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Post by joinerjohn on Oct 31, 2016 15:53:09 GMT
Daughter has asked me to source a pair of 1/4 turn tap inserts for her kitchen mixer tap. It's a Blanco Opera tap. I've checked on the Blanco site and it seems the tap is no longer made. What's the best thing to do? Take a tap insert with me to the plumbers merchant/ B n Screw/ SF or search online and hope I order the correct one? (had a quick search and there's quite a few different inserts,, sizes/ threads/ lengths etc)
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Post by tomplum on Oct 31, 2016 16:24:24 GMT
I'd change the whole tap, get a cheapo from screwfix £25.99, it will save time and money and she can see somthing for her money,,  |
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Post by joinerjohn on Oct 31, 2016 16:37:59 GMT
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Post by rocketmanbkk on Oct 31, 2016 16:51:49 GMT
Mmmm... who sells the blanco? Maybe another model has the same size valves?
Otherwise I'm with Tom, new tap.
These ceramic valves inserts are hit or miss.
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Post by tomplum on Oct 31, 2016 17:20:30 GMT
point taken JJ, is she expecting to just give you a fiver and say " cheers Bro my duck, here's yer fiver" ,,,make her aware, first you have to get to her home, quote the taxi price,,then shut off the wter,that in itself can be tricky, then another taxi to screwfix and another taxi back, they are not guarranteed to have one so you might need futher taxi's to other suppliers, before you know it you've spent half a day and paid 8 taxi fares and still not tap inserts and all the time the waters been off, and the bill is 8x£7 taxi fares and your half day say £50 up to now and still got dripping taps,  |
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Post by jcplumb on Oct 31, 2016 18:29:55 GMT
Did a quick Google and the tap inserts for them are QB50's. Screwfix don't stock them, you can get them off Ebay for just over a fiver.
If it was me though I'm with the others on this, it would be new taps with a cartridge that is more common for next time they start dripping.
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