Installing Faucet In Granite Countertop

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.

Installing faucet in granite countertop.

First dry fit the countertop to ensure an accurate fit. Ask the builder host tim carter demonstrates how to install a kitchen faucet in some granite countertop around your sink. Faucet cutouts are holes that are drilled in the countertop to install the sink s faucet soap dispenser and or insta hot appliance. 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.

Pick out the style or profile you like best your marble or granite countertop installation. 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. The faucet for an undermount sink must be mounted on the countertop. Follow the installation guide that came with the faucet.

These holes typically measure 1 3 8 inches in diameter. Now you can install the two basket strainers or one basket strainer and the garburator. Typically you will not find a wide flange to cover industry standard holes in sink rims. Insert the faucet through the granite hole from the top.

Lay the slabs directly on the frames of the lower cabinets. 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. You may or may not need to use plumbers putty for the strainers. Now you want to install the faucet.

This video walks you through hooking up the waterlines and a veggie sprayer. Faucets that require more than one hole should line up with one side of the sink or a tangent. Basket strainer washer for basket strainer tail piece washer for tail piece. However the mounting of a faucet in granite is different for both aesthetic and functional reasons.

With stone tops properly sized mounting holes are bored into the stone when the tops are fabricated or during installation. The distance and number of holes varies according to the faucet you ve chosen. Putting in your own kitchen faucet isn t as hard as you think. Schedule an installation date.

Once you have the granite slabs home it s time to install them. Tighten the connections and insert the other end of the supply lines first through the faucet base plate and then through the mounting hole on the countertop.