A question about pot filler faucets.

[Packard]

The other day I was watching an home makeover show which featured a complete kitchen overhaul.

They incorporated two (2) separate pot fillers. One was at the stove, obviously intended to fill stock pots with water.

The other was near the floor, intended to refill dog water bowls.

I’m not sure either of these make sense.

In a restaurant, the pot filler will fill several large pots per day. So the water in the line is constantly being flushed out.

But at home, when perhaps 2 or 3 quarts of water pass though the lines per day, that does not happen. And with no sink, running the water to flush the lines seems impossible.

The dog bowl filler is even more problematic. Dogs, with their keen sense of smell, will pick up odors in the water that would make drinking it unacceptable. And again, no reasonable way to flush out the lines.

In any case, residential pot fillers seem like a mistake to me. The TV shows are popularizing them.

 

[Cheese]

Actually, I installed one "near" the range and consider it to be one of the best moves I've made. It's connected to a 10" water filter downstairs that contains a 0.5 micron carbon block filter element. The filter cartridge is rated for Chlorine Taste & Odor, Giardia/Cryptosporidium, Cyst, Taste & Odor, Rust Particles and Sediment
The "pot filler" is used for all cooking water, along with all pet food/dish water, drinking water, coffee & tea water and all the water for the plants. The ice maker in the freezer is also attached to the carbon block filter. I performed a quick usage study and found that the pot filler provides about 18 gallons of water per week or about 450 gallons per 6 months which is perfect for the filter I'm using.

Once the outer wrappings are removed from the filter, you understand why these are called carbon block filters. The filter is a hollow 3/4" thick wall chunk of carbon 10" long.

 

[Packard]

Actually, I installed one "near" the range and consider it to be one of the best moves I've made. It's connected to a 10" water filter downstairs that contains a 0.5 micron carbon block filter element. The filter cartridge is rated for Chlorine Taste & Odor, Giardia/Cryptosporidium, Cyst, Taste & Odor, Rust Particles and Sediment
The "pot filler" is used for all cooking water, along with all pet food/dish water, drinking water, coffee & tea water and all the water for the plants. The ice maker in the freezer is also attached to the carbon block filter. I performed a quick usage study and found that the pot filler provides about 18 gallons of water per week or about 450 gallons per 6 months which is perfect for the filter I'm using.

Once the outer wrappings are removed from the filter, you understand why these are called carbon block filters. The filter is a hollow 3/4" thick wall chunk of carbon 10" long.

None of the home makeover shows has mentioned filtration. I wonder if that is common practice or if it is Cheese being smarter than the average home owner.

How often do the filter cartridges have to be replaced? How easily are they replaced? I remember visiting my parents’ home for lunch occasionally and they would recruit me to replace the filter cartridge that was under the sink. It was one of those on-your-back-and-sweat jobs that was perfect for adult sons, but not so much for 65 year old parents.

 

[leakyroof]

For the dogs, if you have a big thirsty breed, that line will ALWAYS be flushed..... For a Pot Filler Faucet, I agree that it may be more for show than gets used in an upscale kitchen, BUT, as Cheese noted, if you really are going to use one, and you really Cook, you'll wonder how you did without one.
I fully expect that in a few years my Wife is going to want me to retrofit one to our Kitchen, as her hands are getting weak and she doesn't like to walk a full pot from the sink to the stove if it's heavy. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome affects her after years of computer work/keyboard usage.
It will look right in place in the kitchen, as she has her 5 Star 48" wide 6 burner stove, with double ovens below and a grill/griddle section between the burners. I installed a stainless steel back splash between the stove and the high capacity venting hood as a continuous piece up the wall between the two, so a faucet coming across that back splash will look right at home.....

 

[Vondawg]

Actually, I installed one "near" the range and consider it to be one of the best moves I've made. It's connected to a 10" water filter downstairs that contains a 0.5 micron carbon block filter element. The filter cartridge is rated for Chlorine Taste & Odor, Giardia/Cryptosporidium, Cyst, Taste & Odor, Rust Particles and Sediment
The "pot filler" is used for all cooking water, along with all pet food/dish water, drinking water, coffee & tea water and all the water for the plants. The ice maker in the freezer is also attached to the carbon block filter. I performed a quick usage study and found that the pot filler provides about 18 gallons of water per week or about 450 gallons per 6 months which is perfect for the filter I'm using.

Once the outer wrappings are removed from the filter, you understand why these are called carbon block filters. The filter is a hollow 3/4" thick wall chunk of carbon 10" long.

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