For the hardware such as tap and sink, if you don't buy environmentally friendly and durable products, it will greatly affect the quality of kitchen use and the mood of users. Therefore, when choosing kitchen hardware, the most important thing is to ensure quality and prevent leakage and blockage.
Tap: leakproof & water saving
Kitchen is one of the main sources of water consumption at home. Especially now more and more people are worried about the problem of residue, whether vegetables or fruits need to be soaked several times before eating, which leads to the increase of kitchen water consumption. Therefore, when buying kitchen faucets, water saving is a problem that has to be considered. In addition to ordinary faucets, there are also special water-saving faucets on the market, saving about 30% - 40% water than ordinary faucets. Water-saving faucet is mainly installed in the faucet foamer, air into the water, so as to slow down the flow of water, reduce the amount of flushing water, play the role of saving energy. The tap also has the function of splashing, avoiding the problem of splashing vegetable water everywhere every time.
Another key factor in choosing a kitchen faucet is leakproof. Because of the high frequency of opening and closing kitchen faucets, if the quality is too poor, it is easy to leak and drip water soon after use, resulting in waste. The key to leak-proof faucet is the valve core. It is generally believed that ceramic valve core is an advanced valve core technology at present. Compared with ordinary spool, it has strong wear resistance, good sealing and other functions, and its anti-leakage performance is better. It is recommended that the faucet of ceramic spool be selected. In addition, when choosing a faucet, you should also try to switch on and off smoothly, to see whether the surface of the faucet is smooth or not, these are the key factors to judge whether the faucet is good or bad.
Flume: Anti-clogging is the key
At present, most kitchen sinks are made of 304 stainless steel. The basin body is strong and durable. There is no need to worry about the service life. The key is the sewage device of the sink. Many families habitually wash vegetables and dishes, and let the residue flow directly from the sink outlet. Long-term cultivation of this habit can easily lead to problems such as blockage of the sink, leakage of water pipes, odor of the sewer, etc.
Therefore, when choosing and purchasing flume, the design of flume outlet should be considered. For example, we can choose the solid waste storage basket with sinking at the sink mouth, which can collect the solid waste washed down. After each use of the sink, we can empty the garbage stored in the basket, which can avoid too much solid waste entering the sewer and lead to blockage. Nowadays, more and more households are installing food waste disposal units, which can crush solid waste directly, even if it is washed down from the water pipe, it will not lead to blockage.
In addition, the quality of sewer pipes is also a key concern when choosing and purchasing flumes. If the quality of water pipes is too poor, the corrosion of food residues over a long period of time can easily lead to water leakage, odor and other problems. Therefore, when choosing sewer PVC pipes, we should also pay attention to the quality of products.
Tips1: Good design makes kitchen more convenient
The highest value of a good kitchen is ease of use. Therefore, we should pay more attention to the hardware with high frequency of use, such as tap, sink and so on. There are also different kitchen hardware products for different usage habits on the market, such as pullable sprinkler, 360-degree rotating sprinkler, sprinkler and other faucet styles, besides ordinary faucets, which can be selected. The sink also has special accessories, such as metal shelves placed above the sink, which is convenient. When washing vegetables and fruits, they can be dried.
DIY: Washing basin leaks? DIY replaces water pipes
What's your first reaction if you find that the dishwasher is leaking one day?
Find a cloth to stop the leak? Find a professional teacher to solve the problem? Or worry about not knowing what to do and can't move forward? In fact, it's not difficult to check and replace the water pipes in the wash basin. Why not DIY? Find the size of the water pipes, go to hardware stores or online to buy related materials, and start to solve the problem by yourself!
Preparatory materials: new water pipes, wrenches, cleaning cloth replacement steps: 1. Waterproof work should be done at the sewer of the vegetable wash basin, open the tap, and see where the source of the leakage is. If the water pipe interface is loose, you can not replace the water pipe (re-dismantling the joint installation, fixing with glass glue is also a good solution), if the water pipe is broken, you need to re-replace; 2. If the water pipe is broken, first of all, to ensure that the dishwash basin is clean and waterless, and then remove the old water pipe. Most of the water pipes are screw jaws, which can be unscrewed by the force of a wrench. If there is glass glue at the chuck, remove the glass glue with a shovel and then unscrew the pipe; 3. After unscrewing the water pipe, carefully clean the sewer of the vegetable basin with a cleaning cloth; 4. Connect the new pipe chuck and tighten it with a wrench; if necessary, reinforce the pipe with glass glue and complete the installation of the water pipe.
Tips 2: Pipe size should be the same
Because the sizes of sewer pipes with different families and different flumes are different, before purchasing, we should pay attention to whether the interface diameters of the flumes are the same and whether the length of the sewer pipes is the same.
In addition, when using a vegetable wash basin, the outlet is better able to isolate residues and avoid food residues entering the drainage pipe. This will not only cause blockage, but also easy to radiate water pipes for a long time, causing damage and leakage.