<p>My new bathroom countertop is a few inches too low. Would installing a tall faucet help? The kind that’s inteded for vessel sink. I guess I could install a vessel sink as well but it won’t look right.</p>
<p>It depends on why it bothers you. I think all bathroom counters are lower than they should be 2’-9" or so is pretty standard, but I think they should make them the same as kitchen counters 3’-0". According to a study done many years ago by Cornell students the optimum height for a lavatory for a 5’-4" person is 37" with the water source at 45" and for 6’-4" it would be 43" with the water source at 50".</p>
<p>I have to bend down too much. For me, 5’4", 37" is way too high. What I have now is about 30" I would be much happier if it was 2-3" higher.</p>
<p>^^ Kids use bathroom counters/sinks so maybe that’s why they’re typically a little lower.</p>
<p>What do you do when kids grow up? Is there a simple way to modify counters for grownup kids? I like it fine as it is except the height.</p>
<p>The newer bathroom redos around here DO have higher counters…about 6 inches higher than the old ones. They are very nice (unless you are very short). </p>
<p>Re: Kids…they can use step stools…that’s what they have to do anyway when they are too little to reach.</p>
<p>To the OP…what don’t you like…is it the counter height? If so,installing a higher faucet isn’t going to help.</p>
<p>unless you want to pay a considerable amount of money you are going to have to live with it, of course you could lower the floor!</p>
<p>What are you doing in the sink besides brushing your teeth, shaving, or putting on/taking off your contact lenses? Height of a toilet for a 5’4" guy and 6’7" guy is the same. Why would the sink height make any difference? (I stand willing to be corrected).:)</p>
<p>If you really want it higher then why not just raise the entire cabinet? An extension at the bottom could be built and the entire thing raised up higher so you could use the existing sinks/faucets, etc. Of course, some plumbing work would need to be done but that’s relatively minor. Depending on what you have right above the countertop, like a mirror, you might need to modify that as well.</p>
<p>I don’t mind the low counter itself. It’s the low sink that I am not happy with. In using water, it feels awkawrd. A vessel sink that sticks up 4-5" over the counter would be perfect except the look. The undermount sink I have right now looks perfect if not practical.</p>
<p>ucdad - The cabinet is built in. There’s the mirror, the backsplash. I don’t know if I want to take that on.</p>
<p>^^ Yeah - how much work it’d be depends on how your particular unit is built. The backsplash s/b able to go up with the unit but a custom wall mirror would need to be cut down probably. You’d need to see how exactly it’s built to decide whether this is worth it or not. Another possibility would be to remove the countertop/sink assembly and then extend the upper part of the cabinet and then put the top back on. Of course you’d still need to figure out how to handle the mirror.</p>
<p>Everything was custom fit, the mirror, the countertop, and the cabitnet. Huge pain to change anything. Would it look funny to install a tall faucet about 10" high instaed of the standard 6"? Water comes out at about 7-8".</p>
<p>In our guest bathroom we have a very high sink–rectangular–that rests on the counter. It is so high that I stand on a box to use it. (I am 5’3".) My husband (6’0") loves it. It lokks something like this: [Duravit</a> 044546 Starck 1 Wash bowl - Chrome - Faucet Depot](<a href=“http://www.faucetdepot.com/prod/Duravit-044546-Starck-1-Wash-bowl---Chrome-116212.asp]Duravit”>http://www.faucetdepot.com/prod/Duravit-044546-Starck-1-Wash-bowl---Chrome-116212.asp)</p>
<p>The problem with a high faucet is that you splash more.</p>
<p>I thought his whole bathroom done sink too low …</p>
<p>dmd - A sink like that would fix my complaint. I may come to that if I can’t find a better solution.</p>
<p>sorghum - It could read that way, too. That would be a bigger issue.</p>
<p>Well, if you can’t raise the sink because the cabinetry and backsplash / mirror are built in, how about lowering the floor? Only two options available to you, outside of learning to live with the inconvenience…</p>
<p>With a higher sink you get less splashing and it’s also not as hard on your back because you don’t have to lean over so far. That’s assuming you lift up water out of the sink or the faucet water to rinse your face. I just use a wet washcloth to rinse.</p>
<p>I think a vessel sink is your best bet.</p>