On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:05:26 -0700 (PDT), js.b1 wrote:

Tap - do proper plumbing or use flex-pipes with shutoff ball-valves.
Avoid low height taps as their limited ability to get receptacles
underneath merely invites "bang flexion" against the pipes. Water
hammer can be (or become) a problem if you get new water mains - along
with pressure drifting up to extreme levels. Replacing w/m flex pipes
with new or better quality can help.

Also single-lever mixers can be bad if the mechanism stiffens up, as
there's a lot of leverage on the sink and moving of the tails.

I'm intending to get a pair of bibtaps (with upstands)

http://www.taps4less.com/PP/U-KD302.html

and, although my sink is better than almost all modern ones (40yo stainless
steel one) and OK with pillar taps, it'll have a bit of 16ga stainless
under the deck, as wide as it'll take.
--
Peter.
The head of a pin will hold more angels if
it's been flattened with an angel-grinder.