Making a splash in your kitchen with Blanco Taps

Let me start by telling you a little about the company.  Blanco is a Leading German Kitchen sink company which first started trading way back in 1925.  Over the years Blanco have become a world renowned company and producer of kitchen sinks, which can be found in many high end kitchens across the globe.  You may not know this but Blanco also offer an exciting range of Kitchen taps to complement their selection of Kitchen sinks.

The Blanco taps are made from a variety of materials including Chrome and stainless steel as well as much more exotic materials to be found on a kitchen tap such as porcelain, as well as other metals in a variety of colors to suit any kitchen in the modern day world.

They offer some very innovative models offering some original features such as their Blanco Oval range which offers an innovative inbuilt led system, which colors the water from the kitchen tap as it flows and when the water is cold it colors the water blue and when its hot it goes to red.  This is not only an exciting innovating Tap feature but it’s also a great safety feature to have around the kitchen if you have small children as many of us do.  Another feature that is also great from this great Blanco Tap range is it requires no form of electrical power for the led system to work and the LED’s are easily changed even though they are expected to last for around 20000 hours of continuous use.  So why not add the Blanco Oval range of taps to your kitchen I’m sure it will be a talking point for many years to come.

Blanco Taps – The Oval Range

The Oval Range of Blanco Tap offers an exciting innovative L.E.D lighting system which requires no external power and offers the feature of coloring the water to blue when its cold and Red when its hot.

All of the Blanco Taps all live up to Blanco’s outstanding reputation of high end design and quality and as with their exiting range of Kitchen sinks we are sure that the equally stylish and innovative designs from Blanco Taps will be sure not to disappoint in any way, shape or form so whichever Blanco tap you choose you won’t be disappointed with any of their range.

Kitchen mixer taps in today’s modern world

In many of today’s modern homes you will see kitchen mixer taps they are considered both for their design statements as well as their ease to maintain.  On average a Kitchen mixer taps will last much longer before the ceramic discs need replacing than the original washer type counterpart.  Usually the ceramic discs are easily obtained and with a few turns of a nut can been clicked into place and replaced.  When choosing your kitchen tap, be sure to check that it uses a standard sized ceramic disc valve usually 40mm or 35mm in size, you can usually obtain replacements from good Plumber’s merchants or DIY stores for just a few pounds.

Usually ceramic discs last several years before needing replacing and you will soon know if yours is due to be replaced as it will start dripping and won’t stop when the levers are in their stopped position.

A kitchen mixer tap is basically a tap that mixes to two types of water i.e. two temperatures to one spout where the ideal temperature and pressure can be obtained.  Usually these types of taps come with a single lever to control the mixing and pressure with an up down movement as well as a circular movement to control the temperature of the water.  Sometimes however they come with two levers one to control the hot water pressure and the other to control the cold water pressure and still mixing the water to lever the kitchen mixer taps via the singular spout.  Usually kitchen mixer taps are chosen over the older type singular taps due to their style as well as design statement of having only one fitment coming from the sink as well as the aesthetic looks they can also offer other functions such as retractable spray heads which can be very useful when you want to wash something in the sink without the splatter all over your kitchen work tops, such as vegetables.

Kitchen mixer taps come in a very large range of shapes and can be used in the bathroom as well as in the kitchen they can come in wall mounted form as well as deck mounted for so can offer a whole range of uses as well as the considerable improvements of the aesthetic look.  Mixer taps can also come with thermostatic control which is great when you want to set the required temperature and not have to worry about yourself or your children getting scalded by the hot water.

Kitchen mixer taps usually always come with a diffuser which helps filter stone from the water flow as well as helping to use much less water which is great if you are on a water meter or are more energy saving savvy.

Whichever type of kitchen mixer taps you choose I’m sure there will be one that fits your budget as well as keeping in the design aspect of your kitchen.

Choosing the right kitchen tap for your newly designed kitchen or even to refresh an old kitchen is one of the most important factors.

There are so many types of Kitchen Taps  to choose from that it can be very confusing at first look..   There are traditional type washer based taps, ceramic disc based taps, and kitchen mixer taps,  ½ and ¼ turn taps as well as many other types including high and low pressure taps.   I’ll try and go through some of the basics that you need to know when choosing your new Kitchen Taps.

High and Low Pressure Taps

It’s very important that you know what type of water system you have in your household.  If you have a very low pressure gravity fed system then high pressure mixer taps simply won’t be suitable and more than likely you will find that either the Hot water will dribble out or in some extreme cases not come out at all.  The box of the tap will tell you if it is suitable for low pressure systems.   However you can fix the pressure problem on your system on a gravity fed water system by use of an inline pump but please be aware this will add a considerable cost to the finished costs.  However sometimes there is no other choice if you wish to achieve that designer kitchen look.

Kitchen Mixer Taps

There are all different types of kitchen taps and just one of which is the kitchen mixer taps.  Mixer taps usually come with one lever and allow the user to mixer the hot and cold water that comes out of the spout together to provide the correct temperature as well as the desired pressure in to the kitchen sink or basin.  Occasionally they have 2 leavers but the result is the same basically meaning Kitchen mixer taps refer to the mixing of water of two different temperatures that come out of the singular spout.

Types of material’s kitchen taps are made from

There are lots of different types of kitchen taps made from a huge variety of materials, such as brass or chromed brass or even stainless steel.  Over the years we have seen lots of different materials used such as glass or porcelain kitchen taps I’m sure that you will find something that is just right for your perfect kitchen

Wall mounted or deck mounted kitchen taps

Another thing to consider when choosing your kitchen taps is whether you want to mount the tap on a worktop or parallel surface or if you want to mount the taps on the wall.  Sometimes the wall mounted taps can look more aesthetically pleasing however please be aware that you would usually need the water pipes in the wall and sometimes it’s just not cost effective unless you are completely renovating or building from new.

Ceramic Discs or Washer type Kitchen Taps

Another thing to consider when choosing your kitchen tap is whether you have ceramic disc type or the traditional washer type kitchen taps.  The newer ceramic cartridge type of taps are basically a sealed cartridge with several small ceramic discs inside that allow water to pass when the leaver on the tap is moved more traditional taps have a washer inside the screw based value.  It’s very important that when you buy a new Tap that you make sure the ceramic cartridges are readily available for your type of tap as sometimes the cheaper taps use irregular sizes and when they go the only option is to replace the whole kitchen tap.

If you follow the above advice I’m sure you will find the perfect kitchen taps to make the most of your dream kitchen environment also be sure to check our review section for reviews on Blanco Taps as well as other leading Kitchen tap brands.