Adding Sink Sprayer Need Splitter

[wps]

Hi!

I have a pull down faucet in the kitchen that works fine but does not have a connection for a separate handheld sprayer. The wife asked me to remove the soap dispenser from the sink and add a pull out sprayer and I thought this would be a quick job. However, I can't find any type of splitter to connect to the water supply valve under the sink so that it turns one outlet into two (one for the faucet and one for the sprayer).

Does this item exist?

 

[hj]

not unless the company that made the faucet sells one, which is highly unlikely.

 

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[wps]

not unless the company that made the faucet sells one, which is highly unlikely.

Well darn. Thanks for the quick reply HJ!

 

[Jadnashua]

There are some safety and health issues with a pull-out sprayer...you could let it fall into dirty dishwater. It needs special bits inside to prevent that from getting sucked into your water supply and potentially sickening the whole family, or worst case, the neighborhood. Might be a rare combination of circumstances that would enable it, but the danger is real. Then, if you were to hook it up to either cold or hot, you'd not be able to get warm. That mixing is done inside your existing faucet, and without a diverter built in, you'd not be able to get just one or the other to work...they'd all work at the same time, which with the internal restrictions, may be much less than useful.

If you really want that capability, it's time to look for a new faucet with that capability included. I have one made by Grohe. I put one from Delta in for my mother, and there are others that can be a tall, pull-down kitchen faucet.

 

[wps]

There are some safety and health issues with a pull-out sprayer...you could let it fall into dirty dishwater. It needs special bits inside to prevent that from getting sucked into your water supply and potentially sickening the whole family, or worst case, the neighborhood. Might be a rare combination of circumstances that would enable it, but the danger is real. Then, if you were to hook it up to either cold or hot, you'd not be able to get warm. That mixing is done inside your existing faucet, and without a diverter built in, you'd not be able to get just one or the other to work...they'd all work at the same time, which with the internal restrictions, may be much less than useful.

If you really want that capability, it's time to look for a new faucet with that capability included. I have one made by Grohe. I put one from Delta in for my mother, and there are others that can be a tall, pull-down kitchen faucet.

Makes perfect sense. Ours is a Grohe as well and I assume that being a pull down is why it doesn't have the connection for a separate sprayer.

Thanks so much for the reply.

 

[Jadnashua]

The Grohe unit I have has a button on the head that switches it to sprayer versus stream. On some models, I suppose it might not be obvious, but are you sure it isn't there?