Basin Mixer Tap copper pipe snapped !

[Yanni]

I bought a glass sink from plumbworld, it came with a free tall monoblock mixer tap.

http://www.plumbworld.co.uk/ceramica-pedestal-mounted-1624-16261

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• Yanni
• 13 Jun 2008
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The tap is connected to water supply via 10mm screw connection at the base of the tap. Now the connectors inside the tap are actually two 10mm copper pipes that have been threaded at the end for the flexi to be connected to. The internal copper pipe at the base of the tap has snapped.

I have seen some of these taps that are in two parts and some one part.
This is an example of a two part mixer tap that screws together.

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• Yanni
• 13 Jun 2008
• 1

Would you recommend the ones with two parts and connectors being 15mm compression type with flexi inside the tap rather than this chinese crap I bought from plumbworld having rigid copper connectors inside the tap.

 

[Agile]

If the part is replaceable then ask James if he can supply a replacement part for you.

Copper is easily solderable and I would be doing a solder job with 8 mm tube soldered inside the 10 mm.

Tony

 

[Yanni]

The part is not replaceable as it is inside the tube of the tap. You virtually need to cut the tap open in order to get access to it and then the solder job is not good as it won't have the thread to fit the flexi onto.

I have emailed plumbworld for a tap replacement but not quite sure of what's their guarantee, if it's 12 months I'm covered !

Also if you cut the tap from underneath then it won't be stable enought to mount it on the glass sink...

Opinions on different tall monobloc mixer taps for glass sinks please...