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First time home owner here. Going to replacing our vanity near future. The house is from the 50s and currently has a 3 hole faucet and pipes. I am looking at a vanity that has a single hole for a faucet.
I’ve seen single faucets come with tubes for hot/cold water, but before I consider buying a vanity, is it physically possible to setup a single faucet with the existing pipes?
I’m looking to get a new vanity top and it looks like I have a choice between one hole, or three holes with different spacing. From what I understand, a single hole is, if you just want a single handle faucet? My question is, does it really matter? Is buying one version limiting future options down the road? Or am I over thinking this? And before someone says, buy one with no holes and drill later, I don’t have the tools for that. I haven’t picked out a faucet yet either because I’m unsure of the pros and cons.
An Escutcheon or Deck Plate can cover the outer 2 holes, allowing you to use any 1-hole faucet you like. The downside is that they can be quite large, and the selection at 8 inches isn't that great. Example product. (Whether this would fit with your preferred style is a different question.)
You could also have a 1-hole faucet, put a soap dispenser in one of the holes, and a simple cover over the third. That would be less than ideal, but so would an escutcheon, and it might work better for you.
I don't recall if it was 6 or 8 inch spacing (that's typically measured "center to center" and 8" is more common in kitchen faucets than bethroom faucets), but I replaced a 2-handle 3 hole with a 1-handle 3 hole faucet in my bathroom when the 2-handle version expired from old age. For that matter my kitchen sink is the same, but I didn't replace it, it came that way.
They are common.