oh, i can answer this one. lol

My soap dispenser is on the left. But what kind of faucet did you get? I have one with the one handle. I wanted the handle on the left, since I'm a "righty". (When I approach the sink with dirty dishes they are in my right hand, so I have to do a crossover manuever since my handle ended up on the right.) I couldn't switch it because the handle would have been too close to the soap dispenser on the left. So, the faucet handle remains on the right. I wish I hadn't missed that one. Oh well, muscle memory kicked in and all is well now.

Anyway, my soap dispenser is on the left. I know, it's such a commitment since they have to make it permanent with the drilling.

We put ours on the left.
Being right handed I originally thought I wanted it on the right, but then I came to the realization that what ever I'd be applying the soap to (pots, pans, sponges) would be held in my right hand.
Which meant that I'd be pumping the dispenser with my left.
Hence we placed the dispenser on the left.
If you're left handed you'll probably want to put it on the right.

i am a leftie, so i placed mine on the right (it is an air gap right now, will be swapped out for dispenser as soon as i pass inspection, am in CA)

whoever eventally buys my house will need to be a leftie...
and like marble and a classic creamy white kitchen with inset cabinetry... :)

I should have mentioned that we are a split family of lefties and righties. So, not everyone was going to be happy anyway! The lefties are living it up right now. Not in the next kitchen though. someone has been schooled...

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I have a pulldown with built-in lever. My old faucet had a separate sprayer (never again) with the lever to the right. Dispenser was on the left. Like I said, I only used it for hand soap.

I think I'll keepmthe dispenser on the left since I'm used to it. Oh, I'm a righty.

Babushka--whoever buys your house will be one lucky dog! They'll need to like beautiful, gorgeous, yumminess. Or they don't deserve to own that kitchen. ;)

Our soap dispenser is on the left. It is at our prep sink and we use it for just hand soap. At the clean up sink, I prefer a bottle so I can squirt the soap any where that I want it. Also our prep sink is on the island where I didn't want an extra bottle floating around but having a bottle next to the main sink is not a problem for us. We wanted it on the left because we wanted the faucet handle and air switch on the right.

We are righties (only nominally for me) - I usually like to hold what I'm scrubbing or working on with my left hand and operate the faucet and air switch with my right. I can take the soap with either hand - I usually reach over to the left with my right hand and it doesn't bother me to do so.

I'm with you, blfenton. I was wondering if I had been doing something wrong. Soap dispensers at both sinks are on the right.

Breezy, are you going to use the never-mt?

I read about it in some older threads, but I don't see it mentioned in the newer threads. I'm wondering if the TKO still use it, or if it's been replaced with something else that I have not picked up on in the newer threads.

I'm with you Blfenton and Sally.. I am right handed and my soap is on the right. I hold the thing I am cleaning in my left hand use the soap with my right hand.

Let me explain.
Since I'm right handed, I hold the scrubby in my right hand and the dirty pot, or whatever, in my left.
Since the scrubby is in my right hand my left hand is free to operate the pump on the soap dispenser.
If the dispenser were on the right I'd have to reach accross the sink to get to it.

Diva--yes, I'm getting NeverMT for both sinks. I should order now!

Hi L!

As to the scrubbing/side issue, my dispenser only had hand soap as my dish soap was too drying for my hands. Since my side sprayer had to be on the right, the dispenser went on the left. It was easy to get used to.

I use a scrubby wand thing with the dish detergent in it to scrub pans. I'm planning on trying out a soap I can use for hands and dishes. If I can find one gentle enough for my hands, I may not use the scrubby wand thing. If I don't use it, I'm with Will on how I'd use the dispenser.

Now I just need to decide how far away from the faucet to place the dispenser. Anyone have good advice there? Marble goes in tomorrow!!

I was trying to envision turning the water on, holding a pan and pressing the soap dispenser when I remembered one of my favorite features of my kitchen--the tapmaster. They're the best. Be sure to get one.

Your soap dispenser will be on the wrong side, always, regardless.

I don't think there is any answer as to whether right works for lefties or vice versa or conversely. I think it varies and depends, constantly.

(Placement of DW is a determinant too).

I have my soap in a pump bottle that sits on the counter, and no matter where I put it, right, left, behind, in front - it's all always in the wrong place!

