Installing Faucet In Granite Countertop

It usually gets centered behind the sink about 2 to 4 inches from the edge but it can go anywhere provided there s enough room for it.

Installing faucet in granite countertop.

Basket strainer washer for basket strainer tail piece washer for tail piece. First dry fit the countertop to ensure an accurate fit. Faucet cutouts are holes that are drilled in the countertop to install the sink s faucet soap dispenser and or insta hot appliance. Faucets that require more than one hole should line up with one side of the sink or a tangent.

The distance and number of holes varies according to the faucet you ve chosen. These holes typically measure 1 3 8 inches in diameter. Installing a kitchen sink is as simple as 1 2 3 with this easy to follow diy video from moen that details all the parts tools precautions and steps you nee. Place the large plastic nuts that come with the kit on the faucet pipes under the base of the faucet where they emerge from the granite and.

However the mounting of a faucet in granite is different for both aesthetic and functional reasons. You may or may not need to use plumbers putty for the strainers. The faucet for an undermount sink must be mounted on the countertop. Now you can install the two basket strainers or one basket strainer and the garburator.

Now you want to install the faucet. Pick out the style or profile you like best your marble or granite countertop installation. Once you have the granite slabs home it s time to install them. Typically you will not find a wide flange to cover industry standard holes in sink rims.

Putting in your own kitchen faucet isn t as hard as you think. Sinks faucets and appliances must fit the cabinets and slab size and seams and cutouts all depend on precise measurements so start shopping and choose early. Ask the builder host tim carter demonstrates how to install a kitchen faucet in some granite countertop around your sink. Lay the slabs directly on the frames of the lower cabinets.

When lifting the countertop take extra care to support the granite where it is thin such as along cutouts. The dimensions of your kitchen faucet and sink bathroom faucet and sink and every new kitchen appliance must be known prior to installing granite countertops. If the faucet base plate has a rubber gasket underneath to provide a watertight seal and fits into the mounting hole of your granite countertop snugly you need not add additional sealant. This video walks you through hooking up the waterlines and a veggie sprayer.

Insert the faucet through the granite hole from the top. With stone tops properly sized mounting holes are bored into the stone when the tops are fabricated or during installation.