A Brushed Nickel Shower Faucet is the perfect way to accent any shower regardless of the dominant finishes your other fixtures might have. For instance, a lot of people will get a brushed nickel shower faucet and pair it up with a chrome shower arm or a chrome shower head even. If you’re feeling adventurous, you can also pair certain brushed nickel fixtures with oil rubbed bronze finishes; just be careful not to go too overboard with your mixing and matching, because although it’s hard to do, you can over do it and end up with a very confused bathroom and shower.
If you’re renovating your bathroom/shower or you’re having a new one built then it’s a little easier to install a brushed nickel shower faucet from scratch; where as, if you’re just ripping out your old fixtures so you can replace them with brushed nickel, you might have a little more finessing to do; however, going from one finish to another is an easy and relatively inexpensive way to give your shower the feel and look of a newly renovated one.
Brushed Nickel Shower Faucets
Brushed Nickel Shower Faucet Installation
One of the joys of outfitting your bathroom with brushed nickel shower fixtures is 9/10 times you can actually remove the old, junky faux fixtures and install the new ones yourself! That’s one of the big reasons people choose to replace their old fixtures with brushed nickel shower faucets, heads, arms, rods, etc., because the fixtures are relatively inexpensive, you don’t have to pay for installation, and the end result is one that usually fools people into thinking your whole shower or bathroom is brand new (Don’t worry, I won’t tell anyone it’s not!) If you’re going to install the faucet yourself, you should have an adjustable wrench, tape (that white plumbing tape), screw driver (head type depends on your screws), and a flashlight.
Shopping for Brushed Nickel Shower Faucets
When you’re shopping for your brushed nickel shower faucet, you should know that most newer styles and brands come with a sturdy and reliable ceramic valve which means you won’t have those pesky drips haunting you as you try to sleep; in fact, you shouldn’t buy a faucet unless it comes with a no-leak guarantee as there’s just so many out there that do come with one, there’s no reason yours shouldn’t. The average lifetime of the standard brushed nickel faucet is usually about half a million uses.
If you’ve found a brushed nickel shower faucet that you like in a store like Rona or Home Depot, then you should definitely consider looking for that same faucet on the internet before going through with a purchase because you’ll be able to save a LOT of money simply by purchasing online. This may not make much sense, but the reason you’ll save so much is because online vendors have no overhead costs so they don’t have to mark up the price of fixtures because their suppliers just give them a cut of their profits instead. You don’t have to know all that, but the bottom line is you can usually get brushed nickel shower faucets for up to 50% cheaper online compared to hardware stores.