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Old Dec 7th, 06, 2:18 pm   #1
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A nice faucet to match TAG handles

The kitchen sink faucet was installed today - replacing my much-hoped-for-but-ill-fated wall-mount one - and I'm really happy with how it echoes the TAG handles. It's a Price Pfister 534-70SS; cost about $180 at Home Depot.

Assuming I was having a wall-mount faucet, I didn't have the countertop people put in a hole for a faucet. Called to see if they would come and drill one, and they wanted $300 for it. (Simplicity countertop, a variant of Corian.) Called a handyman service and they said they couldn't do it at all because a special tool was required. Called another countertop place and the guy wondered why I was even calling because it was such a small job, but he would do it for $100. Did a little googling, and it turns out you can cut the stuff with a regular old hole saw on a drill. I checked with Dupont and they said it was fine, just use a sharp saw and go slow. It worked! Take that, Surface Technologies and your $300 hole!
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Go you! Gotta love saving all that money and doing it yourself, especially if it was that easy!

The faucet looks great!
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LOL You go, girl!!

That does work very nicely with the handles. I like paying attention to little details that way, it makes the final product so nice without really looking like you worked hard!
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Very nice! We also have TAG but have a kohler faucet similar to that. I never realized the similarities!
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