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Where to buy a handbasin tap?

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  • 06-05-2022 12:59pm
    #1
    Banbh
    Registered Users Posts: 1,037 ✭✭✭


    The hot tap on the bathroom handbasin needs replacing but several suppliers I've contacted will only sell them as a pair. This is extremely wasteful as I am unlikely to ever have need another one.

    Does anyone know a supplier that will sell one tap? Or, if anyone out there needs a bathroom handbasin tap, we could form a syndicate and buy the pair.



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    dotsman
    Registered Users Posts: 3,635 ✭✭✭dotsman


    Sorry, but I have never seen taps being sold singly.

    How expensive is this tap? If you have to buy them as a pair, would you not upgrade both taps anyway (and have them the exact same)?



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    Banbh
    Registered Users Posts: 1,037 ✭✭✭Banbh


    It's the waste that is annoying and even if I bought two I would still end up throwing away a perfectly good tap. I fear it is just another marketing racket.



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    dotsman
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    In your particular case, yeah, it seems wasteful. But I don't think there is necessarily a conspiracy behind it. 99.9% of the time, people will want taps in pairs, so it just makes sense to package them in pairs (and reduce packaging waste).



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    b318isp
    Registered Users Posts: 1,629 ✭✭✭b318isp


    *If* the tap can be repaired, it may satisfy you. You may be able to get inserts singly (there are a few different types).

    Woodies have common types in pairs, but a plumbing shop will have them singly, eg.:

    https://www.woodies.ie/replacement-traditional-tap-spindle-set-1-2-1061217



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    Banbh
    Registered Users Posts: 1,037 ✭✭✭Banbh


    Thanks but unfortunately it is beyond repair due to my own heavy hand when tightening the body cover yoke.



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    Banbh
    Registered Users Posts: 1,037 ✭✭✭Banbh


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119023342#Comment_119023342

    There is a trend against fixing things and just buying new stuff which is shortly coming to an end the way things are going.



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    mikewest
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    Buy the pair, replace the broken one and put the other aside for when you break the cold tap. Beat the conspiracy by being prepared!



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    Sleeper12
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    Buy a pair of quarter turn taps. They turn on & off more easily & you will feel you are getting better value. You can turn on & off with just one finger.

    Even if you buy a regular pair you should replace both & not just one.



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    #10
    Banbh
    Registered Users Posts: 1,037 ✭✭✭Banbh


    I would feel ripped off as I have no trouble turning a tap. Thanks anyway.



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