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What hole size for installing a sink faucet?
Hi,
My plumber is coming tomorrow morning and he is expecting me to have prepaired the vanity top for a faucet installation. (It was a custom top and doesn't have any holes in it for the plumbing.) I have the faucet, and I drilled a 3/4" hole becuase that slightly exceeded the diameter of the threads on the faucet. But then I realized that the plumbing part of the faucet has a wider part. Anyway, it's hard to explain, but the bottom line is that I don't know what size holes to drill and how to determine it. The included instructions assume that the holes are already there. Is there such a thing as a standard hole size for the faucet's plumbing? My faucet is this: http://www.fixtureuniverse.com/produ...inkLoc=catalog Thanks! Aaron Fude |
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"Aaron Fude" wrote in message
... Hi, My plumber is coming tomorrow morning and he is expecting me to have prepaired the vanity top for a faucet installation. (It was a custom top and doesn't have any holes in it for the plumbing.) I have the faucet, and I drilled a 3/4" hole becuase that slightly exceeded the diameter of the threads on the faucet. But then I realized that the plumbing part of the faucet has a wider part. Anyway, it's hard to explain, but the bottom line is that I don't know what size holes to drill and how to determine it. The included instructions assume that the holes are already there. Is there such a thing as a standard hole size for the faucet's plumbing? My faucet is this: http://www.fixtureuniverse.com/produ...inkLoc=catalog Thanks! Aaron Fude If the included instructions do not include hole size measurements, you bought a product from a manufacturer who was just kidding about being in the faucet business. Made in China, maybe? The manufacturer's web site has links to PDF files for installation & measurement. The latter file is one blank page. The former link leads to a broken web page containing nothing. Here's the web page, in case you want to be nauseated by the non-existent help they're providing: http://www.kingstonbrass.com/proddetail.asp?ProdID=7016 You got boned. Return the thing and reschedule the plumber. A manufacturer like that doesn't deserve anyone's money. Get yourself a Moen faucet. Here's what a spec sheet is supposed to look like: http://www.moen.com/shared/pdf/T944sp.pdf |
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What hole size for installing a sink faucet?
He may have got boned out of some dumass instructions, but HELL all you have
to do is look a the bottom of the dam thing , measure and drill and hone away. It's not rocket science. s "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message news You got boned. Return the thing and reschedule the plumber. A manufacturer like that doesn't deserve anyone's money. |
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What hole size for installing a sink faucet?
Perhaps, but the manufacturer still doesn't deserve his business.
"S. Barker" wrote in message ... He may have got boned out of some dumass instructions, but HELL all you have to do is look a the bottom of the dam thing , measure and drill and hone away. It's not rocket science. s "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message news You got boned. Return the thing and reschedule the plumber. A manufacturer like that doesn't deserve anyone's money. |
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What hole size for installing a sink faucet?
Hi,
Thanks for the responses. Which size should I measure if there are two different diameters and I'm not quite sure how the faucet "sits". Thanks, Aaron |
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"Aaron Fude" wrote in message
... Hi, Thanks for the responses. Which size should I measure if there are two different diameters and I'm not quite sure how the faucet "sits". Thanks, Aaron Use a piece of corrugated cardboard "surrogate countertop" to experiment. Got calipers for measuring outside diameter of the parts that protrude through the counter? Like this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00004T7S8 If not, use tweezers, compass, scissors or BBQ tongs as makeshift measuring devices. |
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What hole size for installing a sink faucet?
Aaron Fude wrote:
Hi, Thanks for the responses. Which size should I measure if there are two different diameters and I'm not quite sure how the faucet "sits". Big enough to stick it through, small enough so nut/washer can secure it and so the upper flange (base) will cover it. -- dadiOH ____________________________ dadiOH's dandies v3.06... ....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that. Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico |
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On Mar 18, 9:34 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:
If the included instructions do not include hole size measurements, you bought a product from a manufacturer who was just kidding about being in the faucet business. Heh. "FSO", faucet-shaped object. ----- - gpsman |
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replying to JoeSpareBedroom, Uselessinstructions wrote:
Ya mean like the Moen faucet I just purchased that does not address anywhere what size the hole should be? THAT Moen faucet?? 😝 -- for full context, visit https://www.homeownershub.com/mainte...et-294664-.htm |
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On Thursday, January 26, 2017 at 5:14:07 PM UTC-5, Uselessinstructions wrote:
replying to JoeSpareBedroom, Uselessinstructions wrote: Should I?......... |
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one & one quarter
Aaron Fude wrote:
Hi, My plumber is coming tomorrow morning and he is expecting me to have prepaired the vanity top for a faucet installation. (It was a custom top and doesn't have any holes in it for the plumbing.) I have the faucet, and I drilled a 3/4" hole becuase that slightly exceeded the diameter of the threads on the faucet. But then I realized that the plumbing part of the faucet has a wider part. Anyway, it's hard to explain, but the bottom line is that I don't know what size holes to drill and how to determine it. The included instructions assume that the holes are already there. Is there such a thing as a standard hole size for the faucet's plumbing? My faucet is this: http://www.fixtureuniverse.com/produ...inkLoc=catalog Thanks! Aaron Fude |
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one & one quarter
You re going to need 3 holes. Let the plumber drill them If you 'slip up',
you 'll risk ruining the whole thing I have the faucet, and I drilled a 3/4" hole becuase that slightly exceeded the diameter of the threads on the faucet. But then I realized that the plumbing part of the faucet has a wider part. Anyway, it's hard to explain, but the bottom line is that I don't know what size holes to drill and how to determine it. |
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