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Color: Stainless Steel
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Robust and packed with features, Alira is the ideal choice for a hard-working kitchen. Made from RealSteel – a professional grade, 18/10 stainless steel with inherent antibacterial properties – Alira introduces this hygienic and durable fi nish to the domestic kitchen. For enhanced comfort and smooth handling of the faucet lever, the design also benefits from GROHE SilkMove® technology. A swivel spout and pull-out spray with a choice of spray or aerator functions ensures the perfect balance of stylish looks and perfect performance. The Grohe Alira Low Profile Pullout Centerset Kitchen Faucet comes with a 140-degree swivel spout, single hole installation, and dual spray control. The solid stainless steel formed body is beautiful. The faucet also features the SpeedClean anti-lime system and Grohe's quick installation system.
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Finish:Stainless Steel Solid Stainless Steel Body Ceramic Cartridge SpeedClean Anti-Lime System Dual Spray Control - switches back and forth between regular flow and spray Stainless Steel Braided Flexible Supplies Quick Installation System Single Lever Handle Spout Reach: 9 5/8 Requires one hole.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Color Name:Stainless Steel
Bought this online and saved $400 over the MSRP! Wonderful faucet. The handle is very smooth to operate: no catching or hesitation. This is due to the patent on "silk glide" technology. Two buttons on top of the "arm" allow for aeration flow and spray, without having to turn the water off first (like the Moen faucet this replaced). Ceramic discs allow for better control of water temperature. The hose is metal, not plastic, so there is some scraping noise whenever the spray head is taken out of its seat for spraying. The spray head clicks into the arm, so there is no dangling spray head. This is a German manufacturer, and the installation instructions left much to be desired. Installed in a granite countertop. Although the countertop depth met the manufacturer specifications, we found the plastic cream-colored collar which fits under the countertop and holds all the pipes and hose to be too thick for the installation (the water hose clicks into place on the piping, like an outdoor hose connector--with the collar at its full depth, the connector cannot make the solid click-in connection). We had to hacksaw off about 1/3 the depth of the collar in order to allow the connector to sit fully so there would be no leaking. After a week with no faucet (waiting for it to arrive), 3 trips to Sears for the proper size of socket for the wrench, and one trip to the hardware store for the proper compression connections for the water pipes, this finally was installed and works beautifully.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Color Name:Stainless Steel
This is a great faucet and I was fortunate to get a great deal on it through one of Amazon's partners. As another reviewer wrote, the instructions that come with this faucet are not very helpful. The problem that I encountered was the retractable hose was binding in the faucet housing and it would not retract correctly. I had a plumber come out to attempt to install this faucet twice and, after emails and phone calls to the retailer where I got it, the local Grohe rep and Grohe's main support line, we were no closer to being able to achieve a correct install than before. The tips that we received for the installation basically amounted to the assurance that the faucet will work, we just need to find exactly the right position that will allow for the supply hoses to have space for the retractable hose to freely move through the housing. As the other reviewer wrote, the plastic collar (gray on our model) does not appear to help for deck-mounting the faucet (although mine was installed on a self-rimming cast iron sink atop a 1.5 inch butcher's block countertop) and, unless absolutely in the correct position, will bind the movement of the retractable hose and deform under the pressure of tightening the faucet in place.
After struggling with the collar for a while, I figured I would try the install without it and found it worked much easier on our sink/countertop type. With the help of a 17 mm wrench rather than an unwieldy basin wrench or adjustable wrench and with my wife holding the faucet in the right position, I got the faucet satisfactorily installed. I hate to say it, but the comments from Grohe and their reps were correct albeit infuriatingly vague; as I was tightening the faucet I could tell even before I tested it that the installation was right on. The action on the hose is now excellent. My advice for people struggling with the installation is to avoid using the plastic collar unless absolutely necessary on a stainless steel sink or similar installation that would require it, use a 17mm wrench (ratcheting ideally) so that you can get a good purchase on the tightening lug and have a second person hold the faucet in the desired position as far back in the hole as you can. As you are tightening the lug, the ridges on the brass horseshoe looking thing (this is a technical term, obviously) that is part of assembly 46 346 will line up quite well with the outline of the mounting hole. If this is maintained during the tightening, the action on the faucet will be great. In conclusion: faucet: 5 stars, instructions: 2 stars, rounding down to 3 stars because of the hassle.
