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Advance Plumbing can help you create the style and customizable
functionality of a commercial-grade kitchen.

By Lynne Konstantin

hether you are a gourmet chef,
love to experiment in the kitchen
— or don't cook at all but want to
have the high-tech experience and sleek look
(and creature comforts when bringing in a ca-
terer) of a commercial-style kitchen, Advance
Plumbing and Heating Supply Company in
Walled Lake is your one-stop shop for blinging
out your home kitchen with the best of the
best on the market right now.
Offering all the behind-the-scenes bells and
whistles to make a residential kitchen com-
pletely customizable to a client's tastes, needs
and design aesthetic, Advance operations
manager Joshua Moss and his team person-
ally research, test and vet the newest innova-
tions, from advance-technology scratch-free
sinks to noise-free garbage disposals, to bring
commercial-grade restaurant-kitchen style to
your home kitchen.

Chilled Water

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Silgranit Sinks

A chiller tank can be added to a filtered-water
system under the sink to make ice-cold water,
as cold as 40° Fahrenheit, without the ice.

Insta Hots

The K7 kitchen faucet line by Grohe has a pull-out

spray head that can be turned and swivel 360

degrees.

Faucets

A sleekly engineered faucet provides a striking
An elegant and durable alternative to
impression, almost as a piece of sculpture,
stainless, the Silgranit collection of sinks by
but equipped with every technology to assist
Blanco are crafted of patented 80 percent
in the ease of food preparation. Many of
rock-hard granite and 20 percent resin, and
today's higher-end, on-trend options, from
resist stains (think berries, red wine and
companies including Grohe, Dornbracht and
spaghetti sauce), chips, dents and scratches
Julien, are created with the amateur chef
(the wear-and-tear of heavy pots, sharp
and cooking enthusiast in mind: Specialized
knives and everything in between). But the
fittings, extractable spray heads, traditional
height of durability in materials does not
spray and vegetable spray, and maintenance-
need to come at the sacrifice of style or
free surface technology all allow the
user-friendly function: Rather, Silgranit is
home chef to concentrate on preparing a
available in eight colors — from velvety black
spectacular meal, not worry about fiddling
Anthracite and elegant silver Metallic Gray
with the faucet.
to the brand-new warmly stone-like Cinder
— to complement any style and countertop
Filtered Water
material, plus 22 shapes.
Pure and refreshing: Remove particles
Their low-divide feature offers the best
as
small as a half micron in size (a higher
of both worlds, with the
filtration quality than a
functionality of double
refrigerator filter), plus
sinks, but with room to
chlorine, chloramine, lead,
rest pots without water
mold and algae, oxidized
running off onto the
iron, volatile organic
countertop.
chemicals
and distortions
Additionally, Silgranit
in taste and odor, directly
sinks are protected
from the spout. "Filtered
from dirt and bacteria
water cartridges are a
with Blanco's patented
great alternative to water
Hygenic+Plus shield,
bottles," Moss says. "One
Blanco's Silgranit sin k is available in
rendering sinks 98 percent
cartridge
is equivalent to
eight
colors,
includi
ng
Truffle
(shown)
bacteria free and 100
2,300 water bottles."
percent food safe.
and 22 shapes.

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Available by themselves or with filtered water
in one spout, instant hot water dispensers
— or insta hots — like tanks made by
InSinkErator, delivers near-boiling 200° water
without wait. Instantly make soup, coffee and
pasta; blanch vegetables, thaw frozen foods,
loosen jar lids, warm baby formula or an ice-
cream scoop; and disinfect and melt away
stickiness on dishes, right when you want it.
The dispenser sits on the sink, next to the
faucet, while a hot water tank stows away
underneath.

Carbonated Water

Add lime for a refreshingly bubbly glass of
water, flavored syrups to create a flavored
sparkling beverage or use carbonated water
for customized bar drinks. Degrees of fizziness
can be adjusted on the regulator; a sparkling
water appliance, like the Exubera by Everpure,
can be combined with chilled water in one
spout.

Garbage Disposals

Chicken bones, fruit rinds, coffee grounds and
more can go right down the drain where they
are virtually liquefied by powerful, high-end
kitchen garbage disposals from InSinkErator,
resulting in a cleaner food-prep area and
less odor-causing cans and bags. All models
feature a stainless-steel grinding component,
two grinding chambers, auto-reverse in case
the blades get stuck and extended warranties.
What's better than super powerful? Low
noise. "I have some clients who have said they
actually have to put their ear to the sink to
make sure it's working," Moss says.

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Advance Plumbing Supply

1977 E. West Maple Road

Walled Lake, MI 48390

(248) 669-7474; advanceplumbing.com