Installed new kitchen faucet. I subsequently installed the upper wall brace and covered the unused hole in the sink.
Can't fully express how much I dislike anything having to do with plumbing. Water sucks. Reaching up behind a deep sink with your face wedged under a garbage disposal sucks. Basin wrenches suck.
However, this faucet does not suck. It is great quality, T & S and US-made, commercial grade, all heavy solid brass and SS with chrome plating and serious fittings. Cost more than typical kitchen faucet but I expect it to last a lifetime. Also the spout has zero water restriction so I get full flow. The sprayer, unfortunately, is the water-saving 0.6 gph eco version instead of the standard 1.6 gph version, so I may change that out someday,