Bristan easy fit taps

[ed209]

Going to call or email Bristain see what there response is and if they have had any incidents reported to them

 

[PhoenixServices]

I doubt they will admit to it even if they did.

 

[ed209]

First they know of this happening after a long pause talking to someone else

 

[Rybo_1]

Heard a rumour that Homeserve were fitting a lot of these but suddenly stopped after loads where just popping off

 

[tolly]

I thought these bristan easyfit taps were a stupid idea when they first came out and never saw the need. You only have to hold tap tails while doing up the nut at the beginning to stop tap trying to fall over etc when installing. Or on kitchen mono mixers you can remove the spout first on some if you wanted to....Just another o-ring to deteriorate and start leaking.

 

[ed209]

Anyone fitted any of these and getting worried?

 

[Thegift]

I work for a big insurance company and switched to the easyfit taps, we've had quite a few blow offs some were installer error most common one is not greasing up the threads before fiting the tap into the base and the other is the tap wasn't seated on the base correctly.

But we had loads that were unexplained. First time I fitted one took me ages now after a couple you really can fly through them in 5mins.

Personally I wouldn't fit one in my house as don't trust them.

 

[cr0ft]

Quick update on this thread for any who are interested. One of our installers (who has fitted a fair few kitchen taps) had one fly off within 5 minutes of leaving the customer's property. Tap initially held perfectly fine under mains pressure. Grub screws must have unwound themselves under the pressure as I could see the marks on the metal where he had got the grub screws very tight initially.

Major design issues, the first (and last) easy fit tap we will fit. The design flaw on seeing the tap myself is that the fixing grub screws locate into a bevelled section of the tap. High water pressure pushes the tap upwards causing the grub screws to start to unwind as they move up the bevelled section. Simply changing the design to a milled slot for the grub screws to recess into would sort this issue entirely.

Hopefully Bristan will be covering the repair costs to my customer's new kitchen and goodwill for our reputation damage as she was a referred customer from another one of ours.

Currently in touch with Bristan regarding claiming for damage to the customer's house.

Luckily they blew off as he was about to leave rather than at his next job or their house would have been flooded.

 

[gastec]

I always put some thread lock on the grub screw.

 

[armyash]

I'm fitting a set today for the first time. Probably shouldn't have read this thread

 

[ShaunCorbs]

+1 to lock tight fitted 10 non have blown off yet

 

[Old Account]

+1 to lock tight fitted 10 non have blown off yet

Fingers are crossed

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Fingers are crossed

Tbh I've done more than the instructions have asked so if it blows off not my problem it's bristons

 

[cr0ft]

+1 to lock tight fitted 10 non have blown off yet

Fair point but with a properly designed tap you shouldn't have to.

 

[Fallon1982]

It think they are pretty pony. Fitted a few sets for a housing association I worked for. One fella on there had a couple of sets pop off. I'm thinking it's more of the installer though.