On 22/03/2011 10:43, Triffid wrote:
harry wrote:
On Mar 21, 9:12 pm, Old Codger wrote:
On 21/03/2011 19:41, Count de Monet wrote:

Incidentally, I have modern (ceramic disk) mixer taps in the kitchen.
The hot water flows through that tap just a well as it flows through
any of the other traditional taps in the property.

It's not a question of whether the tap has ceramic disks - but rather
whether the tap is designed to operate on low pressure gravity systems
or higher pressure mains-fed systems. There certainly *are* some modern
ceramic disk taps designed to work with low pressure gravity feeds (and
the better on-line retailers make this clear) - but the majority of
modern taps are designed for mains pressure and provide a poor flow with
gravity fed systems.

This (ceramic disk) mixer tap has cold at mains pressure on one side and
hot at low (header tank) pressure on the other. The hot output is
obviously slower than the cold but it is adequate and indistinguishable
from the output from all the other hot taps which are old fashioned
"washer" taps.

Do they make mixer taps with one low pressure side and one high pressure
side?

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