Old post but I have a similar issue. We bought a house with a bridge faucet (so just two holes in the marble top.) The faucet is now leaking and can't be fixed. To replace it, bridge faucets START at $350 and go up from there to the $1000 price range. We also have another sink on the other side of the bathroom, so if you replace one that will be roughly $400-$700, we probably should replace the other. The second option is to drill a third hole, for a standard wide spread set up. But for a third and budget option, I was looking at some single hole faucets, and putting a soap dispenser on the second hole. I am assuming you would put the water faucet on the left hole, and soap on the right (that is what comes to mind for a right handed person) but I am not sure. This is a home we will move from in about 3 years give or take. Trying to think budget, aesthetics, and function. And would a home buyer think "what the heck?" or say "awesome." You cannot see the other vanity area as the shower and toilet area are in the middle of the bathroom, so I am thinking I can have one faucet on one, and another set up on the other, as long as they are in the same bronze family and similar style (these have an old vintage look to them.) Thoughts?

I also had this problem with 2 Blanco dispensers. I called them and they sent replacement pump mechanisms. This did not work any better, so I called again. They told me I need to dilute the "ultra" detergent I was using to about 50-50, and this finally did the trick. The better dishwashing detergents are now being made so thick that they can't go through the opening (which on more expensive dispensers tends to be small). I tried to fix it by adding hot water through the top opening of the bottle then stirring with the plastic bottom "straw" part. This still did not work well, so I had to dismantle the whole thing, dump out the old detergent, then refill it with the diluted mix. I was rather annoyed that I had problems with such expensive dispensers so I looked at some others that I knew worked well. The main difference seemed to be that the hole opening of the less expensive dispensers was a much larger diameter.

We have that sink, and our fabricator drilled the holes. We got an expensive soap dispenser and have had no problems. The air switch is also a no brainer type thing, so we went totally on looks, and it was very inexpensive also. Hope everything continues to go smoothly :)

For those that have been through the gamut of soap dispensers.... here's my take Bought the Never MT. The soap we use is Softsoap anti bacterial soap. I tried various ways to make the Never MT work smoothly and it never did. Maybe the soap was to thick. Threw all 5 of the Never MT out... My Grohe dispenser. The finish/style works with sink. IT'S A TERRIBLE design as the bottle is not affixed/screwed it. It's held by pressure...and depending on how you fill/refill - move stuff in your can - if the bottle falls/soap just stays on the wood, it can and will eat the wood.... The Kohler I bought to replace it - both $$$$$ for what they are made out of - component wise. At least the bottle screws in snug on this unit. Both are designed to be refilled from top. I find that the thickness of the soap jam up when very slowly filling from the top hole versus into the bottle direct