Throughout all of plumbing history, one problem stands out as a demon of water wastage: the insidious dripping tap. Slow at first, most people wouldn’t think much of a tap that dribbles a few drops occasionally. But it all adds up. Only when the limescale build-up becomes too unsightly – or when the slow drip becomes a fast trickle – do people call in a professional.
On older, standard ½” and ¾” British taps, it was quite a simple task: the plumber would isolate and re-washer the tap or, in more extreme cases of damage, reseat the tap with a manual reseating tool. With the broad introduction of imported taps, this became more of a challenge: more tap standards needed to be accommodated. It was challenging, but still generally manageable.
As we progressed with new technology, the quarter-turn ceramic disc tap was hailed as the latest and greatest in innovation. It would forever do away with dripping washers, resigning the problem to history books alongside the filament bulb.
However, as is so often the case, this silver bullet tore a new metaphorical hole for water to literally leak through.
Scratched and damaged discs and worn cartridges still left customers with the woes of ceaseless dripping. While it was possible to hold back the problem by replacing discs or cartridges, the wide range of possible types, sizes, and forms devised by different manufacturers still remained an issue. The same old problem remained: no standardisation.
Plumbers would have to somehow get hold of the specific disc or cartridge required for that tap. Or, as is far more common, completely replace otherwise perfectly fine taps with entirely new ones. Needless to say, that’s a lot of different bits of kit to have stockpiled for a ‘just in case’ scenario. This translates into a more expensive invoice for the customer, but also an unnecessary environmental impact.
This problem is one that plumbers still face to this day. So of course, people are hunting for solutions – some way of unifying thousands of standards into a single condensed unit.
Tap Medic have devised one such solution: the universal tap repair and disc replacement kit. One kit, designed to be adaptable to fit requirements.
They claim that it’s capable of fixing over 3900 variations of tap cartridges, which perfectly demonstrates the magnitude of the problem it seeks to solve. And by following their directions, a compatible cartridge can be made up from the kit in around 5 minutes.
Could Tap Medic be the true solution to this pervasive plumbing problem? Full details can be found on their website @ https://www.tapmedic.co.uk/kits/
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