Central Brass Mfg Co Inc

Nick B. _{on Yelp}

Oct 2nd, 2013

Don't waste your money.  I bought Central Brass faucets for my bathroom sink faucets, tub faucets, & kitchen sink faucets on the recommendation of my plumber.  Looking at the faucets they look really solid and are made of solid brass.  What my plumber DIDN'T tell me about Central Brass faucets was the MOST IMPORTANT PART.  The WARRANTY.  Central Brass must be a faucet intended more for COMMERCIAL USE.  I put these into my own personal residence.  The WARRANTY are the trouble.Companies like American Standard, for example, offer lifetime warranties on their faucets.  So if the faucet drips in 2 years they will just ship me another cartridge at no charge.  Central Brass CERAMIC disc faucets, which I have, have only a ONE YEAR warranty.  And when they start dripping, and mine all did, Central Brass told me that it wasn't convered and I would have to PURCHASE another replacement cartridge.  And they retailed in my area for $25-$33 EACH.  You can get these with washers.  Valves then are like $10 plus about $3 for seats.  Maybe less for seats if you shop online.  But they add up.  Now MOST faucet companies I see in home centers offer Limited Lifetime warranties.  Which mean if the faucet breaks in 2 or 5 years they will just send you the part for free.  The limited in most cases I saw was limited to you being the original homeowner and this being a RESIDENCIAL and not commercial setting.So Central Brass shouldn't be purchased for residential use.  The lack of a lifetime warranty makes the total cost of ownership to high!