American Standard Fluent 8-Inch Widespread 2-Handle Bathroom Faucet 1.2 gpm/4.5 L/min With Lever Handles - AMS-7186801

The Fluent widespread lavatory faucet mounts in a standard 3-hole deck with the valve bodies set anywhere from 6 to 12 inches apart on center. The cast brass valve bodies use flexible hose connections, so you are not locked to exactly 8 inches. If your deck holes are 4 inch centerset spacing, this is the wrong faucet.

A Speed Connect metal drain is included and the 20 inch (508 mm) flexible stainless steel drain cable comes pre-assembled to the faucet body. That is the pop-up drain assembly, so you don't buy one separately. Speed Connect uses fewer parts and needs no lift-rod adjustment, which is what makes it a one-person install under a tight vanity.

The lever handles are ADA compliant by design and carry red and blue temperature indicators, which is what most commercial and institutional restroom specs call for on a lavatory faucet. The faucet is also lead free.

Maximum flow is 1.2 gpm (4.5 L/min), which is below the 2.2 gpm baseline most older lavatory faucets run at and meets the low-flow lavatory numbers used on green building and municipal conservation specs.

Brushed nickel, ordered as American Standard part number 7186801.295. The .295 suffix is the brushed nickel finish code.

The build is what holds up in higher-traffic use: brass spout and waterway, cast brass valve bodies, metal lever handles, and ceramic disc valve cartridges rather than rubber washers. Ceramic disc is the cartridge type that keeps two-handle faucets from dripping under constant cycling, and the brass waterway cleans up and lasts where plastic bodies don't.

Widespread means three separate pieces, spout plus two valve bodies, joined under the deck by flexible hoses, and it needs three holes spread 6 to 12 inches apart. A centerset is one unit on 4 inch centers and is what most builder-grade vanity tops are drilled for. Pick the Fluent widespread if your top is drilled on 8 inch centers or you're drilling a new top and want the wider look; go centerset if the existing top is 4 inch.

Yes. The Speed Connect drain is the reason: it uses fewer parts and requires no adjustments, so the drain goes together in tight vanity cabinets without a second set of hands. The supply hoses are pre-attached braided lines with 3/8 inch compression ends, so the only under-deck work left is the mounting nuts and the stops.