Ceramic Taps Any Good

It looks great with its scratch resistant starlight chrome finish that prevents limescale buildup.

Ceramic taps any good. Those good looks are paired with a practical and powerful design. Unfortunately in hard water areas they do not and it is as well to know how they operate and how to service them. Nowadays the vast majority of modern bathroom taps use ceramic disc cartridges instead of rubber washers. I have two ceramic taps that i installed after getting sick of endless washer replacements.

In simple terms this means no or at least far fewer leaks and only a 90 degree rotation to turn the tap on or off. Internally there is a great difference between washer and ceramic taps. They are more durable and longer wearing saving the inconvenience and expense at having to replace washers. It is very rare for the ceramic discs to wear out and the need to replace them is even rarer.

Ceramic disc faucets are much tougher better able to deal with extreme temperatures and can go for years without needing repairs or replacing. This is doubly true in hard water areas which can be murder on. The more use a tap gets the more attractive the use of ceramic disc technology becomes. The ease of operation and the long life mean that most good quality sink mixer taps have been made using ceramic discs for a while but basin taps with ceramic discs are surprisingly less common.

Diagram of a ceramic disc spindle from ram taps purchased from reece plumbing the reason many opt for ceramic disc spindles is because. The grohe k7 sits deservedly in our list of the best kitchen taps 2020. Ceramic disc taps are designed to last a lifetime. You should not have to put up with the drip dripping sound of leaky taps.

They are simply superb for flow control and the effortless turning. Externally the most obvious feature of ceramic taps is that they are only quarter turn instead of at least two and a half turns used with washer taps. Ceramic disc faucets the pros and cons the annoying rubber washer found in older faucets is becoming a thing of the past. Instead of the washer used in the old type taps there are two ceramic discs held down over the water supply pipe.

You can tell a ceramic disc faucet at a glance.