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General Discussion => This 'n' That => Topic started by: Limpy on November 28, 2021, 01:46:47 PM
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As subject suggests - It would be good to hear from anybody who has actually used Quooker taps.
They sound quite impressive but is it all marketing hype?
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I was going to post a similar thread, oh! weeks ago :D. I worry about the fact that when I was looking after a neighbour's dog, the tap had been left on 'hot' so I scalded myself. Not badly but there wasn't any warning :-\. If the cold tap comes from the mains, i.e. fresh water on tap; but many systems also have hot water via a tank in the roof, it's easy to forget that dead birds/mice can find their ways into the tank in the roof :o.
What's wrong with boiling a kettle? There must be run off which ever system is in use, because there's always water left in the tap. On the other hand, if it's from a tank below the sink, there isn't all that distance from the tank in the roof for hot water ....... which to me seems such a waste, the need to run water to get warm too.
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I was going to post a similar thread, oh! weeks ago :D. I worry about the fact that when I was looking after a neighbour's dog, the tap had been left on 'hot' so I scalded myself. Not badly but there wasn't any warning :-\. If the cold tap comes from the mains, i.e. fresh water on tap; but many systems also have hot water via a tank in the roof, it's easy to forget that dead birds/mice can find their ways into the tank in the roof :o.
What's wrong with boiling a kettle? There must be run off which ever system is in use, because there's always water left in the tap. On the other hand, if it's from a tank below the sink, there isn't all that distance from the tank in the roof for hot water ....... which to me seems such a waste, the need to run water to get warm too.
Oh getting scalded doesn't sound good CLKD - was it a Quooker that attacked you?
Boiling a kettle takes way too long - not really convenient or progress.
Might as well go back to boiling water over a coal fire and having a bath in a galvanised tub! ;D
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;D. You've been peeping through our kitchen window ;D did U like what you saw :whist:
These taps must be tested for safety . Will you be trialling it for MM Members ? I don't have room under our sink for the operating box. I think it works on the same principals as an over the bath shower?
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You may think that if you wish CLKD but I couldn't possible comment ;D
I'm not sure if we'll be getting one, I am after info from somebody who's used one.
Our problem is that the shower is fed from a combi boiler a long way from the bathroom - it takes eons for hot water to arrive. We are considering putting an immersion type heater back in for the bathroom and a Quooker tap for the kitchen. Note the emphasis on considering :)
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A girl after my own heart - we take about 5 years to discuss ideas followed by another year looking at options ..........
We have never got rid of our immersion tank in the bathroom upstairs. Even so it takes an age for water to reach the bath as well as the cloakroom downstairs which is where I wondered about a Quooker tap. For quickness. Might have another think around that idea now that you have raised the query.
Our shower is fed from the immersion tank next door to the bathroom. Did I say that we could, at a friendly push, get 5 in our cubicle ;D
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We’ve had one for years, would get another one if it died.
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Can someone please tell me what Quooker taps are? :)
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We’ve had one for years, would get another one if it died.
Thanks Littleminnie. That is really helpful.
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Can someone please tell me what Quooker taps are? :)
CC - They are whizz bang taps that can, really do several things. Instant hot or boiling water OR chilled water from the same tap.
Here's a link - but it's a black friday thing so may have lots of hype.
https://www.quooker.co.uk/
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If U do a google - I looked on their web-site to see how it all might fit etc..
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If U do a google - I looked on their web-site to see how it all might fit etc..
Well that's a convenient thing! I haven't seen anything like that here. I've seen something called an instant tap which usually next to the regular tap and it just dispenses hot water for tea, coffee, etc.
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Thanks Minusminnie. Will suggest that to he who thinks he should be obeyed.
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Buy a rapid boil kettle for the kitchen?
Having pre heated water depends on what boiler you have, some have a small inbuilt tank to keep heated water in, others don't. For the price of the quooker you could buy a new boiler or move the existing one to somewhere closer.
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Ours only does hot water, didn’t need the cold water one.
We use it for a lot more than hot drinks. Love it.
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We are considering putting an immersion type heater back in for the bathroom and a Quooker tap for the kitchen. Note the emphasis on considering :)
Is this partly for futureproofing so that you have electric means of heating water by 2035 ? You've got me thinking !
Have been on Utube ;D and one trick for the kitchen tap apparently is to run the tap fully to fire up the combi boiler and then back the tap off so that it is running slower. This means water is not rushing past the boiler plate and heats quicker. Then open the tap up more again. Will try it today when washing up !
Exactly Minusminnie!
Also to restrict the amount of water going in the septic tank so's it doesn't get too full too quickly and need emptying.
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How large is your septic tank? We were a family of 4 and the one at the bottom of our garden was emptied annually. That was pre-washing machines and showers.
