Can't buy a faucet in CA
 

Something new, low lead law. WTF? I thought the EPA was the most serious lead nazi. Amazon and partner sites won't sell me a bathroom faucet unless it "qualifies" and they really don't know much about that either.

I guess I'll have to have one of you buy it and mail it to me.

Sucks.

Ummm.... did you try getting in the car and driving to Lowes or Home Debit? Or is a special order none of the big boxes sell?

I bought a replacement Moen last week with no problems...

If you want to buy it and have it shipped to my address I'll turn it around to you.

Let me know and I'll PM info.

There is lead in faucets? :confused:

what do you do about solder then? or is it all tin based now?

never heard of this either....

here is some info on it
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PollutionPrevention/upload/lead-in-plumbing-fact-sheet.pdf

Milt,

No sales tax in Oregon. One of the few good things about living here. Anyway, what are you looking for? If it's available at Home Depot, I'd be glad to buy & ship.

That is, unless Oregon adopted the same rules...it often does.

There is a difference in quality if you buy a faucet at Home Depot/Lowes vs. a plumbing supply place. Biggest difference I've seen is that the internals of a Home Depot/Lowes faucet are all plastic vs. metal components in the more expensive faucets not available at HD/Lowes.

Perhaps Milt, being a man of wealth and taste, won't settle for second rate. :)
-Z-man.

I could check with a local small plumbing supply...might take ordering, tho. Depends on how hurried Milt is..

I am sort of planning on buying stuff they won't sell here in Reno

I'll volunteer - ya can buy anything here. No sales tax either...

except for the yardsale stuff I hoard
and dollar store illegal china imports sometimes

Had a friend pick me up a gallon of real Verathane in Phoenix and bring it back to SoCal for me.

no you dont. unless your are writing with a 49 state bullet.

It's a bar sink model 26 bucks online, some places free shipping and no tax. It's for my garage sink.

http://image.become.com/imageserver/...aucet-kf47.jpg

Kingston Brass KF470 Double Handle 4" Centerset Bar Faucet

I just threw out a 4 year old Kingston Brass kitchen faucet. It was solid brass, but it leaked constantly and had cartridge issues. A plumber friend of mine took a look and said "throw it out". It was $300 and the replacement $80 Moen is much better. I hope all of their products don't suck as bad as the sink I had...

This.

yes, the low lead or was it no lead content is coming. Many of the home depot type places are started to discontinue older faucets. Lot of the upper end faucets have a sticker or some kind of writing on the box that claim low lead content. Did you get your lead cert? I still haven't gotten mine. do you have yours? I am not sure if I am going to get it, thinking I should if I am going to keep working. One reason I have not gotten mine is that I just don't feel like giving in to those f'ers. I am very tire of them leaching money and time out of hard working people like myself just so that they can huge a tree. What's worst is that a toilet is no longer good if its 1.6 GPM as of 2011. It had to be something like 1.36gpm or some BS like that. I am not sure what the exactly number is, but it is something stupid like .2XX GPM difference.