Taps for every situation...
Everyone uses taps. The source of all water in the modern world, at home and work, will be supplied through a tap.
Taps come in many different shapes and sizes - and their will be a tap out there do meet your everyday needs. Taps vary in many different ways and depending on your sense of style and functional needs. Read below to find out the options available to you when choosing taps.
Styles and Colours of Taps...
- Modern Taps - also known as Contemporary Taps, a modern tap will usually be styled in chrome and have a sleek appearance. Lever Handle Taps and 1 Tap Hole (or monobloc taps) are common for a tap described as modern.
- Traditional Taps - also known as classic taps, a traditional tap will usually have cross head tap handles and sometimes be available in gold.
- Chrome Taps - taps styled in chrome are currently in fashion. There is a wide selection of chrome taps available, especially for modern taps, giving you plenty of taps to choose from.
- Gold Taps - A gold tap is usually associated to a traditional tap, help ing you to blend your choice of tap to a more traditional tap setting. Compared to chrome taps, gold taps are currently not in fashion but look fantastic in the right room.
- Contract Taps - a term giving to the more functional tap. Often, a contract tap will be used in a public place, percussion style water delivery for water saving. Contract taps are almost always styled in chrome and are very robust
- Specialist Taps - taps described as a specialist tap will often have a special feature associate to the tap for saftey reasons, or to aid the operation by 'less abled' people. Fetaures of specialist taps mayinclude a built in thermostatic device or extra long handles for ease of use or hygiene situations.
Types of Taps...
- Basin Taps - There are many different styles of taps available for basins. 1 tap hole basin taps (also known as monobloc basin taps) and 2 tap hole basin taps (also known as pillar basin taps) are the most popular. Modern basin taps are usually styled in chrome and commonly will have a single lever operation for hot and cold water. Traditional basin taps can sometimes be purchased in gold and have crosshead handle operation
- Bath Taps - Depending on how you intend to use you bath will determine what type of bath tap you choose. 2 Tap Hole bath filler Taps and multi purpose bath shower mixer taps are popular with our customers.
- Bidet Taps - A bidet in todays modern bathroom is rarer than it once was, but most bathroom tap ranges have a bidet tap to match your choice of basin tap and bath tap. 1 tap hole bidet mixer taps make up the majority of bidet taps available for sale today.
- Kitchen Taps - also known as kitchen sink taps are available as chrome kitchen taps, stainless steel kitchen taps and coloured kitchen taps. Kitchen taps often have a swivel tap spout to help with everyday kitchen tasks
- Wall Taps - the perfect solution for utility rooms and commercial installation, wall taps are often 3 tap hole taps with a lever tap handle operation. More expensive to install but will keep your sink or basin less cluttered
- Electronic Taps - the perfect tap where hygiene considerations are paramount - moving your hand over a sensor will turn the eletric tap on when required. Electrically operated taps can either be mains powered or battery operated.
Manufacturers of Taps...
- Duchy Taps - Quality taps can be hard to find. The Duchy Tap Range brings you a wide range of tap favorites at low tap prices.
- Home of Ultra Traps - A huge selection of designer taps with many unique tap features
- Hudson Reed Taps - known for their unique designs and individuality, the Hudson Reed Tap Ranges continue to inspire and impress our customers.
- Deva Taps - A substantial range of taps ranging from standard taps to impressive modern tap collections - unique only to the deva tap range.
- TC Taps - An impressive display of bathroom taps - providing your bathroom with the choice of unique handle design to compliment your bathroom sanitaryware.
- Armitage Shanks Taps - A very well known brand - respected for years of quality and service. Excellent range of elegant and functional taps
- Ideal Standard Taps - Tried and tested brand in the UK with a reputation for being a quality tap manufacturer in the bathroom tap market
- Franke Taps - a specialist in kitchen taps - their vast range of kitchen taps issure to have the tap you need for your kitchen.
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