Tbf he looks like I look like when I am at work 😜

Smooth surface for painting

I was very surprised and disappointed to see him use mdf skirting boards i was expecting to see oak veneer skirting boards and then oil them.

He looks ready to put his head under that tap

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I know right, I thought he would never shut up!

He should host a show on the telly.

I think Gary may have heard it all a few times before.

Still good or have you had more issues?

The famous Italian film director Frederico Fellini used to put all sorts of interesting extras in the background of his films to achieve exactly the same effect.

Jim Newlands very true my brother spent more on his kitchen than I did buying my house in 1998 which was only £35000 he spent £38000 I suppose it’s no problem for him when he can afford to spend £80000 on a TESLA

@@Jim_Newlands It's his personal house. If he wants to spend the money then....

@@Jim_Newlands that would be called a kettle or jug!

Better upgrade would be filtered water spigot.

Bad Robot The tap itself can have an additional filtered water device as well. The only change is a t piece off the hit vessel and another low voltage lead that connects in the back of the vessel to tell the hot tank vessel to shut off when calling for filtered water. They are clever but very expensive.

With a permanent boiling pressure vessel under the sink, I think a child lock might be in order for the cupboard.

Get the anti scale filter by quooker which fits along the vessel.

Chris Taylor Yeah true £90 per copy and £80 cartridge replacement every 6 months. Believe me the maintenance costs (even DIY) are just not worth the candle in a hard water environment. You could buy an £80 kettle every year and still be well ahead of the game.

Norman Boyes oh believe me I’m with you on it all the way. I installed a £2000 set up for the clients to use a kettle after 6months because they didn’t like the spluttering when calling for boiling water. Now they only use it for the filtered water 🙄

Yeah right pain in the arse 🙄

Thats robin not rodger wrong guy

Paul Shevlin I think he knows that, he means as a plumber

@@jameshurst3279 👍

James, I’m glad that someone somewhere is on my wavelength 😀

I find it hard to believe if this is keeping the water boiling hot for ready use ,that's more efficient than boiling 1 cup of water in a kettle when you require it My 3kw boils 1 cup of water in 32 seconds and it's using zero energy at all other times

Why did you put an apostrophe in the word "frees"? Are you one of those cretins who just puts an apostrophe before every 's' at the end of a word, because you don't ever read books and don't see that you aren't supposed to do this? WTF?

What is the name of the cheaper manufacturers' tap?

@@paulgo1146 annoyingly, I can't remember. Both taps were in two different offices I went to every week for a few years. Lockdown means I haven't been back! I had a colleague who swore by the one she got from Costco, as we talked about it at the time. Once again, I unhelpfully can't remember that make either! Not much use really! Apologies.

Other post said Qettle

I have fitted two Grohe Red combined BWTs and they are excellent. It is true that the water temperature measured at the outlet of the tap is not 100C ( actually about 98.5) but by the time you put it into a cup or teapot it will have reduced anyway due to the much cooler vessel and its thermal inertia. Before the second Grohe I tried another, only marginally cheaper, brand which was hopeless and I sent it back and exchanged it for the Grohe. It seems that these taps are of two main types. Some, like the Grohe, hold the water in the tank at pressure and these work better as the valve controlling the flow is on the outlet. Others, like the other one I tried, have the tank at atmospheric pressure with the valve on the inlet so there is a significant delay both before water comes out of the spout and after you close the tap when water continues to flow. I have reservations about the safety of the latter type as well as if the thermostat fails and the tank boils it will vent boiling water out of the spout. The pressurised type will vent into the drain via the relief valve and tundish which is much safer. The Grohe is about half the price of the Quooker! PS I have to agree with Robin about the colour. It looks great in his kitchen and blends really well with the green doors and the very smart handles. Maybe bronze for the handles might have been better than brass.

Interesting comments, guys. There are a very small number of taps that dispense truly boiling water - i.e. 100C. QETTLE is one of them. We agree that it's definitely wise to read the small print - that 1C really does make a difference - especially if you want to make a 'proper cuppa'! QETTLE's clever 4 in 1 design is globally patented.

Good feedback. Every plumber knows that the closer you get to boiling the more scale will be deposited. There is no way around it but to remove the scale on a regular basis. Just look at how long an instantaneous shower lasts in a hard water area before it scales up and that is only heated for a few minutes a day to around 60 deg cent.They give a warranty but it doesn't cover scale.

Skill Builder in any normal tank water scenario people should be installing water softeners to combat this. As you said boiling water is another task altogether. Pays your money.

@@christaylor5291 You should not put a softner on a drinking supply. These units are horrendous in hard water areas and, incidentally they are illegal to fit in the U.K.

