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B&Q bathroom taps
deaglecat
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A cautionary tale for those hoping to save money by buying taps from B&Q (e.g. in the repeated discount sales promotions that they run)....
They advertise their taps as being suitable for low pressure systems - which is fine. ... but they then go on to say that the minimum working pressure must be 0.5 bar.
Most UK gravity fed systems will simply not deliver this pressure (combo boilers are ok through). 0.5 bar is equivalent to approx 5 meters head of water (so you need a water tank approx 5 meters above the bath !). Other UK suppliers have a more reasonable definition of low pressure as 0.2 bar.
So with B&Q, you risk buying taps which need to be pumped (and that is expensive and messy to do).
So why is this relevant to moneysaving ? Well, if I had known this then I would have saved myself the time and a few hundred quid. So my money saving tip is to help other moneysavers avoid wasting your money if you may not have the required plumbing system....
They advertise their taps as being suitable for low pressure systems - which is fine. ... but they then go on to say that the minimum working pressure must be 0.5 bar.
Most UK gravity fed systems will simply not deliver this pressure (combo boilers are ok through). 0.5 bar is equivalent to approx 5 meters head of water (so you need a water tank approx 5 meters above the bath !). Other UK suppliers have a more reasonable definition of low pressure as 0.2 bar.
So with B&Q, you risk buying taps which need to be pumped (and that is expensive and messy to do).
So why is this relevant to moneysaving ? Well, if I had known this then I would have saved myself the time and a few hundred quid. So my money saving tip is to help other moneysavers avoid wasting your money if you may not have the required plumbing system....
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