Need Some Quality Taps? What Brands Do You Recommend?

[scousegit]

The house I have recently moved into has cheap taps in the recently fitted kitchen and bathroom. They don't work very well, and I want to replace them with something better.

I need a monobloc sink mixer, and a monobloc basin mixer. I want quality brand that will last and that spares are available for. Hansgrohe springs to mind, what other brands should I look at?

 

[scousegit]

Ia anyone there?

 

[seco services]

sorry sir did we not jump ?

 

[dextrous]

Taps that are prohibitively expensive are normally good quality, my lord. They are of a breed of their own, work well and quickly and are in this linguistic context, racist (as in they race along nicely). Their prices are, however, quite offensive

 

[scousegit]

I wasn't expecting anyone to jump. As my post had been on for approx 20 hours with no reply, I thought that I could push it back to the top of the list again to try and catch someone's attention before it sank without a trace.

Dextrous, I can't catch the drift of your bizarre reply. Are you on drugs, or is it just a Manchester thing? Mad for it!!

 

[JohnD]

you do not say in which way the quality of your taps fall short of your expectations, but generally, monoblock taps have small pipes and small waterways, and deliver a small flow of water. If they incorporate a pop-up waste, it will leak. Many of them are imported from Italy which has a different plumbing system and much higher pressure than UK mains.

The are popular because they look pretty in the showroom, not because they work well as taps.

If you cold supply is mains pressure, and your hot is from a combi boiler, the high pressure will compensate and you may be satisfied with such taps, but they will never be as good as a simple UK type of tap.

 

[RigidRaider]

Have a look at Crosswater and Eurobath. Both have low pressure taps if that's what you need.

 

[landyandy]

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