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    • CommentAuthortik33
    • CommentTimeOct 1st 2008
     
    hi there,

    I'm struggling to find a decent selection of water saving taps/shower heads.

    I'm looking for:

    1. Basin taps (do kitchen taps exist?) with aerating & regulating flow - i.e it produces a kind of frothy feel to it - I think they call it a venturian effect?
    2. shower head - same thing

    So far, I've found:

    a couple of taps at green building store and a shower head
    I think that Grohe do a couple of the same thing - but their technical line wasn't particularly helpful - or at least didn't inspire a huge amount of confidence and they only do 'specials' (read: expensive)

    anyone got any of these that they can recommend?

    Thanks in advance,

    Gus
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    I've seen some ceramic discs that you fit into ordinary taps which makes them 'water saving'. I'll try to find where I've 'filed' the details.
    • CommentAuthorCWatters
    • CommentTimeOct 1st 2008
     
    • CommentAuthorPete1951
    • CommentTimeOct 1st 2008
     
    Both of these do a range of aerating taps and/or shower heads. Pity their websites aren't as good as their brochures.

    http://www.hansgrohe-raindance.com/

    http://www.blanco.co.uk/
    • CommentAuthorJackyR
    • CommentTimeOct 1st 2008
     
    Recently fitted a "Tapmagic" to my bog standard basin cold tap, and it's wonderful - splashed a bit till I got used to turning the tap less far, mind!

    They come in spray-only and spray-with-filler-override, direct from
    http://www.tapmagic.co.uk/index.html
    and from
    http://www.just-green.com/c/637/Water+Saving+-+Tapmagic.html
    • CommentAuthorBowman
    • CommentTimeOct 1st 2008
     
    We like the Hansgrohe stuff (the best quality kit we've come across), but not so much the raindance. The ecostats and talis/metris which all have adjustable flow limiters, aerators and temperature limiters offer incredible value for money, and the Oxygenics showers heads. One unit we've discovered recently is a bidet shower 32128000 (£32) from Hansgrohe, with an on/off switch on the shower head we've fitted this on the bath stat to wash the kids hair with.

    A word of warning though, nearly all water saving fittings rely on mains pressure water to get the aerators to work.
    • CommentAuthortik33
    • CommentTimeOct 1st 2008
     
    brilliant! thanks for all your help - will explore all your options tomorrow.

    personal experience counts for a lot I think.

    I'm amazed at how few bathroom companies are doing this stuff - and certainly the bathroom showrooms aren't very hot on it either.

    I'm thinking that it must save money - since you use less hot water...

    talking of which, any of you got any thoughts on my other post - solar thermal heating - I'm thinking with solar thermal, rainwater harvesting and water saving taps - should be able to get water usage down quite low.

    Thanks again!:bigsmile:
    • CommentAuthorBowman
    • CommentTimeOct 1st 2008
     
    Go to Aquabrand for Hansgrohe, no conection, just a great product and service.
    • CommentAuthorroger2491
    • CommentTimeOct 21st 2008
     
    Hello Gus,
    Have a look at www.jetstreamshowers.com

    These heads allow only 6 litres of water to pass per minute, about half of the flow through my previous shower heads, with no loss of pressure.

    Roger.

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