Sorry to be cynical or depressive or whatever. I'm just feeling happy I didn't plan for a fixed soap dispenser since I'm always uneasy with where it lands. If it were fixed I think I'd be even more irritated.

However that NMT looks almost good enough to warrant fixing the dispenser anywhere, regardless. And I may live to regret the absence of a tapmaster yet. I don't even want to know what one of those things cost....

Do you really not want to know how much they cost? Because I can tell you...

Breezy- before my DH nixed the idea of another hole in our granite, I mocked doing dishes and practiced which hand I would be holding the dish with. I wanted the soap on the left of the faucet because I'm a righty and I would rather hold the sponge or the dish with my right hand and use my left for the soap. HTH!

Sally--I did get a Tapmaster. How cool are they? I've never used one in my life, but I can already tell that it'll be on elf my favorite features.

Aliris--I can see that you've never had one it would seem like a PITA to have it in the same place. I quickly got used to my old one for hand soap. I guess muscle memory takes over and you just DO it.

Briana--maybe I will still end up using my dish soap wand thingy ffor dishes after all. I know I wont regret a hand soap dispenser though. I loved my last one.

Thanks, you three!!

Breezy, Our fabricator recommended 4" between the faucet and the soap dispenser but because our faucet has handles on both sides we went with 8".
Here's a shot.

Thanks, Will!! In mocking it up myself late last night, I had settled on the soap dispenser being about 8" from the faucet, on center.

Yours looks great! Thanks again.

Not that this directly relates to your thread but I wanted you to know this BEFORE you come see my kitchen.

I am putting my soap dispenser on the left if I am lucky enough to have one. Having had a pulldown sprayer off the faucet before, I am having a separate sprayer on the right. I spent most of my time cussing out the pulldown sprayer as DH was kind enough to remind me. Whatever else, it will be a damn sight better than my old kitchen, right?

I think it depends on the SINK as well. I saw the pic of the super single above. I have a split sink and, when hand washing, our disposal is on the right, so we wash dishes in the right hand side and rinse them on the left. So doesn't make sense for us to have soap where we are putting dishes to rinse-you want the soap where you are cleaning them.

bahacca, Good point!

Both. I have a soap dispenser on the right side of my main sink faucet (instant hot is on the left) and on the left side of my prep sink (faucet is on the right corner). In both cases, I am right handed and both work equally well for me.

Our situation is the same as lascatx's except both of our faucets are centered on the sinks. The soap dispenser at our large sink is on the right and the one at the small sink is on the left. They both contain hand soap. I've never noticed one being easier or harder than the other. I am right handed.

Sally -- thanks! I am so not turning around at this particular moment and installing one, regardless of cost! So ... I'll keep it as a fun tidbit to look into for the future ;)

I feel like the built in soap dispenser should be in most cases on the left. Our single faucet is in the middle, and the hand towel is on right side of the wall in our bathroom. It’s like reading or writing from left to right, or in this case; soap, lather, rinse, and dry.

@Anne Strahan - you resurrected a 9-year-old thread.

Yes I did :-).

...and forced a CURRENT request for help off the first page.

Sorry, but is this a bad thing?

@Anne Strahan - in answer to your question, you would be someone called a ”necro poster”. A derisive term because typically people who necro post never read the whole thread (or even some of it). They just reply to the last post that killed the conversation in the first place lo those many years ago.

The information carried by zombie posts does not have the value that users talking to each other today would, because a fresh thread would have more current information. More importantly, the necro poster bumps down current threads started by someone right now who is eagerly awaiting responses. When those current threads are bumped down, they don’t get the same level of attention. Consequently, the avoidance of necro posting is one of the longest running forum etiquette rules.

You can ignore of course. I am just answering your recent question.

If living with someone that both right or left handed the one washes dishes the most gets to decide which side. Chef perspective Usually have trashcan scrape food into (hole goes into a trashcan). There sink 3 compartments left to right - washing (soap in it), rinse and sanitation (dip sanitizes the dishes (similar to dish washer). Since most home kitchens have 2 sinks the right side would be the rinse section and don't want soap dispenser dripping soap in clean hot clean water. Hope this helps. Never understood why soap dispenser hole was on the right. I told my husband the new sink put soap on the left and put the drinking water faucet on the right. That is why the right sink normally smaller than the left.