We had a new bathroom sink mixer tap put in a few months ago. It was one part of those sets from B&Q. After it was installed we noticed that the tap occasionally judders fairly loudly when turned on. And at other times it sort of catches with a bit of force and no water comes out until it is turned further (sort of like a single judder). The old taps did not do this, but they were 2 separate taps for hot and cold, not a mixer tap.
Our water pressure is really high, so I'm sure this is part of the problem. But all the other taps in the house do cope OK – except for the tap in the garden which does a lot of screeching when turned on.
I'm wondering what the best thing to do is. Should I just buy a better quality mixer tap and ask a plumber to put that in, maybe that will sort it? I was wondering about something like this tap from Screwfix: http://www.screwfix.com/p/pegler-ebro-mono-basin-bathroom-mixer-taps-with-flip-waste/34353 I'm assuming the tap hole and waste connectors would be standard so it would fit our B&Q sink?
Should I ask them to put a pressure-reducing valve or something inline below the cold inlet on the bathroom tap?
I thought about putting some kind of pressure reducing thing on the supply for the whole house but the pipework after the stop-cock is not really accessible before it branches. Plus we like having really good pressure for our shower
Our water pressure is really high, so I'm sure this is part of the problem. But all the other taps in the house do cope OK – except for the tap in the garden which does a lot of screeching when turned on.
I'm wondering what the best thing to do is. Should I just buy a better quality mixer tap and ask a plumber to put that in, maybe that will sort it? I was wondering about something like this tap from Screwfix: http://www.screwfix.com/p/pegler-ebro-mono-basin-bathroom-mixer-taps-with-flip-waste/34353 I'm assuming the tap hole and waste connectors would be standard so it would fit our B&Q sink?
Should I ask them to put a pressure-reducing valve or something inline below the cold inlet on the bathroom tap?
I thought about putting some kind of pressure reducing thing on the supply for the whole house but the pipework after the stop-cock is not really accessible before it branches. Plus we like having really good pressure for our shower