Faucet innovations for a safe and beautiful home

If you still think of faucets as just those simple metal gadgets with an ugly propeller-like handle sticking out of your bathroom or kitchen walls- then think again. It’s likely your home is not getting some much-deserved beauty accent that can be provided by, among other things, a magnificently crafted modern faucet.

Faucets with gracefully arched designs, chrome plates that reflect its surroundings, or brass highlights glittering like gold are earning their place as the crowning glory of many well-designed bathrooms and kitchens today.

For these types of faucets, you could trust no other brand than American Standard, one of the world’s pioneering and largest manufacturers of bathroom products. More than 50 years of faucet research and development have resulted in some of the most innovative engineering designs- simply the most ideal features you could ever hope to find in faucets.

Here’s one for starters. No one, naturally, wants a faucet that drips or leaks, since you have to repair and replace them from time to time. To create a faucet that’s absolutely drip-free, American Standard has invented the ceramic disc valve. These valves are composed of two discs that are so smooth and perfectly flat, they leave no room for air, water or debris to seep through when the faucet is turned off.

These disc valves have made traditional rubber washers a thing of the past. You won’t have to worry about wearing out these disc valves because they are so durable they are considered second only in hardness to diamond. Plus, they move so smoothly over each other that they do not need any lubricant. The result is practically a zero maintenance faucet that is guaranteed trouble-free for life.

How about faucets that protect your skin from accidental scalding? If you want to take a hot water bath, you have to make sure the water handles are turned just right to give the desired temperature. Here’s where American Standard’s Hot Limit Safety Stop valve comes in. This unique valve technology gives safety limit of only 1/4 turn of the handle towards "hot" to prevent you from scalding yourself.

Aside from this, a selected line of American Standard faucets feature special valves. One is the Pressure Balancing Valve that regulates water flow to prevent sudden temperature changes should water pressure fluctuates. Another is the Thermostatic Valve that lets you select the desired water temperature on an easy-to-read dial, the simplicity of which makes it ideal for kids as well as the elderly folks.

But American Standard’s most importantly contribution to your safely lies in the manufacturing process itself. The company is among the first to use a process that is able to reduce the amount of a dangerous substance-lead. This substance, when taken in drinking water over time, can cause serious damage to the brain, kidneys, nervous system and red blood cells, among others. By using metal molds instead of traditional sand molds, American Standard can create faucets using lead contents much lower than other brands.

Such meticulous commitment to the details that matter to your home living is among the company’s legacies that have resulted in the most beautiful, safe, and efficient bathroom and kitchen utilities, not only here in the Philippines but around the world.