Instant Hot Water taps

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Howdy,

Anyone use/has/used to have an instant hot water tap? I.e one that doesn't come off the boiler?

Reason is our boiler is naff (and unlikely to be replaced soon) so this is an easy fix.

Cheaper the better. Yes, could just boil the kettle to fill the sink but that even takes an age apparently.

Recommendations always good :)
 
I don't have one but where I used to work at one in the staff room, well not sure if it was instant, it had like a tank under the sink and the actual tap was just a normal tap.
 
LeeUK said:
I don't have one but where I used to work at one in the staff room, well not sure if it was instant, it had like a tank under the sink and the actual tap was just a normal tap.
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They usually have a small unit in the cupboard yeah.

Trying to gauge if there are decent cheaper ones rather than the quooker ones
 
There are ones with a heating element built into the tap, can't imagine they're that expensive.
 
As a replacement for a properly working boiler, it's a very expensive option all round. As a kitchen fitter i've fitted quite a few of these over the years, so i do know a bit about them.
The first thing is the cost, they can be anything from £450 to £1500 depending on make and heater size. One thing is for sure though, the cheaper one's are on the whole very poor quality and have a very short operational lifespan. All of them are fairly costly to run as well because they keep the holding tank at 100c all the time, because to give you instant boiling water they have to. If money is not a problem then they are good gadget and something nice to add to a kitchen.
A far better solution, apart from the fact your bathroom would have a good hot water supply as well, would be to replace the boiler. As you are looking to get a cheap kettle tap it may not last more than 2 or 3 years and if you have to replace it, it would still have been cheaper just to get a new boiler.
 
PiKe said:
There are ones with a heating element built into the tap, can't imagine they're that expensive.
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Electric I think? Which isn't a problem obviously

kitfit1 said:
As a replacement for a properly working boiler, it's a very expensive option all round. As a kitchen fitter i've fitted quite a few of these over the years, so i do know a bit about them.
The first thing is the cost, they can be anything from £450 to £1500 depending on make and heater size. One thing is for sure though, the cheaper one's are on the whole very poor quality and have a very short operational lifespan. All of them are fairly costly to run as well because they keep the holding tank at 100c all the time, because to give you instant boiling water they have to. If money is not a problem then they are good gadget and something nice to add to a kitchen.
A far better solution, apart from the fact your bathroom would have a good hot water supply as well, would be to replace the boiler. As you are looking to get a cheap kettle tap it may not last more than 2 or 3 years and if you have to replace it, it would still have been cheaper just to get a new boiler.
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Yep, ideal would be to replace the boiler. However that won't happen, it's not my house and I don't have a few spare k to splash out :)

Essentially the boiler is the same boiler built for a three bed house, it's now essentially a 5 bed, with two extra bathrooms.
 
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We have a quooker - it was expensive but it's awesome, probably the most frequently used appliance in our kitchen. We have the fusion tap but the standard hot feed comes from the main hot tank that the boiler heats, and a small tank under the sink that does the boiling water. Probably for the best in that respect as once you've used the small-ish supply of "hot" you have to wait for it and we've got a big tank of hot upstairs.
Had a niggle with it after a while, but the engineer came out and replaced the main part of the tank and it's been solid since. I'd take another in a heartbeat and it's weird going to places without one.
 
kitfit1 said:
Well, if this is the route you want to take i'd recommend the tap linked below. I don't know how many i've fitted but at least 20, i've not had one customer come back with an issue with this particular make and model.

https://eastcoastkitchens.co.uk/boi...hen-tap-3-in-1-chrome-or-stainless-steel.html
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We've been looking at 'boiling' water taps in general for when we sort out our kitchen. Stupid question time but could you plumb in the filter kit earlier on to get filtered cold and boiling water with this tap?
 
Quooker Fusion is the best one around in my opinion. They have a tank option that will also provide standard hot water in place of a boiler. Quooker is a guaranteed 100 degree water which is important for tea. Unfortunately they are expensive (£1300+), although I believe they are doing a free fitting deal.
 
johnny6 said:
We've been looking at 'boiling' water taps in general for when we sort out our kitchen. Stupid question time but could you plumb in the filter kit earlier on to get filtered cold and boiling water with this tap?
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No you can't i'm afraid, not with the Kettle tap i linked to. There are other taps that do what you want though, this for instance:

https://www.watercoolersdirect.com/insinkerator-chrome-hot-cold-tap-hc1100-2

Personally, i wouldn't touch it with a barge pole though. All filtered taps have a very very low flow rate, because they are filtered. Having a low flow rate on a kettle tap is to be expected but not on the only cold tap in a kitchen, it would drive you round the bend very quickly.
There is nothing to stop you going with the one i first linked to and then just add a standalone filtered cold tap for drinking water.

The proper way to do what you want to do is by fitting something along the lines of this:

https://www.tradingdepot.co.uk/franke-omni-4-in-1-contemporary-kitchen-mixer-tap-119-0380-520
 
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The 'instant hot taps 'only have 3l of water stored so would be no good for a sink. Plus electricity is about 3times more expensive than a gas boiler for heating water.

Have you not got an immersion heater ?
 
Simon said:
The 'instant hot taps 'only have 3l of water stored so would be no good for a sink. Plus electricity is about 3times more expensive than a gas boiler for heating water.

Have you not got an immersion heater ?
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3litres would be fine for our sink tbh.

Yes it's an immersion heater that was built for a two bed, now runs a five bed house, it also is outside and had its front off for at least one winter.

I'm surprised it still works.
 
We have a Billi tap at work, it's good but it still doesn't make a decent cup of tea.
 
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