@Roger Bisby hi, fully aware not install on drinking water. Perhaps I didn’t explain. Any normal storage tank water scenario that you wash in and appliances, water softener is a great investment to battle scale on bath/kitchen brassware.

WASTE OF MONEY! Just another Unecessary EXPENSIVE gimmick appliance and with boiling hot water spurting out of a tube a accident waiting to happen and a home with kids running around. No thanks! l will stick with my old reliable safe kettle and my old fashion taps.

Barry Smith me too!

Kyle Where abouts in the country are you. Is your water hard?

Roger Bisby hi roger I’m over in the Emerald Isle in Dublin. On the north side close to Dublin Airport. I do believe I’ve got soft water in my area. I’ve had one service possibly 2 in 5 years and it works perfect. Same 3ltr tank as Robin

cheaper to microwave the water ,how i make my coffee

Boiling water spurting out of a tap! No thanks a accident waiting to happen and with kids running around. Just another Unecessary EXPENSIVE gimmick appliance for the range rover box lovers. Put my old fashion reliable kettle on.

At a work place with that many employees, it would pay for it self but to get the return on it in a domestic environment is asking some.

Melvyn Hayes wants his back too!

Peter Johnson you could boil a kettle 44000 times for the price of that tap that’s about twice a day for 60 years

@R-77 £1100

R-77 I got mine for about £950.

@@CarFinanceSimplified a grand for some hot water ? pass

girlsdrinkfeck Worth every penny. Top quality product.

@@CarFinanceSimplified kettle is cheaper £5

Nottingham Forest Forever I thought this but after running one for six months I can vouch for how good they are. The water never tastes like stale water can do in a sink 👍

If the water is stored under pressure in the tank there is no air above it as long as it was properly vented during installation so it should stay just as fresh as bottled water which has a long shelf life

We have an oil cooker and if you take tea from it, it's tastes way better than straight from the electric kettle. I wonder if this would be the same.

We try to use a variety of tradesmen on Skill Builder to add some interest and difffernt opinions.

Skill Builder I think I might have missed Gary’s opinion on this one 🤔 but it is good to get a different viewpoint now and again......

Not so. The boiling water comes out of a separate tube within the spout. Fresh water from the household supply passes outside the boiling water tube to prevent being burned by the heat of the main spout.

@@katabrontes I stand corrected.... Still not a great idea for kids though, they aren't likely to boil the kettle and tip it over themselves but very likely to get themselves as drink from the tap....

I guess fitting taps no longer rocks his world.

I think you've got it twisted...

I’ve installed loads of these and the different types they do. Personally I don’t think they are as hot as a kettle. People who use these to fill a pan of water baffles me, maybe for gas but the fact that an induction job can boil a ltr of water in a minute approx. The standby charge a day is approx 2p a day I believe.

It’s like the whole 3D TV saga. Everyone had to have it and 5 years later it was obsolete. The tech in these taps will filter down to saucepans and kettles in a few years. Mark my words you will be able to buy a kettle that will boil water in 10 seconds in the near future.

Thanks for the feedback.

Doesnt work like that, i have one and they are different feeds within the tap - you can even hold the end of it when using the boiling water and the tap does not get hot

@@bscott77 - thanks. I didn't know that. Maybe I need to do some more homework.

Geoff Stevens to be fair I had a lot of similar concerns mate, had to do quite a bit of digging around before buying one. I have 3 young kids so wanted to be certain

@@bscott77 - Did you opt for the Quooker or did you go for another brand?

@@hsbcgeoff quooker fusion flex in Black with 3 ltr tank and optional quooker cube system

I don't think there is any evidence. Robin was repeating the manufacturer's claims which are based on some very selective criteria.

You are so right and tea bags are not that great. Leaves in the pot is the best tea and you can read your fortune afterwards. willowandeverett.com/blogs/blog/the-perfect-temperature-for... Although many people make cups of tea with boiling water, this is actually usually too hot. When you use boiling water it can add bitterness to the tea, except in the case of cheap industrial tea where the subtle flavors of leaf tea are absent anyway. You should be aiming to stop the kettle before it reaches boiling point to ensure you get the best temperature. With the perfect temperature of ...

@@SkillBuilder I only know cause my mate just bought a boiler tap and this was HIS reason for not going for the Quooker :-) and I am very bad at making tea.

@@SkillBuilder that's got to be you writing that Roger.. only a fellow plumber would know the formula for a perfect brew. I remember you on the cover of professional plumber magazine back in the early 90's. Plumber of the year if I recall. Those free magazines were great

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