Sink with hose and foot pedals

[mrbob]

I'm starting with a laundry sink and laundry faucet (Utilatub model 10 plastic sink, Olympia B-8190 faucet).

My wife wants to use this to wash the dog, so she needs a spray hose and perhaps also a foot pedal.

My first thought is to replace the laundry faucet with a kitchen faucet having a pullout hose, like Delta Grant. The previous plumber installed BrassCraft shutoff valves having outlet hoses with 1/2" female fittings which directly mate with the faucet. The Delta faucet needs 3/8" compression.


Q: What is the exact description for the coupling that I need between Delta's hose and the BrassCraft hose?

Now to the creative part. It would be really nice if I could adapt a single foot pedal/valve to turn on warm water. That means a valve in series with the spray hose, rather than in series with supply lines, so we can still use the faucet to adjust water temperature. I found a cheap imported foot valve on the web with "1/2" NPT" fittings. It may be suitable or may be garbage. The brand is LukLoy: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HKJ6RFU

Delta uses proprietary fittings between their spray hose and faucet body. I'm completely clueless on how to couple those two together. Perhaps the idea of a foot valve is completely crazy.

Q: Do you have any suggestions for how to proceed? Is there a better choice of faucet or a different foot valve that will be more practical?

Thank you for any ideas or recommendations.

 

[Twowaxhack]

You need to just swap the faucet out for a pull down kitchen faucet with the 8” cover plate to cover the current holes in your sink.

You’ll need 1/2” mip x 3/8” compression brass adapters to transition to the new faucet.
That plumber screwed you with those crappy valves with built in water supplies.


You don’t really need a foot control for washing a dog unless you just want it. You can get touch control kitchen faucets.

 

[Geofd]

Chicago brand faucet makes a very good foot pedal faucet

 

[mrbob]

Thank you both!

Yes, this builder's contractors cut every corner possible. It must be embarrassing for BrassCraft to make a product with no brass in it. :-(

Yes, Chicago Faucet is great products but quite a bit more money.

 

[Geofd]

Thank you both!

Yes, this builder's contractors cut every corner possible. It must be embarrassing for BrassCraft to make a product with no brass in it. :-(

Yes, Chicago Faucet is great products but quite a bit more money.

They are bullet proof we use them in our commercial kitchens, and research labs,and bathrooms

 

[mrbob]

Home Depot sold me the Delta Faucet and Everbilt Compression Adapters LFA-124 "3/8 in OD x 1/2 in MIP". It seems like it was made for flare copper fittings, but the faucet lines also seem to mate with it if I don't use the nut, ferrule, and bushing.
Is this the right part?
I just want to be sure before I create an unreliable situation.
Thank you.

 

[Twowaxhack]

You don’t need the ferrule, nut or pipe stiffener.

You could possible need the brass nut if you opt to cut the factory water supplies that utilizes a captured nut and rubber inserts. They’ll screw right onto your brass fitting you bought.

If you cut the factory tube, they give you plastic ferrules to use. You can use their chrome nuts or JUST the brass nut that came with the brass fitting.

The white plastic ferrules that delta supplied in a small
Plastic bag has a taper. The taper faces away from the nut.