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Cry for help!!! Kitchen faucet in wrong location??

11 years ago

I just had my kitchen granite countertops installed. The company owner and I agreed the kitchen sink and faucet would be centered in the cabinet. I have a Blanco 70/30 divide sink. The installers cut the faucet hole at the divide and NOT at the center of the sink like I believed it would be. That said, when you stand behind the sink the faucet is 2" right of center of the cabinet. It is also 2" right of the center of the sink.

I contacted the owner and he is saying they installed this correctly and suggested I reach out on this online forum for advice. PLEASE take a look at my pictures and tell me your thoughts. There is a window directly above the sink which is centered with the cabinet. So to me, when you look straight on at the faucet, it is very noticeably off centered to the window and cabinet.

What is traditionally the way a faucet is installed on a 70/30 sink.....at the sink divide OR center of the sink and cabinet?

Comments (21)

  • 11 years ago

    Yeah, doesn't even look like it would fit if it were centered. I think most often faucets are off-center with these 70/30 sinks. Check out google images.


  • 11 years ago

    Looks like it is installed correctly to me. Offset sinks = offset faucet.

    I do like your cabinets by the way

  • 11 years ago

    I think that is where the hole is for the faucet on these sinks. For the faucet to be centered on the window the sink would have to be off center.

  • 11 years ago

    It looks right where it is now. I agree with the above that I don't think there is room enough between the set back part of the sink and the backsplash to mount the faucet there.

  • 11 years ago

    I think the faucet is installed correctly for that sink. But if you agreed that it would be centered, they should have contacted you to discuss the problem before doing it. Then you could have decided whether to use a different sink or take the off-center faucet.

  • 11 years ago

    Even if you were able to mount it centered, the spout might not reach the small bowl...then you'd have something to complain about

  • 11 years ago
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    If it's installed correctly, then why did this coversation happen? -----> " The company owner and I agreed the kitchen sink and faucet would be centered in the cabinet".

    Which gave the OP the (wrong) impression it wouldn't look like this.

  • 11 years ago

    I'm guessing the company owner either didn't know what sink was being used or didn't pay enough attention. But then he or she should have called the OPer to discuss the issue, IMO.

  • 11 years ago

    Agreed. Conversation doesn't make sense but the faucet looks right to me. Very pretty!

  • 11 years ago

    I double checked my 60/40 setup just now and had to laugh: never noticed the faucet

    was off-center, so I obviously was never bothered by it!

  • 11 years ago

    It would look wrong if installed centered. I think the contracter is 100% right. Sorry.

  • 11 years ago
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    javi, how funny! (And I LOVE your window, looks like a picture on houzz!)

    mrhill, apparently it is correct. So try to just enjoy your new set up. Verry pretty! :)

  • 11 years ago

    I just did the same thing as javiwa and checked my 70/30 and it is installed as yours is - off center. And like javiwa's my counter swoops in to follow the line of the sink and that is where the faucet is set. Honestly, I like how it's set and would think that it would be awkward if it was to be centered. Your installer is, I think, correct. My advice is to try to live with it for a bit. I suspect if you want it centered you will have to get a different sink.


  • 11 years ago

    beth: Houzz -- ONLY because I cropped out the cheap-o mini-blinds! Yeah..they're leaving us, so don't worry. But the orchids are real. :)

  • 11 years ago

    mrhill: not to make light, but if you turned your faucet head toward the left, it would fill that space and not look so off. It IS beautiful!

  • 11 years ago

    lol cheater ;)

  • 11 years ago

    The sink itself appears to be centered in the cabinet but because of the offset divide the faucet naturally has to be between the basins (as per Pal's pic) - maybe the owner intentionally mentioned the 'sink being centered' so the OP would understand what that meant (an off-centered faucet), unfortunately is doesn't seem he communicated that effectively. I think it looks right though, and very pretty.

  • 11 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    I think the faucet is installed correctly for that sink.

    However I have a Blanco Performa II 1 3/4" sink which is also offset. I have the faucet installed in the center and I think that is the best way to install the faucet for that sink.

  • 11 years ago

    calumin, that sink is different, in that the back is uniform - the sink the OP has is curved so there's a bigger space for the faucet in back of the smaller side of the sink.

  • 11 years ago

    i have the same sink and the faucet hole was predrilled right in line with the divide. it is installed correctly and in a week, it won't seem weird