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Hands Free Faucets

Whether you are washing your hands at home or in a public restroom, it can often feel like you are dirtying yourself nearly as much as you are cleaning yourself. First, you have to touch the faucet with your dirty hands, and then you have to turn the water off with your wet hands. If you decide to dry your hands prior to turning off the water, not only are you wasting water but you are touching the same faucet you turned on with your previously dirty hands. It can be a real catch-22.

Hands-Free Faucets--Protecting Your Health, Conserving Water
In recent years, commercial spaces have begun trading their traditional faucet systems for automatic ones. In fact, most malls located across the United States have already converted--or are in the process of converting--to hands-free faucets. This trend has also begun catching on in private homes. Many new homes are built with such systems, while older homes are converting over.

Cross-contamination is a serious health issue and is the major reason behind the development of hands-free faucets. Thanks to a motion sensor device located within the faucet, a controlled quantity of water is released when the hands are placed under the sink. The water is automatically cut off once the hands are pulled away--thus significantly cutting down on the waste of water.

Since there is no contact necessary with the actual faucet, bacteria do not get the opportunity to "jump" from user to user. At FirstChoiceOKC, we are proud to offer our customers a selection of easy-to-install, hands-free faucet systems. Whether for home installation or on a larger commercial scale, we offer fast, efficient and friendly customer service at an affordable price.