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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We just purchased a kitchen faucet that’s over $400.00 and the handle and the base is plastic! We purchased it directly from Moen, what is happening…PLASTIC?!!!![/quote]

I recently had $1,400 of repair and maintenance plumbing done.  I shopped extensively for faucets in the normal price range of big box stores and our local indie plumbing showroom.   Plastic is very common now in mass market faucet lines.  It can look the same as metal but is very light.  On mass brand websites there are vague references to superior properties such as corrosion resistance in new materials (plastic).

I haven't replaced my laundry tub faucet yet because I haven't chosen the faucet.  The models I'm interested in used to be metal (it even says so in the Amazon listings) but is clearly plastic now when you see the floor models at stores. I noticed this with other faucets, too.  The web descriptions haven't always been updated for designs that look the same but shifted their content from metal to plastic.

This reminds me of how reasonably costly kitchen cabinets have particleboard and woodgrain foil components these days.  I didn't understand this when I bought a new build and ended up with some cabinet end panels that really should have been veneer.

The plumbing companies don't care and they can hide behind corrosion resistance as a logical excuse.

Most really expensive metal faucets I saw ($500+) are either wackily ultra-modern or historical replicas (Victorian, faux Colonial brass inspo).

I found my local ACE hardware was the best place for having display faucets within my reach.  Big box stores tend to mount then high up on walls where they are too high to touch.[/quote]

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