On Sat, 07 Jul 2007 10:47:30 +0000, Keith Dunbar wrote:

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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Keith Dunbar wrote:
We have an old stainless steel sink which we can't afford to/don't
necessarily want to replace at present. Trouble is, it has two holes
for taps rather than just one. The existing two-hole mixer tap is very
tatty, not really high enough, and needs replacing. I don't want to
fork out on a new, but effectively obsolete twohole mixer. If I get a
onehole mixer can I buy a nice blanking plate for one of the tap holes?
If so, where?

Why is a two hole fitting 'obsolete'? And so what anyway - so is the sink,
according to yourself. Two hole fittings are my preference - they are much
more rigid in stainless steel. No problems finding nice looking ones
either - or at least last time I checked.

Be aware too that one hole types are designed for high pressure water. If
your hot comes from a storage system they will reduce the flow
considerably.

I didn't want to buy a new two hole mixer (not cheap) and find I couldn't
get (or would have only a very limited choice of) a two hole sink unit when
I wanted/needed to replace the old one.

I take your point about reduced flow - that's useful to know. And also the
previous point made about stability. I guess when we can eventually afford
to renovate the kitchen I probably wouldn't go down the stainless steel
route anyway, now I think about it. Can anyone recommend a good online
source of two hole mixer taps please?

Keith

It depends on what you mean by 'expensive' the basic two hole kitchen
mixer tap is £21 from screwfix.



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