Where do you place the faucet in a 1 and 3/4 sink?
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Comments (10)Are you talking about using either 2 cm or 3 cm slabs? I've never actually seen them measured in inches. Presuming that's what you mean, there are a lot of threads on that topic here. Type "2 cm vs 3 cm granite site:gardenweb.com" into your search engine and you'll turn some up. The bottom line is that you can use either for your islands. The 2 cm slabs are placed with a plywood underlayment and generally have another 2 cm strip of granite laminated onto the edge to give a nice edge finish and cover up the plywood. 3 cm slabs don't need an underlayment and have a nice fat edge for finishing built in. 2 cm slabs are more popular (i.e. more available) on the west coast and 3 cm more popular on the east coast, but that is not a universal comment on availability. I live on the west coast and I have 3 cm granite. Functionally you can go either way and be comfortable about your decision. When you're looking at costs, be sure to factor in the extra fabrication expense for the laminated edge and the extra expense of fabricating a stone that eats up the fabricator's saw blades like the really hard quartzites....See More1 3/4 double bowl sink: where does faucet go? (template today!)
Comments (3)Generally the faucet will go between the two bowls right at the divider, that way your faucet will swing into each bowl, there is also usually a "dip" down to the smaller bowl from the larger bowl. The soap usually goes on one of the corners. Depends on what you're putting in the despenser I suppose, dish soap ? put it on the corner of where you'll be washing dishes, hand soap ? guess it doesn't matter there. Also your templater should have some idea, surely he's seen a few or templated a few tops & have some suggestions, allthough the final decision is yours. Good Luck Here is a link that might be useful: granite countertops...See MoreConsidering Blanco Precis 1 3/4 sink with drainboard
Comments (3)I'm considering this sink as well. I like how the cutting board can go across the drainboard, if I need the entire sink available. And you can use the colander and cutting board at the same time because they are at different levels. This must be a new design, as I can't find much on it. Amazon has two 5 star reviews. I don't see how install would be a problem. Basically the drainboard is taking the place of the countertop. Currently I like the Kohler Karbon faucet for its functionality. Looks-wise, not so much, but I can live with it for good function. It's better than a pullout faucet because you can let go and it will stay in any place, where a pullout would just flop down or retract back to the base....See Moredisagreement with KD again: corner sink 1 3/4 bowl?
Comments (8)My previous kitchen sink was a corner with a smaller and larger bowl, the faucet was not square on the corner (centered) and suprise suprise, it both functioned, and looked fine. The sink should be centered in the cabinet, regardless of where the faucet is. But with most larger faucets, you can center the faucet to reach both bowls (you want it to anyhoo...so you could center it). This leaves lots of room for the plumbing to be in the back, behind the cabinet, (this is how mine is now with a single bowl). Our old sink was 36, our current is 33. We have 3" of counter in front of it, and the old cabinet was notched in the sides (it's still working great after being transported to another house and installed in their mother in law appt)...just make sure that's not a cheap cabinet and it will hold up fine. If you notch the sink in 3" on both sides, (cabinet is set back 3" from the rest with filler strips on angles to connect to the balance) you can get away with a bigger sink. We did this in the current set up so that we didn't have to notch the cabinets, but I'd have had no fear of that...in fact didn't when we notched out the cabinet for the prep sink. And don't disagree with KD's....it's your house. Listen, nod, and then repeat...I want X installed in Y, as I asked for. If you want to pay the bill...you get a say, if you don't want to pay the bill...we're going to do it my way....See Morebadgergal
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