Installing Faucet In Granite Countertop

First dry fit the countertop to ensure an accurate fit.

Installing faucet in granite 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. You may or may not need to use plumbers putty for the strainers. Putting in your own kitchen faucet isn t as hard as you think. When lifting the countertop take extra care to support the granite where it is thin such as along cutouts.

However the mounting of a faucet in granite is different for both aesthetic and functional reasons. This video walks you through hooking up the waterlines and a veggie sprayer. Now you can install the two basket strainers or one basket strainer and the garburator. 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.

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. 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. Lay the slabs directly on the frames of the lower cabinets.

Follow the installation guide that came with the faucet. Faucet cutouts are holes that are drilled in the countertop to install the sink s faucet soap dispenser and or insta hot appliance. Typically you will not find a wide flange to cover industry standard holes in sink rims. Faucets that require more than one hole should line up with one side of the sink or a tangent.

Insert the faucet through the granite hole from the top. Once you have the granite slabs home it s time to install them. 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. Basket strainer washer for basket strainer tail piece washer for tail piece.

The faucet for an undermount sink must be mounted on the countertop. Schedule an installation date. 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. Now you want to install the faucet.

The distance and number of holes varies according to the faucet you ve chosen. Sinks faucets and appliances must fit the cabinets and slab size and seams and cutouts all depend on precise measurements so start shopping and choose early.