Top mounted faucet assembly

A faucet apparatus comprising:

• a block portion enabled for being inserted into a through hole in a sanitary fixture and adapted to protrude with a portion thereof above said sanitary fixture, a plurality of passages extending through said block portion, the passages enabled for connection, below said sanitary fixture, to water intake ducts, and above said sanitary fixture to a dispensing portion of the faucet apparatus, the portion of the block portion protruding above the sanitary fixture being able to be housed within a body of the dispensing portion of the faucet apparatus and removably fixed thereto;
• an attachment means for fixing said block portion to the sanitary fixture, said attachment means having at least a portion that extends through one of said plurality of passages, said attachment means comprising a fixing member movable from an insertion position, in which said fixing member is aligned with an axis of the through hole in the sanitary fixture, so as to pass easily through said through hole, to a blocking position in which said fixing member is laid transversely across said through hole so as to engage a lower surface of the sanitary fixture.