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ups.com...
Fitted plenty of taps, changed plenty of washers but I've never had to
re-seat or change a worn out tap in my life - they last forever AFAIK -
or until butchered by DIYer with stillsons or footprints. Could this be
a soft-water area problem only?


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Wickes (and probably others) sell taps and mixers marked 'Trade' and these
don't seem to last forever. I've got a pair in the kitchen ready to be
replaced which have only been in about eight years.

Cic.