Washerless taps with lake water

Sep 29, 2003 1 Replies

I need to buy new taps for the cottage where I'm updating the kitchen.



The old taps are simple tap-washer style and worked well with our gravity-feed water supply using lake water filtered only by some window screen. The storage tanks are metal and also produce some particulates (rust) especially after sitting for a while.



The problem I'm finding is that the better/more stylish taps are all a washerless design.



Any opinions on how well washerless facets would perform with water that contains particulates (and only about 5 psi pressure)? Would I be safer to stick with the cheaper tap-washer style taps?



TIA.



John


replying to John, Iggy wrote: You can stay with the old taps or go to a laundry or utility faucet. With a regular faucet, you'll usually want or need to remove the aerator for that low of a pressure to work and not be stopped.

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