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    Problems with Bristan Easyfit Kitchen Taps

    I've just published a shorter video intended for sharing more widely with your customers, friends, and other plumbers, explaining what to do immediately if you have an Easyfit tap in your kitchen. Please share this as much as possible to get the message out. Given that Bristan don't yet have...
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    Problems with Bristan Easyfit Kitchen Taps

    Hi townfanjon. If you have fitted loads, you have a bit of a task on your hands because I am sure you will want to warn your customers. You could go round to each of your customers and check the grub screws yourself, but they might then expect a new tap at your expense. Here's what I would...
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    Bristan easy fit taps

    Last night I published Part 3 of my videos about this problem. I feel it is appropriate to start a new thread about this problem. Please see: http://www.ukplumbersforums.co.uk/plumbing-forum/92732-problems-bristan-easyfit-kitchen-taps.html
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    Problems with Bristan Easyfit Kitchen Taps

    Between June 2015 and June 2016, I fitted 21 Easyfit kitchen taps. I have recently had 4 cases of the taps ‘blowing off’ the base and flooding people’s kitchens. These occurred 8, 9, 11 and 13 months after installation. In each case, the base was installed the correct way round, and the grub...
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    Bristan easy fit taps

    Here's the sequel, 'Problems with Bristan Easyfit Kitchen Taps - Part 2' https://youtu.be/2pPnPskAWAg
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    Bristan easy fit taps

    I've just been re-looking through this thread from the beginning. I was shocked to see that ed209 started it way back in January 2015, and was talking to Bristan about it on 20 January 2015. So Bristan have known about this problem for ages. On 1 October 2015, CROFT was talking to Bristan about...
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    Bristan easy fit taps

    Good question, about how the grub screws can loosen themselves. I never anticipated that would happen until taps actually started blowing off. I don't have a definite answer, but I guess that every time the tap is turned on and off, or the spout turned from side to side, there is a small but...
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    Bristan easy fit taps

    I was in Grahams today, which isn't my normal supplier, but they keep a stock of Denzo tape which I needed. I noticed their display of Easyfit taps and I mentioned that I had had big problems with them. They didn't seem surprised. They said they don't sell many, as it is fairly well known within...
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    Bristan easy fit taps

    When it comes to reimbursement for your labour, I think there are just times when you have to take that on the chin. I'm not seeking reimbursement for the three return visits I made when the taps blew off. And I don't want to cheese off my local Plumb Center guys by expecting them to pay...
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    Bristan easy fit taps

    It's true that loctite thread lock might be an effective solution, but thinking back to their promotional video with Roger Bisby, if Bristan's design engineers were really so smart when they came up with the Easyfit design, they might have thought about including a tube of that in the box of...
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    Bristan easy fit taps

    I have fitted 21 Easyfit taps since June 2015 of which 4 have blown off so far, one after 8 months, another after 11 months and another after 13 months. Out of 6 Monzas 3 have failed, and out of 8 Echos 1 has failed. I have also spoken to an installer who has had lots of Manhattans blow off. I...
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