After struggling with the collar for a while, I figured I would try the install without it and found it worked much easier on our sink/countertop type. With the help of a 17 mm wrench rather than an unwieldy basin wrench or adjustable wrench and with my wife holding the faucet in the right position, I got the faucet satisfactorily installed. I hate to say it, but the comments from Grohe and their reps were correct albeit infuriatingly vague; as I was tightening the faucet I could tell even before I tested it that the installation was right on. The action on the hose is now excellent. My advice for people struggling with the installation is to avoid using the plastic collar unless absolutely necessary on a stainless steel sink or similar installation that would require it, use a 17mm wrench (ratcheting ideally) so that you can get a good purchase on the tightening lug and have a second person hold the faucet in the desired position as far back in the hole as you can. As you are tightening the lug, the ridges on the brass horseshoe looking thing (this is a technical term, obviously) that is part of assembly 46 346 will line up quite well with the outline of the mounting hole. If this is maintained during the tightening, the action on the faucet will be great. In conclusion: faucet: 5 stars, instructions: 2 stars, rounding down to 3 stars because of the hassle.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Color Name:Stainless Steel
We had this Grohe Faucet for almost 10 years, and paid an arm and leg (for a number of reasons including the nonexistence of Amazon). It worked extremely well for five years, and then began to bind when swiveling from side to side. BUT it was the ever popular "intermittent" binding. It would bind for a month, and then it would be smooth as silk. Then it would bind for four or five months.
We finally called Grohe (in Indiana, I believe), and they sent out a rep from 80 miles away. Quote: "I've never seen anything like this before, and I've been with Grohe for 21 years." Oh, great. We're unique again, and we spent [...] bucks for this.
Never fear, Grohe will send out a new faucet and, just in case, new couplings so that you have a second set. If you call a plumber, we'll pay for installation.
We called a plumber. He replaced the old with the new (nothing had changed style or parts-wise), and it was once again smooth as glass.
We recently put in a new counter top, and had the same faucet reinstalled (since the same model still exists), but we used the extra couplings and a new sprayer, and all is well. It's beautiful (well, for a faucet, and primarily in my wife's opinion), but better still, it swivels the complete range of a double-wide single sink without a hitch. We rarely use the spray or the extension, but when we need it, it's got a fantastic range.
At $[...], I'd highly recommend THIS faucet. If you've won the lottery or can believe that the recession has been over for 15 months, then go for it even if it's $[...]. But in any event, I don't think you can go wrong with Grohe.
We finally called Grohe (in Indiana, I believe), and they sent out a rep from 80 miles away. Quote: "I've never seen anything like this before, and I've been with Grohe for 21 years." Oh, great. We're unique again, and we spent [...] bucks for this.
Never fear, Grohe will send out a new faucet and, just in case, new couplings so that you have a second set. If you call a plumber, we'll pay for installation.
We called a plumber. He replaced the old with the new (nothing had changed style or parts-wise), and it was once again smooth as glass.
We recently put in a new counter top, and had the same faucet reinstalled (since the same model still exists), but we used the extra couplings and a new sprayer, and all is well. It's beautiful (well, for a faucet, and primarily in my wife's opinion), but better still, it swivels the complete range of a double-wide single sink without a hitch. We rarely use the spray or the extension, but when we need it, it's got a fantastic range.
At $[...], I'd highly recommend THIS faucet. If you've won the lottery or can believe that the recession has been over for 15 months, then go for it even if it's $[...]. But in any event, I don't think you can go wrong with Grohe.
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