models with an exhaust spout, which are mainly used in the kitchen. A key feature of these mixers is that the tip of the spout is connected to a long flexible hose that resembles a shower hose, which allows you to pull the spout out of the mixer and reach them to any place of the sink. The extractor mixer greatly facilitates the washing process. With its help, it is very convenient to wash large pots, baking trays and pans, the sink itself, and also to fill with water containers.

As we have already mentioned, such a faucet is most often found in the kitchen, but the bathroom can be found useful for it. For example, something similar is used in beauty salons for washing your head. This is really a good idea, because sometimes we just need to wash our head, and not to wet the whole body, we will assume in order to wash off the hair dye, and doing it over a sink with an ordinary spout is very inconvenient. In this case, the exhaust spout will have to come in handy.

Mixers with an exhaust spout come in three types. Some mixers in the role of a retractable nozzle are the tip of the spout, others - a shower head, which is attached to the spout. Still others are a combined model: the mixer and the shower head are located on the sink separately from each other.

In conclusion, let's summarize some of the results and recall the main criteria for choosing a bathroom faucet.

Basic principles:

• If you choose a mixer for a very small bathroom, then your main concern is space saving, and questions of functionality and aesthetics go to the background. You should pay attention to rotary mixers with a long spout, which can serve both the bath and the sink simultaneously.
• If your bathroom is quite spacious and there is no need to cut out every inch of free space, then the previous option is not for you. You can make sure that both plumbing fixtures are equipped with mixers.
• When choosing a spout for a bath, you must always take into account its throughput. It depends on the diameter of the hole: the bigger it is, the faster the bath will fill.
• For a bath it is better to choose a short spout, so it allows you to draw water faster and use it more economically. But the length of the spout for the washbasin depends on the size of the sink and on the purpose for which it is used. For a small shell it is better to choose a smaller spout, and for a large one - more.
• For those who appreciate modern and practical solutions, you will definitely like a tap mixer with a short spout that can be installed on the side of a bathtub or sink. Pay attention to cascading models - it's not only convenient, but also very beautiful.
• If you have to wash or wash anything in the bathroom, or you often dye your hair, apply washable masks and balms on them, then you should think about buying a mixer with an exhaust spout. This model is very practical, it can be used not only in the kitchen, but also in the bathroom, for example, for washing the head, as professional hairdressers do.
• When choosing a mixer with a spout, you must also take into account the style of the bathroom. Short round or rectangular chrome-plated mixers are accessories of modern styles, but long, curved brass or brass mixers are more suitable for a classic interior.

We also recommend that you read the tips for choosing a bathroom faucet.