Plumbing question - Topaz taps any good?

[tertius]

(Not sure anything can be off topic in the P&P but there you go ...)

Anyway I need some new taps in our bathroom - the current taps/sink are a three hole arrangement: hot tap, cold tap, centre spout.

There don't seem to be many options in this configuration (that we like), one is from Topaz at about £100 or so and the other is from Aston Matthews at about £400. We used Aton Matthews when we redid the bathroom in our last house so I know they are good, however, this is really only a stopgap as we'll probbably completely redo this bathroom in a few years.

So what I want to know is are Topaz taps any good? Or at least OK?

[Pigeon]

tertius said:

the other is from Aston Matthews at about £400.

Four hundred quid for a bleeding tap? Is it made of solid gold or something?

[Mafioso]

In the trade it's known as a three tap hole mixer (3th). Don't know if you mean sink or basin so I googled for basin:

http://www.google.co.uk/products?q=3th%20basin%20m...

[tertius]

Mafioso said:

In the trade it's known as a three tap hole mixer (3th). Don't know if you mean sink or basin so I googled for basin:

http://www.google.co.uk/products?q=3th%20basin%20m...

Ah, cheers.

As its a straight replaacement for the existing tap it needs to (more or less) fit into the existing style. The tall spout style and the squared off ones won;t really fit in.

TO give you an idea here is the Topaz one: http://www.smrbathrooms.co.uk/acatalog/Hudson-Reed...

(Ref: U-BC307 about 3 down)

As for basin v sink I wasn't aware there was a difference ... ?

[Pigeon]

It's like "lamp" and "light bulb"

[Mafioso]

tertius said:

Mafioso said:

In the trade it's known as a three tap hole mixer (3th). Don't know if you mean sink or basin so I googled for basin:

http://www.google.co.uk/products?q=3th%20basin%20m...

As for basin v sink I wasn't aware there was a difference ... ?

Yes there is... kitchen sink vs. a bathroom basin.

The Topaz ones you're on about; they're actually Hudson Reed (being the brand). All 3th mixers are a standard size and should fit into any basin or sink (still don't know which one you mean).

[tertius]

Mafioso said:

tertius said:

Mafioso said:

In the trade it's known as a three tap hole mixer (3th). Don't know if you mean sink or basin so I googled for basin:

http://www.google.co.uk/products?q=3th%20basin%20m...

As for basin v sink I wasn't aware there was a difference ... ?

Yes there is... kitchen sink vs. a bathroom basin.

The Topaz ones you're on about; they're actually Hudson Reed (being the brand). All 3th mixers are a standard size and should fit into any basin or sink (still don't know which one you mean).

Thanks again.

Well its a bathroom does that make it a basin? Or is there some qualitative difference as distinct from where it happens to be placed?

Anyway thats by the way - regarding the taps I just want to know if they are any good (or at least OK) quality wise?

cheers