The previous post took us through the first of three new items we encountered, the laminate floors. In this post we will continue to look at those items installed last week by taking a look at the plumbing fixtures, well at least the ones that are already in. Since the kitchen counters are not in and therefore the sink is neither, there is no kitchen plumbing fixtures.
All the plumbing fixture we selected were the base option, no upgrades. It didn't make a whole lot of sense to us to roll plumbing fixtures into a mortgage and pay for them for thirty years. Its very easy to fall in love with upgrades of this type as they add some life to the house but, be cautious they do affect the sale price but not the appraised value. If the appraised value is below the mortgage amount you will run into issues with the mortgage.
In the powder room on the main floor the bathroom features a white pedestal sink with a silver look Moen faucet. The toilet was a little shocking to us as it appears quite small, the back tank is much smaller than what we are used to seeing. This must have to do with energy efficiency, as it will utilize much less water than older and larger tanks.
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| Powder Room - Plumbing Fixtures |
The master bathroom features some of the same plumbing apparatus as the powder room, as it has the same silver look faucet and same toilet. The sink setup unless you upgrade to the double sink, is a single sink on the outside closet to the toilet with a large open counter on the other side. The counter top is a porcelain white look.
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| Master Bathroom - Sink and Toliet |
The master bathroom also features some items not found in the powder room. There are a few layouts of the bathroom which are the base options as you may remember we choose the double shower. If you choose the garden tub and small standing shower, you will have some extra fixtures not seen here but the shower fixtures will be the same.
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| Master Bathroom - Shower |
I love the way the shower all came together, with the tile and bright silver fixtures, it just pops. In an up close look you can see the bright polished fixture against the deep tones of the tile.
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| Master Bathroom - Shower Dial Up Close |
The shower head is quite small in size, and might be one of the fixtures that is replaced early on, possibly a detachable one. We will have to see how the pressure holds up and how good the water flow out of the current one is before we decide.
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| Master Bathroom - Shower Head Up Close |
The last place to with plumbing fixtures is the second floor hallway bathroom, it features the same toilet and faucet seen in the two other bathrooms and the same shower head as the master bathroom. The counter is the same bright white as seen in the master bathroom.
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| Hallway Bathroom - Sink and Toilet |
The shower dial looks the same as we saw in the master bathroom but it is just above the spigot and overflow setup as seen in your typical tub shower. The bright silver fixtures are still shiny bright against the white tile on the wall. These items are definitely ones you can upgrade at a later date in my opinion.
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| Hallway Bathroom - Tub Fixtures |
The next item up is from our same visit through the house, where we will look at electrical fixtures some of which are base options and some are upgrades.
