Where can I find cheap, good, utility faucets?

[jonmulzer]

I need a faucet for the utility sink in the basement. I have looked at Lowe's, Home Depot and Menards and so far have not seen what I need for a price I want to pay. I need a high reach faucet that I can hook a garden hose to and would much prefer one with a sprayer attachment. I make wine and beer so I need the high reach to be able to fill and rinse carboys and such. I need to be able to hook a hose to it (with an adapter if necessary) to use bottle washers and other stuff. I prefer it to be metal because the faucet I have right now is plastic and the fine threads the adapter screws on to do not hold well and are stripping out.

Does anyone know of a good source for what I need? I am not picky about looks because it is in the basement. All I need is something that has a high reach, made of metal and has a sprayer and the cheaper the better.

[mrojec]

Do you have a used building materials warehouse in your area? Here in Denver there's a place called Bud's Warehouse that sells recycled, overstocked, and leftover building materials. There's also a place called Do it Urself Plumbing that sells recycled and antique fixtures. Sometimes good bargains can be had at these places.

[jonmulzer]

Good suggestion, and one I had not thought about yet. I will have to look into that. The thing is, I don't care to pay the money for a quality faucet, but the only ones that have the features I need, that I have seen so far, are $300+ and I will be ****ed if I am going to have a better looking faucet next to the washer and dryer than I have in the kitchen.

[Tom Slick]

I haven't found any cheap utlilty faucets, they seem to be more expensive then standard kitchen faucets.
Mcmaster carr and grainger both carry them in the $150 - $200 range.

[SCBob]

Found one on HD's web for $20. Look for the cheap PVC utlilty sink, they should be in the area.

[backpacker85]

Not sure if this would work in your situation, but I had something similar in a house years ago.

What I did was use a swiveling faucet that was NOT high-reach, but mounted a length of 6x3x1/4 angle to the wall 18" above the utility sink, then mounted the faucet to this "shelf/bracket". The water supplies came from below, so I just extended them up the wall to the underside of the angle and the connections were exposed and at a comfortable level.

Again, not sure if your situation would allow this, but hey......who says the faucet needs to be attached to the sink?

[jonmulzer]

That is the exact type of solution I love. Great idea actually and I love it because it is so outside the box. Now I just need to get a faucet to replace this plastic POS I have now. With that and a quick connect garden hose setup on the end of the faucet I should be good to go.

[Hellrazor]

The goose neck faucets with the threading for a hose are expensive and weak. You would be better off installing a T in the cold water line and installing a seperate hose bib.

If you need cold & hot water, install a T in both the hot and cold line, install a ball valve on each, pipe them both back to single hose bib. Use the 2 ball valves to adjust the water temp for the hose.

[jonmulzer]

Nice thought, but I also need a faucet not just a hose connection.

[kramer katt]

laundry sink faucets

you might try looking for a used set from a restaurant or bar. There are quiet a few models and all generally are much more sturdy than a home model. Used in sinks and also mop sinks
T&S Brass is one company that comes to mind
Chicago Faucet also makes very good faucets but a little pricey when new
kk

[Tom Slick]

you could make your own with copper pipe as hellrazor elluded to.

have a valve on both hot and cold, come out of the valves and go into a tee. this is the center section of your "faucet"
from the tee run a pipe up as high as as you'd like, then 2 elbows to make a "U" pointing back down. this is the "high reach" portion of the "faucet"
solder a 3/4 GHT male on the end and you have your own home made faucet featuring high flow, custom high reach, and 3/4 ght threaded end. it would have a cool industrial look too.
if you used the thicker copper pipe (M?) it should be plenty rigid enough.

[williwatt]

I don't know anything about this company, but they have several inexpensive faucets that look like they could be what you are looking for:

http://www.plumbingworld.com/valleyfaucets_instock.html

[TCAS]

About every type of Utility and Laundry Faucet you can think of here at this site...
http://www.plumbersurplus.com/Cat/La...cets/1081/List

[cabinetman]

Nice thought, but I also need a faucet not just a hose connection.

Hose bibs are a faucet. You can use standard hose connections for this type of installation. These come in brass, are cheap, and are foolproof:
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[jonmulzer]

Hose bibs are a faucet. You can use standard hose connections for this type of installation. These come in brass, are cheap, and are foolproof:
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What I meant was, I would like it to articulate also. Know what I mean?