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