Bristan K 1/2 C Colonial Basin Taps - Chrome

Look beautiful and excellent quality

It does confuse my visitors as it did us at first but each tap turns a different way. However they look good, the quality is great and I will be buying a third set. Perhaps the odd feature I mention is the way taps work these days, who knows!

They look as good as in the photos and seem to be well-made. Only minor problem, which seems common to most/all modern taps, is that they aren't designed for older sanitary ware with square tap holes making centering and sealing the taps in the basin (and the matching mixer taps) difficult even with centering washers - about to have a second attempt at sealing the basin hot tap (with silicone), because, if it's operated with wet hands, odd drips work their way down the tap stem and the pipework making a damp patch on the timber floor (not a good idea!).UPDATE (10th May 2020). Silicone worked, but 18 months on we now have a serious problem: - the taps (matching bath and basin sets) are still under warranty. Water 'hammer' on the basin hot tap started about a month ago, no changes to the plumbing points the finger at that tap. Posted message on Bristan's site, automatic acknowledgement but otherwise no response after a fortnight. Bristan seem to have closed down completely at least for the duration of 'lock-down'.UPDATE (20/5/2020) Phone call from Bristan. Not closed down but only have a small number of people working during lock-down because of the need for social distancing. Despite an e-mail in confirming warranty registered, require proof of purchase again (easy enough, download the Amazon Invoice again). They will be sending me a pair of replacement valves (for me to fit under lock-down).

Great product

Bought as a direct replacement for 23 year old tapsEasy fitGood quality and best price around

These taps were reboxed and not the fitting as specified- the plumber had to buy a special hose to fit

Taps are solid and weighty and easy to fit. However, the writing on the cap has worn off within a few days of fitting. This is ridiculous. I'm not going to go to the trouble of taking the tap off to send it back, but will contact the supplier to try to get them to send me a few replacement caps (unless they can reassure me that this was a one off - which I doubt having read the other reviews). It would also be useful if the taps were sold singly, as I was replacing just one tap where the seating had failed.

Delighted with my purchase! Perfect match for our bathroom furniture - sort of 'cottagey'! Fitted them myself using an 'adjustable basin wrench' (£5.99) One tip: the finish is more polished than the image appears - which you might think is slightly dull. Bit pricey but they look very smart!

y de buena calidad, pero el texto de la superficie (donde pone si es de agua fría o caliente) se va borrando con el uso y las limpiezas.