March 27, 2025
Businesses have commonly used touchless faucets, and now they are making their way into homes. It is no wonder why businesses have been using this fantastic device for decades.
Touchless faucets save a lot of money, safeguard water — our most precious resource — and make everyone’s lives easier. They require less maintenance and cleaning while upgrading the kitchen or bathroom in your home or business.
What Is a Touchless Faucet and How Does It Work?
A touchless faucet allows the flow of water to start or stop without human touch. The faucet starts working when it detects motion from a person or an object and stops when movement stops, making it easier to use and more sanitary than traditional faucets.
Touchless faucets work through a sensor that detects movement, allowing them to turn on and off automatically. This sensor sends a signal to a valve that activates and opens the water flow when movement is detected and closes when movement stops. They are powered by electricity or batteries.
Many different types of touchless faucets are available, but they generally come in two categories — a completely touchless faucet or a combined manual and touchless faucet.
Benefits of Touchless Faucets
Changing to a touchless faucet will bring significant benefits to your workspace or home. Human behavior is one of the main reasons for water waste. By automatically closing, a touchless faucet allows you to control water use better while saving money.
They promote health by keeping our hands clean when no contact is needed, and they’ll make life easier for small children, older adults and people who need assistance.
These are five benefits of motion sensor faucets:
1. Water Conservation
Saving money and conserving water go hand in hand. Changing to a touchless faucet shows your responsibility toward water conservation and that you care about your future and future generations.
The average faucet flow in the kitchen and bathroom is 2 gallons per minute. In residences, bathrooms use up to 50% of all home water, while public urinals are flushed about 18 times daily. The two main factors that will allow you to save water are the size of the aerator and human behavior.
Touchless faucets are an eco-friendly option. They make it easier to reduce water wastage by automatically closing, leaving the human behavior factor behind. Qualified technicians can recommend an aerator that helps you save even more.
2. Ease of Use
Usually, when you turn to use a water faucet, it is because your hands are dirty. You wash them, and after you’ve cleaned them up, they instantly become dirty again when you touch a manual faucet. It can be difficult to keep a manual faucet clean when it is in constant use.
A touchless faucet makes washing your hands effortless, helps keep your hands clean and avoids spreading germs and cross-contamination while you continue with your activities. Your touchless faucet will activate by a simple hand movement or by placing objects under it.
3. Promotes Hygiene
You probably use your hands for most activities you perform. Hands carry good germs and bacteria that we need to stay healthy — and ones that can promote diseases such as diarrhea and respiratory infections. To avoid spreading bacteria and viruses around, properly wash your hands.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends washing your hands for at least 20 seconds with soap and cleaning the whole surface, paying extra attention to the back and sides of your hands. Also, they recommend you wash your hands:
- Before preparing food, eating or drinking
- After blowing your nose, coughing or sneezing
- After touching objects that might have germs and bacteria on them
Many people need help following the CDC recommendations. By touching a manual faucet, you are probably picking up germs and bacteria from other people, solid build-up or cross-contamination in a kitchen where raw food is handled.
Touchless faucets eliminate physical contact, making it much easier to keep your hands clean at all times. They are an excellent option for hospitals and care facilities where people’s health is managed and extra attention to cleanliness is needed.
4. Easy Access
Touchless faucets are an excellent addition to homes and businesses where young children, older adults, immunocompromised individuals, and people with disabilities, cognitive impairment or impaired movement skills are present.
Innovative no-touch faucet provides a wide range of options for easy access to water while safeguarding the physical integrity of the people living or working in your space. Some touchless faucets allow you to regulate temperature, preventing burns to voice-activated faucets, making access extra easy.
These features, plus their being easy to clean and maintain, make them a better option over traditional faucets for people who need easy access to water.
Are Touchless Faucets Worth It?
Yes, touchless faucets are worth it. They make access to water effortless, are easy to clean and maintain, make your space healthier, and save money while reducing your carbon footprint.
Of course, touchless faucets have pros and cons. Some downsides include running out of batteries or electrical power and having visitors who need to learn how to use them. You can prevent these downsides with a little preparation, such as researching and choosing the right faucet for your home or business and chatting with guests about how to use a touchless faucet or posting instructions nearby.
Touchless faucets are a long-term investment. With professional assessment, you’ll get a lot out of them.
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Eduric Plumbing is a locally owned company that provides residential services and commercial water fixture services in Kernersville, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, High Point and surrounding areas. We are licensed, bonded and insured. Our technicians stay current with the industry’s most recent practices, and after an in-person evaluation, they’ll provide you with the best touchless faucet for your home or business.
All our labor and materials have a warranty when you work with us. We keep your space clean and interruption-free so you can continue your activities as usual. Call us to schedule an appointment today! We’ll be there as soon as possible to provide you with the right solution.