“I’d like to purchase some wood kitchen work surfaces, a sink and some sink taps. I’ve been browsing your website and found a set of taps I really like. I noticed that you refer to them as ‘deck-mounted’ taps – what does that mean?”

Answer

All of our taps can be described as deck-mounted. This means that they can be installed on your worktop, rather than the wall, and are also described as ‘surface-mounted’. Deck-mounted taps can sometimes be fixed directly to the sink itself if the sink has been equipped with a tap hole. The term simply means that the bottom of the tap sits flush against the surface it is mounted on. For taps with a bridge design – ‘deck mixer’ taps – this is usually not possible, as two tap holes will be required.

Our worktop customisation service is available if you’d like your wooden work surfaces to come with a hole ready to accommodate your new tap. A standard tap hole is 35mm, though other sizes are also available (so please check before placing your order). We recommend that the centre point of a tap hole is situated 60mm from the edge of the sink. Please read our handy guide to tap hole cut-outs to find out more! Don’t forget, you can take advantage of this worktop customisation service by speaking with one of our friendly sales advisors, or by using our Online Worktop Customisation Tool.

If you require any further information, please do not hesitate to get in touch.