Best spigot set up for wash stall

[DaisyBabyCat]

I’m going to be installing a new faucet in my wash stall very soon, so I need to pick something out pretty quickly, but I am not sure which kind to get. I’ve searched in these forums and also Googled but I am not getting a ton of specific ideas.
Can you tell me what you have, or what you plan to get, and the pros and cons of them. Like is there anything I need to think about as far as the faucet design or placement? Pics would be great.

I plan to have an overhead hose arm if that makes any difference. The wash stall is a 10’x12’ room with no exterior walls but my plumber will be taking into consideration the possibility of pipes freezing in the winter.

I’ve seen the kind with the ball valves, one for hot and one for cold. I think those types of handles would be easier to use with wet hands but wouldn’t it be harder to get the right temp if you have to mess with two things instead of one? I’m also thinking the entire thing should be a close to the wall as possible, so it is less likely to get broken by a horse.
I’d like something nice so it doesn’t have to be something repurposed or such.

[frugalannie]

FWIW our wash stall has a mixing valve like in a shower with a ball valve shutoff “after” it. So the mixed water is controlled on/ off via the ball valve. Pretty simple but effective.

[Janet]

“Easier to use with wet hands” - EASIER than WHAT?

I have separate spigots for hot and cold, with a washing-machine “Y” hose to connect to the main hose. The spigots are set into the wall between the wash stall and the feed room (where there is a utility sink) , so they are not vulnerable to being broken by a horse.

I don’t hae any experience with a “hose arm”.

[LCDR]

This is my setup. Woodford faucet.

Woodford faucets (not all models) and Woodford repair kits are sold at my local Home Depot.

https://www.woodfordmfg.com

[DaisyBabyCat]

That’s a really nice setup, I like how the faucet doesn’t stick out too far

[LCDR]

Thanks. I don’t recall where I got the hose arm but I did order it on line. Search for “hose boom.”

I’m in SC so I don’t really have freezing worries but Woodford also makes frostless versions. That wall of my wash stall is the other side of my heated tack room wall, which is where the water heater also lives, and the hot and cold water lines to the wash stall (which are Pex-B) are inside that common wall.

[horsepoor]

I have the Woodford faucet posted by LCDR but in the vertical version. Stock photo here since I don’t have one handy of mine. We do get freezing weather at times so having it installed where it backs up to a heated room is important (mine has a heated shop/tool room behind it). I did have to replace it once as it froze because “someone” forgot to disconnect the hoses in sub-20 degree weather. Only two humans live here and it was not me.

[FitToBeTied]

I don’t have a picture but we use frost free like some above. Our water main in the barn comes up in the heated tack room and then the lines go through the wall into the wash stall.

[DaisyBabyCat]

What made you get the vertical version as opposed to the horizontal one? Do you see any pros/cons to one over the other?

[horsepoor]

Honestly I don’t remember if I was even consulted or if my builder (who’s a good friend) just did it that way on his own. We were adding on to our existing barn so it might just have fit the spot better. I can’t really think of why one would be better than the other except for fitting a certain space or aesthetics.