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Franke Sink and Faucet Installation

The Franke tri-flow Corinthian faucet is being installed now that the countertop and sink are in place. The faucet features hot, cold, and filtered water. The filtration chamber has a ceramic porcelain exterior with an extruded carbon filter inside. Franke recommends that homeowners change the filters every six months. Frank Lowry of FJ Lowry Plumbing and Heating installs the faucet from underneath. The lines come dropped down and ready to attach, which makes it easy. Lowry installs the filtration system and attaches it to a wall-mounted holder. Luke Groden from Boston Basins, a Franke distributor, shows Bob the specialized ball valve with a shutoff to make filter changes simple. The braided hose that attaches the filter to the faucet has a pressure fitting that grips with stainless-steel teeth inside to withstand high water pressure without pulling apart or leaking. Lowry attaches the hoses to the filter, then solders the hot and cold points underneath.
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Franke Sink and Faucet Installation

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" And now Luke groaned as witness to tell us all about Frankie sinks. The kitchen sink. You don't think about it but it's a very important choice and what David -- homeowners have chosen here is available unit. Let's back up and talk a little bit about how you figure out canvassing you should. You should specify in the kitchen remodel well you really did the homeowner needs to pick out the sink that the way they're gonna use their kitchen."

" If double bowl of something where someone can. Possibly be still doing prep -- one sank and and be able to do the cleanup process -- the the same time then that would make sense in some larger kitchens you do have a prep sink in the island. Where a lot of the homeowners are now opting for -- so noble."

" Yes no my preferences to have a large single ball that has the disposer. And when you've got to -- only one disposer venue often end up with leftovers going into the one that hasn't disposer in have a clogged drain. Also I suppose originally the logic here was that you were washing on one side and rinsing on the other but that kind of went out with dishwashers right."

" Yeah there's not many times were you have the whole family helping out in the kitchen clean up any moral. It tends to be a quick -- and -- an additional washer and now that are now what about the deaths. From the countertop into the bottom of the -- a lot of people are going morally deepest thanks these days the same time you do have a three Melamine into the court -- autopsy going to be adding that to the depth. And in your short. Stature in person may be a little bit of challenged -- reached down into the bottom of the -- OK can we pull this -- to talk about the construction. Stainless steel sinks have really become ubiquitous there's a lot of different makers. And this one happens to be a German maker versus a Swiss Swiss Swiss yes. Tell me about the features. A very proud."

" Of the way this is made. These sinks hair the double sinks are actually made in three different pieces the balls pressed individually and they're done and what they ecology drop process. Many manufacturers will do a stamping of a sank. But will be the ram and the two bowls. Frankie goes and presses each hole individually. Multiple times and what that does is that ensures. Consistent thickness throughout the sank what's the gauge of the -- this is an eighteen gauge and you know most undermount these days are made within eighteen gauge. But that's when they start the process the most important thing is when you're done of this thing it's almost like blowing up a balloon right you can stretch in different areas so."

" Many times are things will be up to 50%. Thicker heavier. Then a manufacturer. Well not and other manufactured using the same gauge to start approximately what's the cost of missing practice for the sink here runs at about 808. To nine -- expensive it items okay. All right well in a minute we're gonna see. How you mounted to our countertop. All right so probably you're still -- it with us here from the."

" That is correct well. What we need to do for the undermount sinks this drill a hole. At the factory so we can put into insurance. And have a ready to. Place -- brackets to hold the -- and that's what holds the way to the sink and then how do you actually start we actually put a bead of silicone. Good old silicone. After the silicone to place we -- stadium saying."

" And then you gotta crawl underneath. And you have to start hand tightening -- all of these brackets that is. That is right thanks Bob all right so Luke Frankie makes the sink and who makes us frank Yeltsin makes the faucet didn't really make faucets tell me about this. This is frank is current in faucet. "

" And witnesses does this is that -- technology which has the hot and cold and also has a pure. And with the pure isn't -- has a dedicated water. Flow all the way through the spout. And I you have your ready you know hot. And called mixed but you get a dedicated. Pure water which means there's a filtration device yes yes and it is comes complete with a filtration and it's one of the best filtration. There of Abel -- us is that housing this is the filter and this is it could you come here this is an example of what we have for a filter and not only is -- ceramic porcelain exterior but you have extruded carbon. Inside. Which really makes for the vessel."

" How long do these things last there they're rated for 900 gallons but it's recommended to change him after six months after six months. OK now -- frank Lowery our plumbers here hey frank about -- are doing good. And so I guess we're parade try to install -- look at. You don't get too many of these do."

" I've installed ought to Frankie faucets before up yet heaven on the on this particular style filtration already know filtration built in a -- pretty. Unique content. Well there right yes. There's that trim and the first thing to obviously is just we just sedated only very come with hoses with who are majority counsel makes it pretty easy. Insulation wise don't. And place them right there and then they have. A little bracket here. That's what's the bath faucet and then they have a little not that. Goes on threaded screw on the bottom all right so much of the work now happens under the kitchen sanded the kitchen sink good luck friend it. -- Go to run it. They're both books and then. -- to attachments."

" All right let's talk about these fittings though what we're going to call her intimate contact well frank it has provided their own ball well for a with a shut off. -- for the filtration. You need to utilize this morning and change out the filter OK so that the very simple easy for any homeowner. To distance out of off you -- the -- and needs. And this is the braided hoses. What shall attaches the outgoing part of the filter. And attached to the underside of the tail pipe of this Fox's itself what do these mean this is actually Paula John -- fitting. There is a stainless steel. Teeth inside that that grab onto the tail piece and also some O rings which provide in nice. -- water tight seal on there British system pressure -- it is. Is it's pretty amazing we've done some testing with this and these -- held up over 500 pounds of pressure. That is always although there you know people may look at and say that the plastic netting attached with -- all this cop or. There's the pretty tight. And toughening OK all right so all francs doing right now is. That connection. And next will."

" This is the water feed right in this is the this'll be connected to the faucet. Discredited done little. --"

" So the only -- it has to be done. Is that two point strength. Yes the hot and cold. But you will tap off of the cold line for the PR. And the shut -- day. The ball well has the handle. That runs along the water line which will indicate that it sits on. When he shut it off we'll be perpendicular to. Want to line. All right again -- it's tested I mean the waste and yet."

" Very -- life."

" Okay thanks thanks thanks that thing -- horrific."

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