Installing Faucet In Granite Countertop

Now you can install the two basket strainers or one basket strainer and the garburator.

Installing faucet in granite countertop.

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. Once you have the granite slabs home it s time to install them. 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.

First dry fit the countertop to ensure an accurate fit. Lay the slabs directly on the frames of the lower cabinets. The faucet for an undermount sink must be mounted on the countertop. 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.

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. 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. Schedule an installation date. Typically you will not find a wide flange to cover industry standard holes in sink rims.

Now you want to install the faucet. You may or may not need to use plumbers putty for the strainers. 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. 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. With stone tops properly sized mounting holes are bored into the stone when the tops are fabricated or during installation. Ask the builder host tim carter demonstrates how to install a kitchen faucet in some granite countertop around your sink. 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.

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. Insert the faucet through the granite hole from the top. These holes typically measure 1 3 8 inches in diameter.

Faucet cutouts are holes that are drilled in the countertop to install the sink s faucet soap dispenser and or insta hot appliance. Pick out the style or profile you like best your marble or granite countertop installation.