Hello, I am renovating an old stone house in France - about 900 years old at the oldest part - and we are trying to use authentic materials in all areas, as far as possible. To this end we re installing an old (300kg!) stone sink in our bathroom. It's pretty cool, but really big - from front to back the measurement is 750mm - so I am wondering if anyone has recommendations on the type of taps we can use on this and where we should place them?
I'm quite short and, if they're on the back wall, it feels a bit far to reach over to turn the taps off and on (almost impossible for kiddies). Also the water needs to be falling nearer the middle or 2/3 towards the front because of the shape of the depression carved in the basin (it isn't really there near the back) so a wall mounted spout needs to be a decent size too - the water would ideally fall at a point 35-40cm out from the wall.
The walls surrounding the basin are stone but need to have a false wall built in front, both on the back wall and on the right hand side (if facing the basin) in order to hide services and some ugly-but-necessary block work. So we are OK for wall mounting except that the size of the fittings need to work. I would prefer not to drill through this old monolith if we can avoid it...but if it has to be mounted on the basin itself it's a possibility too.
Visually, I feel like it would be weird to mount just from the right hand side, however it would probably be OK with a mixer tap was located on the right hand wall, with a long spout coming through the back wall.
Would love to hear if anyone has had experience with this sort of thing or seen it done OR even if you just know of a basin set that would work with this type of arrangement. Our style is minimal, modern mixers for the showers / bath so something that matches that would be perfect. But if we need to go for something in an old/traditional style, that was more of a feature, that could also possibly work.
Thanks in advance for any recommendations!
I'm quite short and, if they're on the back wall, it feels a bit far to reach over to turn the taps off and on (almost impossible for kiddies). Also the water needs to be falling nearer the middle or 2/3 towards the front because of the shape of the depression carved in the basin (it isn't really there near the back) so a wall mounted spout needs to be a decent size too - the water would ideally fall at a point 35-40cm out from the wall.
The walls surrounding the basin are stone but need to have a false wall built in front, both on the back wall and on the right hand side (if facing the basin) in order to hide services and some ugly-but-necessary block work. So we are OK for wall mounting except that the size of the fittings need to work. I would prefer not to drill through this old monolith if we can avoid it...but if it has to be mounted on the basin itself it's a possibility too.
Visually, I feel like it would be weird to mount just from the right hand side, however it would probably be OK with a mixer tap was located on the right hand wall, with a long spout coming through the back wall.
Would love to hear if anyone has had experience with this sort of thing or seen it done OR even if you just know of a basin set that would work with this type of arrangement. Our style is minimal, modern mixers for the showers / bath so something that matches that would be perfect. But if we need to go for something in an old/traditional style, that was more of a feature, that could also possibly work.
Thanks in advance for any recommendations!