Faucet placement farmhouse sink
I have a large double Farmhouse sink in a new Kitchen, and I believe the faucet has been placed too far away from the sink. It's a very large sink and the faucet overhangs the sink area only by a few inches. It barely reaches the right basin, and whenever I use the faucet to wash a dish or my hands, the countertop ends up covered with water.
The contractor placed it like this this because there is a roughly 2" by 2" place connecting the two slabs of granite directly underneath the granite, between the sink and the faucet, where the faucet normally would have been placed. The contractor didn't consult me about the faucet placement, and insists that it's not incorrect. It's just a matter of taste he says, and that I will need to pay for any modification. Neither the contract nor the design specifically mentions faucet placement.
I have two questions.
1. What argument I can make to the contractor that the faucet is not installed correctly?
2. How should I fix it? I am thinking of moving it forward and two the right a couple of inches, and then fabricating some sort of chrome plate to hide the other hole, perhaps adding a soap dispenser and/or some automatic sink valves.
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I'm going to add this thought: This little controller -- I have no idea what it's called -- should be facing forward /not on the right. Why? Because that means you can turn the water on with your right OR left hand with equal ease, and if you touch the controller with wet hands and it drips, it'll drip into the sink /not onto the counter top.
That's now mine's mounted, and I love it.
M Miller