Danze Sonora Faucet Review & Shower Head Giveaway! (ends 8/5)

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I love DIY home improvement. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a pro, and it’s a lot of work, but there is something so satisifying when you take a step back and say “I did that!” We are in the process of renovating our bathroom top to bottom, but until things get into full swing this summer I have been working on little things that can be done immediately and easily. For the past 2 weeks I have been trying to install my bathroom vanity including the faucet, vanity top, and base.

This endeavor has been nothing short of a disaster. To make a long story short, our vanity top was cracked and too short. They couldn’t get me a new one for weeks and I needed one *now* as I had already taken mine out. My brother is also renovating and offered to let me borrow his new top until mine gets here. Which brings me to today where I learned to install a faucet;  my  super sleek Sonora Trim Line Widespread Lavatory Faucet by Danze  to be exact! Which thankfully, was not only easily to install, but something that finally went right! (Note – with larger sinks like mine, this was much easier with four hands instead of two.)

To install you will need just a few basic tools:

• Pipe Tape (To secure thread joints)
• Adjustable Wrench (To tighten)
• Groove Joint Plier (To tighten)
• Phillips Screw Driver (To secure mounting hardware)
• Silicone Sealant (To seal the areas where water lines connect)

Parts for Left and Right Handles

Quick Connect Outlets, Drain and Parts for Faucet

1. After I set everything into groups I set the faucet into place.
2. Next I went under the sink and anchored the faucet into place with the spout trim ring and mounting hard ware shown in the above right picture.
3. Once that was in place I moved to the handles. The instructions say to push the the valve up through the bottom of the whole and set the handle ontop. Twist the mounting hardware and handle base in opposite directions to tighten down. Because my sink was so large I found that impossible to do.So I pushed the valve up through the bottom. I held tightly to the valve while my dad tightened down the handle base. Once the handle was secure he held it horizontal to the basin (the way it would look if turned off) while I tightened the mounting hardware to secure it in place. Either way works equally well depending on the size of your sink.

4. 

   This is the faucet and both handles from the bottom view, once all hardware was tightened down.

5. Next I simply snapped on the quick connect outlets. One end to each handle for hot and cold. The joint snapped to the main spout tube.
6. Then I pushed the drain through the whole already in the sink and tightened it down with the mounting hardware. Which included a screw rubber washer , friction ring and lock nut onto a drain collar.
   When applying mounting hardware a good rule of thumb:  the cushion piece goes between what you’re mounting and the object it’s being mounted too. This keeps your item from scratching or cracking the object. In my case, all cushions went between my sink base and the bolts.
    
7. The drain fit snugly into the existing pipes and I just applied pipe sealant to prevent leaking.
8. Apply pipe sealant tape to thread of the valve.
9. Then I attached water supply tubes to the faucet.  (In others words, apply your main water lines to the faucet). To avoid twisting the copper supply tube, we used two wrenches, one to hold the fitting stable, the other to tighten the
   nut to fitting.
10. That’s it! I was done. Next we tested the water to make sure we hadn’t crossed the wrong lines or had any leaks!

Unlike a shower head, faucets don’t really come with a lot of nifty features. The drain stop locks and unlocks with the push of a finger, and the handles turns easily. What sets this faucet apart from the rest is the way it looks. I’m positive that the faucet in my bathroom was the same as when they built it and some genius decided to put glue around the seal because it leaked. As you can imagine it really added to the over all ambiance of the bathroom – not! This faucet totally does though.

I love it’s sleek lines and modern appearance. As you may have read in my previous Danze Shower Head Review, I’m remodeling the bathroom and going for a lux spa look. The Sonora Trim Line Faucet by Danze is definitely another step in the right direction and I am so happy with the results!

What do you guys think?

The Giveaway

Danze would love to give one lucky reader will win a Danze 4″ 250E  - high efficiency showerhead in their choice of Brushed Nickel or Chrome finish!

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