American Standard Monterrey 8-Inch Widespread Cast Faucet With Wrist Blade Handles 0.35 gpm/1.3 Lpm - AMS-6500174

It's an 8-inch widespread configuration, so you need three holes with the outer valve holes on 8-inch (203 mm) centers. The valve bodies come joined to the spout by 8-inch rigid copper connections, so the spacing is fixed rather than adjustable like a flexible-connector widespread. A sink drilled 4-inch centerset won't take it.

Each valve body has a 1/2 inch (13 mm) male threaded inlet shank with a brass coupling nut. That mates to standard 1/2 inch female supply connections, so most flexible risers or 1/2 inch IPS stops will land on it without an adapter.

The Monterrey 6500174 runs 0.35 gpm/1.3 Lpm through a pressure-compensating VR multi-laminar spray. Pressure compensation keeps that rate steady as building pressure fluctuates, so it behaves consistently across a floor of lavatories. It is a handwashing faucet, not a fill faucet, so it is the wrong pick for a mop sink or anywhere you need to fill a bucket quickly.

That's exactly what they're for. The wrist blades on the Monterrey let a user operate the faucet with a forearm or elbow instead of a hand, which is why they show up in clinics, exam rooms, labs and schools. They are vandal-resistant and carry red and blue hot/cold indicators. If you want hands-free operation instead, you need a sensor faucet, not this manual valve.

Spout reach is 4-1/16 inches (103 mm) from the spout base. On a narrow or shallow lavatory bowl that puts the stream well inside the basin; on a wide countertop bowl with a deep rear ledge, measure from where the center hole sits to the bowl edge before you commit. The spout is cast brass.

No. What is described is the faucet itself: cast brass spout, two cast brass valve bodies with the 8-inch rigid copper connections, inlet shanks and coupling nuts, and the wrist blade handles. Order the drain, tailpiece, trap and supply stops separately to finish the rough-in.

Both the spout and the valve bodies are cast brass, and the coupling nuts are brass as well. The valves themselves are washerless ceramic disc cartridges, which is what keeps it from dripping as seats and washers would wear. That combination is why this one gets specified for high-traffic commercial washrooms rather than residential-grade zinc bodies.

Chrome, as part number 6500174.002. There is only the one finish, so if you are standardizing a building on brushed nickel or matte black you will not match it with this model.