Newport Brass Faucets
Lavatory Faucets
Newport Brass offers multiple lavatory faucets such as 8-inch widespread, single hole, center set, and wall-mounted faucets. Offering multiple faucets from traditional to contemporary which allows the customer to choose the best faucet based upon their needs.
All Newport Brass kitchen faucets are made of brass. Brass is considered a superior material because it does not rust and also because of its toughness and ability to withstand extreme temperatures. Newport Brass cartridges for the lavatory faucets are ceramic disc type cartridges. These are made of solid brass bodies and stems that provide smooth and consistent operation. They are a 1/4 turn cartridge, and they feature a positive stop that means lever handles will never be out of alignment. They always stay in their original installed position. There are no washers in a ceramic disc valves. In order for water to flow, the holes (or ports) of the two ceramic discs must be aligned. These cartridges have 4” extensions if needed to go through a thicker deck, there is no extension available for any lavatory spout.
Newport Brass differs from most other companies when it comes to choosing your lavatory faucet, you may mix and match the spout from one series to the handles from another series. For example you may use the 850 series spout with the handles from a 920. This is considered a special and does take time to process any non standard request. For information on pricing and how it should be ordered you would contact customer service
Often clients will call and say it is confusing and awkward turning their faucets on and off. All Newport Brass faucets are shipped the same way; the cold side will turn on clockwise and the hot side will turn on counterclockwise. This can be changed if the customer wants the handles to turn the same way if they have either cross handles or cylinder handles. The customer would need to purchase either a cold side cartridge or hot side cartridge depending on which way they want their handles to turn.
Lavatory faucets have to be restricted to 2.2gpm. Aerators in spouts mix air with water. They are made from a screen and restrictor that limits the flow of water while increasing the water pressure. Non-aerated spouts will have free flowing water; these are more likely to splash if the angle of the spout is not correct. Also non-aerated spouts still have the water restricted to 2.2gpm with a restrictor within the spout itself.
SINGLE HOLE
As the name implies, these faucets require a single hole for installation. They may be available as a single handle or two handle model.
4-INCH CENTER
These faucets require three holes to be cut in the surface with the centers of the two outside holes four inches apart and one in the center for the pop-up rod.
8-INCH WIDESPREAD
Widespread faucets feature a separate spout and valves and require three holes to be cut in the surface. Widespread faucets are generally referred to as eight in faucets, but their spread can range anywhere from 8” to 20”. These are normally equipped with flexible stainless steel braided hoses that allow the flexibility of their spread. Also widespread faucets do not have to be set in a straight line. This allows the faucet to be installed in a manner that follows the line of curved lavatory sinks.
WALL MOUNTED FAUCET
Wall mounted faucets have gained in popularity recently. Wall mounted faucets are usually used with free standing, above the counter bowls. Generally the installation is similar to a two-valve wall mounted tub set. The valves have solid roughs with a non-adjustable eight-inch spread. The spout can only be mounted in-line with the handles, it cannot be above or below the handles.
Common Issues and Solutions
Water is dripping from the tip of the spout.
Replace correct cartridge (cold or hot, see the “Valves” section of the Tech Manual for the correct part number).
Water is dripping where the hoses from the hot and cold valves meet the spout.
Replace tee assembly (see tee assembly chart).
Water is dripping from the base of the spout.
Replace spout (see parts price list in back of Newport Catalog for part number)
Water is coming out of the pop-up hole in the top of the faucet.
Replace spout, the tee assembly nut was over torqued (see parts price list in back of Newport Catalog for part number).
Water is leaking down the nipple coming out of the bottom of the spout, either inside or outside of the nipple.
Replace spout (see parts price list in back of Newport Catalog for part number)
Restricted water flow
Check the aerator for debris, clean the cartridges making sure there is no debris, check that tee assembly is installed correctly, if all is good then replace valves, for wall mounted valves have the plumber check the lines for debris (see the “Valves” section of the Tech Manual for the correct part number).
Wall mounted lavatory has lever handles that are too heavy and turn on by themselves.
Customer needs to install torquable cartridges provided with the trim, if customer threw out or does not have (see the “Valves” section of the Tech Manual for the correct part number).
Handles on wall mounted lavatory faucet do not line up correctly.
Refer to “How to Align Handles” handout.
Cartridges & Misc.
Cold cartridge = 1-001
Long stem cold cartridge = 1-091
Hot cartridge = 1-002
Long stem hot cartridge = 1-092
Cold side valve body = 1-601
Long stem cold side valve body = 1-610
Hot side valve body = 1-600
Long stem hot side valve body = 1-611
4” cold side cartridge extension = 1-510
4” hot side cartridge extension = 1-511
Wall mounted cold cartridge = 1-510
Wall mounted hot cartridge = 1-511
Wall mounted torque-able cold cartridge = 1-543
Wall mounted torque-able hot cartridge = 1-544
3/8” X 1/2” nipple used for wall mounted spout with 3/8” connection = 11178
Tee assemblies = see tee assembly handout
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