DELTA ROMAN TUB FAUCET - HISTORY

Ever wondered where delta roman tub faucet came from? Or why they were named that?

Well, from what little i remember from the internet, they are named after the ancient Roman Empire (Rome, Italy). If you ever watched that HBO series "Rome" or some other movie / tv show that featured Rome as a setting, you'll notice the architecture was similiar to delta roman tub faucets that you see today.

They were ornately shaped, often made out of metal such as Bronze or Silver, and had long elongated goose-like necks with the sprout of the faucet at the end. This is where the water flows nicely into a tub or container of water. It looks and feels very high-classy.

Anyway, as time long past the fall of Rome, the empire itself inspired architecture that is still seen well up to today. Hence, why we still see old-style roman buildings, such as courthouses, ziggurauts, courts, government buildings with columns, statues, roman names, etc.

Depending on the shape and material you buy, I believe you can even buy a delta roman tub faucet that is made of PURE gold (wow!) but not to mention it'll easily cost you thousands of dollars as the price of gold as a material is extremely high (low dollar value at the time of this writing doesn't help any).

I mention all this because this is what vendors use to justify often-times high prices on their faucets that they try to sell to you, and they can be expensive. You could easily spend hundreds of dollars or even thousands on just one tub faucet. It might be worth it if you own a home though because then you can justfity asking for a higher price on your house to a prospective buyer. Plus, the look, feel, and gleam from the shiny new faucet will wow anyone, I know it did for me.

Personally, I've never owned any delta roman tub faucet, but that makes me the perfect person to review them, because I would have no biased feelings toward any particular faucet and can review objectively the good and the bad of these, which is what this blog is about.