I've seen bathroom mixer taps etc in Calais at a fraction of what they cost in the sheds here. Are they compatible with UK fittings, though? The vertical pipe spacing is 150mm, which is smaller than over here, but I think you can get eccentric legs to fit.
Also, I asked if they were for high pressure or low pressure systems and the answer I got was "normal pressure - 3 Bar". I'm none the wiser.
Non, mais les sheds bricolages aussi vendent les adapteurs pour le plumbing rosbifs.
Mains pressure eg combi boiler. May not work (or work well) from a loft tank.
Owain
They're all designed for mains pressure. However, I've got similar sized ones in my bathroom which is fed from a header tank and they're ok there - although fed with 15 mm for most of the run. The bath, of course has 3/4" taps. I'd say they'd be ok for the kitchen too as maximum flow for the hot water from a storage system isn't actually *that* important.
That's high (i.e. mains) pressure for UK systems.
Christian.
You mean the legs I mention below?
What about a conventional boiler with an Elson storage tank and shower pump?
They will work just fine with a shower pump, assuming the basin outlets are pumped as well as the shower/bath taps.
Christian.
OK, thanks. Everything gets pumped except the cold water mains in the kitchen.
Non, les adapteurs sont pour les differents sizes de pipe.
Owain
Careful. You should remember that in France, bathrooms and their fittings are not designed for heavy use. See below:
As far as I know the threads are the same size but the pipes are different sizes. UK tap connectors should fit directly onto French taps but if you buy any sort of adapters in France you may well find that they do not fit UK copper pipe.
Water pressure is normally higher in France than the UK and a standard French installation does not have any header tank. Cold taps are fed straight off the main as are electrically heated hot water cylinders.
Ian
Best to use a combi and only have only the shower off the water section to give a high pressure mains fed shower. The shower is the only draw-off that requires high pressure, the rest need "flow".
Have the kitchen tap off the mains. For the hot and cold water for the rest of the house use one of these.
Cheap and highly effective, no cold tanks or high pressure cylinders that may blow up and needing 28mm blow-off pipes. It can go in the loft out of the way.
What price?
How on earth would you know? John Prescott has more style than you.
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "Dave Plowman (News)" saying something like:
Friend of mine recently fitted a French kitchen mixer tap, only to find it was designed for mains pressure on both sides. The blending took place at the base of the neck, rather than at the tip. We finally got it sorted by fitting a pressure reducer on the mains inlet to the cold side. It wasn't perfect, but worked reasonably well.
That sunds very grim.
The cheapest one (Leroy Merlin) was less than £10 (plus another £10 for the legs). Similar prices at Bricoman.
The cheapest I've seen at Homebase is over £50.
There must be something wrong with your nose as well as your pipework.
Go to your local plumbers merchants, a lot cheaper. Just recently bought a nice chrome sink mixer with tails for £30
Rick... (The other Rick)
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