Any general pros and cons to wall-mount faucets? There must a reason that people stopped using them. Are they just much less convenient? I've read the "Bad Feelings" thread, but would love to hear more.

I know one downside will be that they have two handles, not just one. But with bladed handles, one could still turn on the water with gunky hands, right? Also, the faucet pipes are only four inches above the counter and four inches below the window sill. I wonder if we'll constantly be rapping our knuckles against the wall or sill. It's on an outside wall in New England so a danger of freezing pipes?

Through searching GW, I found the Kohler Hi Rise wall-mount faucet with independent spray on the deck. Does anyone have this?

One of the biggest draw backs to wall mounts is that it is difficult to install things like shutoff valves at the faucet.

I love the look of a wall mount kitchen faucet but I could not get DH to agree- and he is my plumber.

Goodness, water lines in an outside wall are banned in Baltimore because of freeze/thaw - I can't imagine they aren't banned there.

I think people stopped using them because a lot of vendors didnt make a huge selection of them, especially in more modern/contemporary styles.

Insulate the wall and go for it!

Bmorepanic, in Baltimore, you can't have a wall-mount under a window? But you could have a deck-mount? Maybe there's code issues I need to consider.

Johnliu, what wall-mounts are you considering? Have you found one with a spray (or does that not matter for you)? Or are you doing some amazing commercial pre-rinse setup?

Oh and here's the link to their website:
http://www.jaclo.com/products/detail?pid=796&cid=123

I love the look, and love getting the faucets off the counter so that it's easy to clean the counter. But I too would be concerned that if there were a problem, you'd have to open the wall to fix it. I'm not sure if Macybaby's comparison to bathroom wall faucets is a good one. A kitchen faucet is turned on and off constantly many times a day, and while it's on, the temperature and the water pressure are often fiddled with. But a bath/shower wall faucet is turned on to a cerain temperature the bather likes, left on while bathing for a certain amount of time, then turned off. The wear and tear just wouldn't be the same for both kinds of wall faucets.

There have been some posters on the Kitchens Forum who have bought the Chicago Faucets wall-mounted faucets. The company has been around forever, and their wall faucets haven't changed much in all the years. Their faucets last a lifetime, so you needn't worry about anything going wrong behind the wall. Just don't get one of the really tall wall-mounted Chicago Faucets faucets cause there could be splashing outside of the sink.

Definitely make sure you get a faucet spout long enough for your comfort so you don't have to bend. I think a 10-11" reach is good. The faucets usually have escutcheons that make the faucet project out a bit more. Chicago Faucets do have jointed spouts that can be extended and seem very convenient. They are affordable, too.

The wall mounts are often very expensive. I always have used Kingston Brass and think the quality is very very good. No problems and you can call customer service and get information from them very easily!

I don't know if you are going with an RO filter, but I was sad to find out there are no RO wall mounted faucets. Well, not that I could find.

Again, bathtubs and pot fillers have wall plumbing. Not a big deal.

There are non-vintage styles out there:

http://www.faucet.com/decor/product.pl?mid=89189&fh=Vibrant%20Stainless&CID=gba_171726&CAWELAID=443455471

And there are single handle ones:

http://www.homeclick.com/web/catalog/product_detail.aspx?pid=360697&chnl=cse&ven=googlebase&cat=Kitchen%3AKitchen%20Faucets&brnd=Kohler&itm=360697K-6228-C12-CP%7CKohler%20K-6228-C12-CP%20Karbon%20Wall-Mount%20Kitchen%20Faucet%20Polished%20Chrome%20with%20Black%20Tube%20-%20K-6228-C12-CP&CAWELAID=514207325

I don;t know about the window sill issue, but the faucets project out a bit (usually) so I wouldn't think you would get sore knuckles.

So excited your remodel is under way!

The house I grew up in has all the original bathroom fixtures/plumbing, all original kitchen/some original appliances etc. for 42 years, but Four kitchen faucets. Just something to think about.

Shelf-mount is easy to install once you build a sturdy shelf.
Shelf-mount has a bigger advantage, because it puts the handle closer to the user.

We have a lot of basements for the same reasons New England does - once you've dug down to the frost free point, you might as well keep going. So the kitchen and first floor bath lines come up through the floor and the second floor bath lines are in an interior wall.

Theresse, that is one cool faucet! Sabjimata, the jointed Chicago is the one I wanted the most after tons of research. Love it!

Oops. I didn't mean the window had any bearing on code. Just the exterior wall. I was writing as I was thinking about our situation...unclear, bad writing.

I think we've replaced our kitchen faucets every 5-7 years due to failure of some sort. They haven't been the uber-nice ones, but neither were they junky. However, if the faucet fails, can't you just replace it without having to go into the tile/wall? No?

I'd never heard of a shelf-mount. I don't think that would work in our situation (with the existing window), but interesting option.