In the Summer, any cold water is run into a can for the garden, otherwise it goes to waste :-\
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Wouldn’t be without a hot water boiling tap. We even have one with cold filter option and a swively pull out spout thingy so we can direct the water round the sink. They’re totally safe and a brilliant substitute for a kettle. No need to buy the Quooker brand, there are loads of cheaper alternatives now.
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Wouldn’t be without a hot water boiling tap. We even have one with cold filter option and a swively pull out spout thingy so we can direct the water round the sink. They’re totally safe and a brilliant substitute for a kettle. No need to buy the Quooker brand, there are loads of cheaper alternatives now.
Thanks for that rebel2 - really helpful.
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My Paternal Grandma had a small instant water heater which poured into the stainless steel sink. No running hot water so it worked a treat. The bath was under the kitchen table which was moved: there was a drain ......... all water was heated in the copper which did for everything: weekly laundry, boiling the C.mas puds are October half-term, bath time.
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I used to have a really old Sadia electric water heater above the kitchen sink. Looked them up and they are now modernised and can go under the sink. Would that be an option for you ?
Funny you should mention that Minusminnie . We'd started thinking that we don't actually need boiling water all the time so had started looking at the undersink ones with a greater range of temperatures. There's a couple of Sadia ones popped up there........
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When you decide: and when it's installed: will there be a Party :drunk:
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When you decide: and when it's installed: will there be a Party :drunk:
Who can tell CLKD. The rate limiting step is the decision - it's not that we're bad at making them - on the contrary, lots of decisions are made - every time we change our minds ;D
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:rofl:
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There are animals in Oz with similar names ...........
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Tnx. Off to have a look-C. 8)
Looks like that was made on a Sunday ::)
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Hello, are you talking about looking at zebras now? 🦓
;D
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Now if quokkas are on offer - send me a breeding pair :) They're so cute.
:foryou: Avalon - long time no see.
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They are cute - a bit like a cross between a wombat and a koala ?
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:thankyou: oh look, hats ;D
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I have been looking at instant water heaters for cloakrooms and think a couple of companies may sell something suitable. Our hot water goes via the local town and round our garden B4 it reaches our down stairs cloakroom ;D by which time it's time for another pee! It is so not green to waste all that cold water to get a hand wash - a few years ago I considered one but time and Life took over.
Now - as part of my green commitment I think I must push for a heater in the New Year 8)
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Greener still to wash your hands in cold water. Hot is for wimps ;D
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I'm a wimp with heart though ;D. I suppose you have to ride a cycle to power your generator to heat your water ........... :whist: as well as being used to dipping your hands in either cold water tanks or up the rear end of a ewe .......... surely you don't wash down in cold water :o
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We warm our hands over the candle after washing in cold water...
I hate to admit it but we rarely have hot water in summer and I don't miss it, it takes so long to get to the taps I've finished before it gets there. An electric shower and a kettle is all you need :xmas:
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As another meander: this government wants us all to be electrically sourced by a certain date: however - tell that to those still without power after 6 days >:(. OK having those ugly turbines out at sea but if they generate the electricity to pump it into various houses, factories etc. but the pumps fail .......... as well as no gas installed in new builds from next year :-\
I hadn't thought about the change of pipework, our house was built in 1968.
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Perhaps more electricity cables could go underground. They manage to bury gas pipes so why not electricity? Apart from the cost.
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Perhaps more electricity cables could go underground. They manage to bury gas pipes so why not electricity? Apart from the cost.
I think getting wayleaves may be a bit tricky.
We had a BT line which went along a hedge around the side of a field. BT wanted to put it underground - the land owner got snotty. Took a while (6 months or so) before agreement was reached.
I'd imagine the same problem could apply to electricity cables.
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If the government can make compulsory purchase orders on properties and land for HS2 >:(, they can: if they want us to go electric : do the same for cabling.
Dad had a house built in 1967. There was an electric pole appeared one afternoon in the middle of the front lawn :o without warning. So he had it removed after a lot of arguments. He wasn't persuaded by the money offered annually to 'host' the pole ;D. He stood by with an electric saw thingy as they arrived to move it, about 5 feet into the path right against the boundary of the garden >:(. It's there to this day and after a storm, the blackbird sings from the top :-* 8)
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They have it sorted for gas, you don't see any gas pipes hanging from poles. For electricity, and presumably for gas too, if they can't come to an agreement with the landowner they can take them to court. You can't have a situation where a house is denied electricity because a landowner gets snotty. I don't know if they can force cables underground, I assume they can if overground is unsafe. We were happy to agree, once they're buried they're out of the way and you don'thhave the usual problem of them driving 6 vehicles across your land in winter when it will make as much mess as possible.