Can I use a household Faucet in RV?

Kayteg1 wrote:
Per my experience most of RV builders buy the cheapest fixtures they can find on the market, or the fixtures no house inspector would allow in living spaces.
Do yourself a favor and spend few more bucks for thermostat-controlled faucet.
Here is pictorial how I did it in my camper bathroom, but the same faucet comes with no shower for kitchen use. Lot of variations available on ebay and coming from China they are really affordable.
Pull-outs take dumping more water before warm water comes, so not that advisable in RV. The wait time is about 10 days, what is 3 days for shipment from China to USA and 7 days for US customs and USPS.
faucet upgrade

I don't understand the difference. My faucets (old and new; kitchen and bathroom) don't dump a lot of water before I get hot. If I turn the hot knob, I get hot water right from the start. Are new RVS different?

You could easily get the flexible metal or plastic reinforced white hoses with the 1/2 inch and 3/8 inch ends. Just connect both ends and there ya go! You can get a 1/2 to 1/2 male to male threaded PVC connector to join the pipe in the trailer to the flexible hose. It's an easy fix if the faucet is 3/8 inch. I thought most kitchen faucets were 1/2 inch and bathrooms were 3/8 inch though?

My RV is an 07 and has a double hole. Not a center hole. Also my connection is 1/2" and not 3/8 which I'm finding at the Lowes and Home Depot. I hate having to build connections but looks like I may have to. Just one more part to leak or fail.

Just a note for folks who might read this and have older RVs:

My clipper has an old marine faucet in the bathroom. They no longer make any faucet that fits the existing holes, and as the counter and sink are a single unit, i'd have to replace the entire thing to put in a new faucet.

The kitchen faucet is "standard" kitchen, but the setup is a single hole that sits on a raised square at the back of the sink. Not all "decks" on faucets fit over that square. And you have to use a faucet with a single hole install. I ended up getting a single handle faucet and not using the deck - it sits flush on the sink edge and just fits.

So, if you're rig is older, check it out before buying a new faucet to make sure your choice will actually fit.

I have a pull out and I have no problem with hot water. It's no different than when I had the standard faucet.

Don't try to use the drain tailpiece that comes with the new faucet. Residential units are set up to use an overflow in the sink which you probably don't have.

Per my experience most of RV builders buy the cheapest fixtures they can find on the market, or the fixtures no house inspector would allow in living spaces.
Do yourself a favor and spend few more bucks for thermostat-controlled faucet.
Here is pictorial how I did it in my camper bathroom, but the same faucet comes with no shower for kitchen use. Lot of variations available on ebay and coming from China they are really affordable.
Pull-outs take dumping more water before warm water comes, so not that advisable in RV. The wait time is about 10 days, what is 3 days for shipment from China to USA and 7 days for US customs and USPS.
faucet upgrade

Joz wrote:
Sure. Every RV faucet I've replaced has been a residential grade unit. Mostly because I always seem to have a few spares on hand from upgrades around the house. I really like having a pull out faucet in the kitchen sink (in the RV and house!).

Thanks. A pull out is what I'd like to replace it with.

Yes you can use a household faucet. Suggest you remove and take the old one so you know what kind of connections you will need.

Said another way, I have used "off the shelf" Moen faucets on several coaches.

Sure. Every RV faucet I've replaced has been a residential grade unit. Mostly because I always seem to have a few spares on hand from upgrades around the house. I really like having a pull out faucet in the kitchen sink (in the RV and house!).