are sensor taps in a bathroom/wc a good idea?

carnelian

I'm starting to plan a new bathroom and a new downstairs loo for me, toddler and baby.

I saw you can now get those sensor taps that work with infrared for £45-100 on ebay.

I was thinking that in the bathroom and downstairs wc they might be easier for my kiddies to operate and less likely to result in wasted water than ordinary taps, but would there be any downsides? I read that in commercial bathrooms they may not save money because they turn the water on full rather than only partly on.

thanks v v much for reading.

phill99

The sensor needs a power source and there is something else to go wrong.

Keep it simple and don't over engineer.

GwylimT

All of our taps are automatic sensors as my wife has dexterity problems they have to be in a strange position for us, for example the kitchen tap is on the side of the sink towards the front of the counter so she can reach it properly, they're fab, its also nice that you don't have to either touch the germy tap again to turn it off after going to the loo, or smother it with soap before you turn it off. The only problem we have is if we leave say a washing up bowl stood on its side in the sink the tap will turn on.

1jim

What happens if there's a power cut?

Can you alter the temperature or is it fixed ?

GwylimT

1jim wrote: »

What happens if there's a power cut?

Can you alter the temperature or is it fixed ?

On mine I can pull up a plunger with a ball on which is behind the tap to make the water flow, we don't have any mixer taps so obviously our hot tap temperature is set by the boiler and cold by ground water temperatures.