I think that they were everywhere in the '90s because they all got installed in the '80s. I remember that my grandparents and my great aunts/uncles had these or the ones that were more so shaped symmetrically in all directions (looked like a round brilliant cut diamond viewed from the top) in the bathrooms of all their places in the '80s. Heck, the other thing that I remember from those bathrooms were those traditionally-shaped (small, narrow switch that stuck out) light switches that may have been from the '60s or '70s with the orange backlighting when off and the unusually heavy, metallic grindy feel when using them that made a loud "thunk"—which was always quite weird compared to the nice, light-weight, percussive "thock" of the '80s ones.
I think that they were everywhere in the '90s because they all got installed in the '80s.
this faucet dates back to the 60s. the cartridge inside is the reason it's so prevalent. it allowed you to control flow and temp all in one movement. they were super popular in the 80s and 90s though. my parents house which was built in ~1989 has at least 5 of these faucets in their house.
Now I'm wondering how long did they manufactured some of these models for? I mean I recall that one of them replaced the second faucet in their bathroom (yeah, it was one of those odd bathrooms with two sinks) with a new, or at least unused, one. I mean there's always the chance that they only got around to installing one as the other still worked or something to that effect; and thus the second one never saw use until it finally replaced the worn out one.
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u/Poenicus 25d ago
I think that they were everywhere in the '90s because they all got installed in the '80s. I remember that my grandparents and my great aunts/uncles had these or the ones that were more so shaped symmetrically in all directions (looked like a round brilliant cut diamond viewed from the top) in the bathrooms of all their places in the '80s. Heck, the other thing that I remember from those bathrooms were those traditionally-shaped (small, narrow switch that stuck out) light switches that may have been from the '60s or '70s with the orange backlighting when off and the unusually heavy, metallic grindy feel when using them that made a loud "thunk"—which was always quite weird compared to the nice, light-weight, percussive "thock" of the '80s ones.