Fitting new tap handles to old taps. Does an adapter exist?

[kurtyboy]

I have some new Armitage Shanks Starlite tap handles which have a star shaped hole in them and I want to use them to replace a very old set of similar looking tap handles.

The old ones have a aquare shaped hole which fits onto a square brass rod on the taps.

Now, I've seen adapters that convert the star shape to fit a round rod, but does an adapter exits to convert them to fit a square rod?

Thanks

 

[Slugbabydotcom]

Not to my knowledge. You could try emailing Armitage Shanks and see what they say.
Normally I would be looking at replacing the tap 'guts' or inners with a tap 'conversion kit' available from the DIY sheds

 

[kurtyboy]

Could you tell me where I can find these tap conversion kits? I've never heard of them before. Is that the correct term for them?

Not to my knowledge. You could try emailing Armitage Shanks and see what they say.
Normally I would be looking at replacing the tap 'guts' or inners with a tap 'conversion kit' available from the DIY sheds

 

[Slugbabydotcom]

Tap conversion kits is what I have always seen them advertised as they are available in all the diy sheds, however I have just looked and found this alternative term

 

[kurtyboy]

I had a look in B&Q and Homebase. They had this sort of thing but not that will fit onto the square rod that the old tap handles did. I just cannot believe that a product does not exist to allow new handles to be fitted to this square fitting without replacing the whole tap!

Armitage Shanks don't make such a thing for their own taps either.

Tap conversion kits is what I have always seen them advertised as they are available in all the diy sheds, however I have just looked and found this alternative term

 

[ChrisR]

It isn't really an "adaptor" - that's just the way they fit their tap tops!.
As Slug says, bin the tops with the mechanism and replace both - very cheap.