Identifying tap insert

[Buffalo66]

Hi, can anyone identify the tap insert in this photo? The company it was bought from don't stock it any more, and don't know where it came from.

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• Buffalo66
• 26 Jan 2013
• 1

The metal spacer and rubber washer at the bottom are supposed to be held on by a central rod that screws into the main body of the tap insert, but the rod unscrewed itself and probably went down the plughole, as I can't find it inside the tap. This tap insert goes into a bath mixer tap, and I really don't want to have to replace the whole mixer unit, as I'll be ripping it all out in a couple of years' time, and it would be so much easier just to put in a new insert, if I can find one.

Please tell me if you know what make and model this is or, even better, where I can get one.

Alternatively, just the metal rod that holds all the pieces together would be fine.

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

Impossible to tell you the manufacturers part number if you do not know make/model of the tap.
The part is a tap head and by your explanation it's the spindle that gone missing.

 

[willsgas]

You should take to a local merchants, they may have a generic one with the same dimensions.

 

[Buffalo66]

You should take to a local merchants, they may have a generic one with the same dimensions.

Yeah, I tried that. I took it to the place it was bought from - according to a local plumber, are the only local company with any chance of having something like this. They didn't have any or know who makes it. They suggested Methven/Deva, so I emailed Methven with a photo but they said it's not one of theirs.

I've also extensively searched online plumbing stores, google image etc.

My post to this forum is a last attempt to identify this part before I get the whole mixer tap unit replaced.

 

[fine tune]

deva universal converson kit

 

[ChrisR]

It LOOKS like a plain ordinary one which a standard universal kit will fit. The big brass part at the bottom is like a very thick washer/spacer, which most of them have in as an optional part.
You could try a search through the pictures at Lunn's

 

[Charnwood]

As suggested, Lunns. Only about half-a-dozen pages to search through:
http://www.shop.lunns.net/ceramic-disc-cartridges-42-c.asp