American Standard Monterrey Top Mount Kitchen Faucet With Tubular Spout and Wrist Blade Handles 1.5 gpm/5.7 L/min Less Spray - AMS-6408170

No. The Monterrey 6408170 is the less-spray configuration, so there is no side spray hose or spray head in the box and no spray diverter in the spout. You get the tubular swivel spout with a 1.5 gpm pressure-compensating aerator on the end. If the job calls for a rinse spray, this is the wrong version to order.

The inlet shanks are 1/2 inch (13 mm) male threaded, and brass coupling nuts are supplied. That lets it land on standard 1/2 inch supply risers or flex connectors without an adapter. Confirm your stops and supplies terminate in a matching 1/2 inch female connection before you set it.

The Monterrey 6408170 is a top mount (deck mount) faucet, so it drops through the holes in the sink deck or countertop. It will not work on a wall-mount rough-in. If your supplies come out of the wall behind the sink, you need a wall-mounted body instead.

The tubular spout reaches 8 inches (203 mm) and swivels, so it will clear the front edge of a standard single-bowl sink and swing across a double-bowl setup. On a wide double compartment sink, measure from the faucet hole to the center of the far bowl before committing to an 8 inch reach.

That is what they are built for. The Monterrey uses vandal-resistant wrist blade handles with red and blue temperature indicators, so staff can operate the faucet with a forearm or wrist when their hands are full or gloved, and the blades resist being snapped off in a public or high-traffic setting. Common fits are commercial kitchens, break rooms, and institutional service sinks.

Flow is 1.5 gpm (5.7 L/min) through a pressure-compensating aerator. Pressure compensating means the aerator holds close to that 1.5 gpm as inlet pressure varies, so upper floors of a building and the fixture nearest the main behave similarly. If your local code or project spec calls for a 2.2 gpm kitchen faucet, this one will read low on the submittal.

No. The 1.5 gpm pressure-compensating aerator is fitted to the spout and brass coupling nuts come with the 1/2 inch male inlet shanks. What is not included is the side spray, since this is the less-spray build, and supply risers or flex connectors, which are sized to your stops.

It uses washerless ceramic disc valve cartridges rather than rubber washers and seats, which is what keeps it from weeping as the seats wear. For an MRO or facilities crew, that means the usual re-washering call on an older two-handle faucet goes away; service becomes a cartridge swap when it eventually comes.

Chrome, ordered as part number 6408170.002. It is a single finish offering, so if you are standardizing a floor of sinks or matching existing Monterrey trim, every unit will come in the same polished chrome and there is no finish suffix decision to make on the order.