Bathroom Taps Chrome Basin Mixer Tap

Great flow-rate, looks good

The previous tap had very thin flexible pipes with 3/8 inch fittings - that was the problem. This Bristan has fatter pipes with a 1/2 inch fitting - much better. If you're fitting the tap in an upstairs sink and the system relies on gravity fed water then watch out. This tap need 0.2 Bar water pressure minimum. This equates to a height between the the cold water tank to the tap outlet of at least 2 metres. Whilst our tank base was only 1.6 metres above the tap, I believe that the depth of the water in the tank can be added to this. This, for us, makes it just over 2 metres.

Rob McPherson

Great tap at a keen price.

Confusing instructions, Don't see how you can mount the tap then attach the tails as the flats for a spanner are right at the end of the tails, however if you add the tails first then attaching the tap is not simple as the tails get in the way of the C washer. Be prepared for some fiddling around and cursing!

Happy

Really happy with these taps. Well made and fitted easily by a friend who had the right tools. There is a slight overrun when the tap is turned off, which was explained to me as the air displacing the water in the tap nozzle, makes sense when you think about it.

Excellent tap, with room to fill a 1 litre kettle

It's actually easy to install as long as you have a box-spanner to fit the screw, and an adjustable wrench, but I marked down the installation because the fitting instructions are not clear, and if you do things in the given order, you may have a problem. It's not clear that you should screw the threaded bolt into the base of the tap first of all (although it is pictured). Then, before screwing the braided tails into the tap, feed them up through the basin hole. (If you do as the instructions say, and screw them into the tap first, you may not be able to feed the tails down through the basin h

Nice looking two

This is a nice looking, quarter turn tap from a reputable manufacturer that works just as you would expect it to. We already have one the same on another sink that we've had for four years and that still looks as good as this new one. Hopefully this too will have a long life.