Quooker hot tap?

[RevHappy]

ajap1979 said:

This is the image our kitchen installer (Stuart Frazer in Manchester) sent us. Installation is in a 100cm base unit, and the 3L reservoir is on the left.

Oh the semi translucent funnel is to load the salt into the dishwasher. Way easier than just pouring it in.

[MrJuice]

I live in a hard water area

Would/should I use a softener to feed a quooker? If not, they must get terribly scaly in hard water areas?

[outnumbered]

They recommend annual or biannual servicing in hard water areas. It's easy to do yourself. Ours runs via a softener, it was spotless inside when I recently replaced the filter after 6 years use.

[Legacywr]

Thinking of getting one of these hot taps.

I don’t drink tea, and always go out for coffee, the reason I’d be getting one is... I’d be using it to wash up. I live on my own, so don’t produce a lot of washing up at any single time. I have a hot water tank, not a combo boiler, so don’t like draining the hot water down just for a few items?

I had thought of getting a dishwasher, but a quick rinse off with this instant hot water would make more sense, wouldn’t it?

[snowandrocks]

Legacywr said:

Thinking of getting one of these hot taps.

I don’t drink tea, and always go out for coffee, the reason I’d be getting one is... I’d be using it to wash up. I live on my own, so don’t produce a lot of washing up at any single time. I have a hot water tank, not a combo boiler, so don’t like draining the hot water down just for a few items?

I had thought of getting a dishwasher, but a quick rinse off with this instant hot water would make more sense, wouldn’t it?

I'm assuming you heat the tank up anyway for showering etc?

If so, drawing some water off to wash dishes will make almost no difference.

[anonymous-user]

Legacywr said:

Thinking of getting one of these hot taps.

I don’t drink tea, and always go out for coffee, the reason I’d be getting one is... I’d be using it to wash up. I live on my own, so don’t produce a lot of washing up at any single time. I have a hot water tank, not a combo boiler, so don’t like draining the hot water down just for a few items?

I had thought of getting a dishwasher, but a quick rinse off with this instant hot water would make more sense, wouldn’t it?

A dishwasher for £400 or a Quooker for £2k. I know where my money would go.

[number2]

O/T: One thing that I find useful is a rinse tap - one with a hose on the tap, or a separate rinse handle. Far easier to direct water where you want it than to move the item to the water.

[Legacywr]

Cliffe60 said:

A dishwasher for £400 or a Quooker for £2k. I know where my money would go.

I thought they were a lot cheaper now?

[Meeten-5dulx]

Legacywr said:

Cliffe60 said:

A dishwasher for £400 or a Quooker for £2k. I know where my money would go.

I thought they were a lot cheaper now?

Qooker is going to set you back at least £1k

The flex hose version - you cant use the boiling function with the flex hose.
Prob better off keeping water hotter for 30min and soaking dishes....

[pring_ing]

Hijacking the thread a little to ask an installation question. Looking to install the Quooker Flex but can't quite see how to do it without cutting out the structural back bar in the unit (from DIY Kitchens). The installation criteria say

Quooker said:

If you have specified a Flex tap please note we require at least 500mm deep x 200mm wide space below the tap position under the worktop in the cupboard. This is required to allow the weight that operates the Flex hose to move freely up and down. If it becomes restricted it will not operate as intended.

which I assume means it needs 500mm down and 100mm either side of the tap counterweight. I can butcher the actual back panel of the cabinet but the structural bar along the back is in the way so there's not enough space behind for the counterweight to move up and down. Can I just move that down out the way?

Anyone have a Quooker Flex installed and fancy sharing how it is installed, ideally with a photo of the cabinet?

[C Lee Farquar]

pring_ing said:

which I assume means it needs 500mm down and 100mm either side of the tap counterweight. I can butcher the actual back panel of the cabinet but the structural bar along the back is in the way so there's not enough space behind for the counterweight to move up and down. Can I just move that down out the way?

Anyone have a Quooker Flex installed and fancy sharing how it is installed, ideally with a photo of the cabinet?

You are reading right. Anything in the way and it catches. I thought it was a great idea, but as it turns out we never pull it out.

[Seventyseven7]

I'm buying a Quooker Fusion in Brass that is £1,600 on their site, eek!

When you go to pay it does say 'voucher code'......so my question is, does anyone have a voucher code?

[johnoz]

Seventyseven7 said:

I'm buying a Quooker Fusion in Brass that is £1,600 on their site, eek!

When you go to pay it does say 'voucher code'......so my question is, does anyone have a voucher code?

I don't have a code, but may be able to discount one a little for you. !

[Meeten-5dulx]

Seventyseven7 said:

I'm buying a Quooker Fusion in Brass that is £1,600 on their site, eek!

When you go to pay it does say 'voucher code'......so my question is, does anyone have a voucher code?

Have you seen how much it is available from other sellers?

They will price match if you have a valid offer elsewhere.
You’ll need to provide evidence.

[number2]

Most recent quooker thread Google brought up...

If any of you use Scale Control + be prepared for a surprise when replacing it.

Quooker have discontinued it and have a recyclable version called Scale Control R: £245 but discounted to £145 for those moving from the old version.

Needs to be posted back on replacement.

Fitting it wasn't difficult per se, but did require ptfe tape to stop the water inlet join leaking.

There are after market versions of the original filter of course.