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DOOR HANDLES AND TAPS

Discussion in 'Hobbies and special interests' started by DAVE1952, Jun 11, 2022.

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    If you want to buy large hardware items that you are unlikely to get on line the large Hardware stores here are the obvious choice, doors are a good example so I bought all 7 of the doors for my new house from City Hardware and also the Handles, we were only in the house for one month when the first handle failed, these were all Stainless steel and not the cheapest at P500 a set, now as it happens my neighbour bought variations of the same, from the same store, they moved in one year before us and have had 2 handles fail, I know this as I fitted the replacements for them.
    All the Sanitary ware for my house was bought from the same store, including the P traps which I had endless problems with to get them watertight, I ended up buying replacements on line at one third of the price, everything in Stainless Steel.

    After only 8 weeks in the house the new Stainless Steel Tap in the Kitchen (bought from CH at P1200) started to drip and of course they always get worse which it did, after a month I was forced to do something about it, there is a company called Go2Hardware that sells through Shopee and in the last few months I have bought many items from them, one example being 4inch S/Steel hinges with bearings for the front and back doors P125 a set, all the big stores here ask 4 to500 per set for the same item, I also found they had a Tap much the same as the one I had fitted in the Kitchen at P229 surely at that price it could not be as good as the one at P1200, however I ordered it anyway, when it did arrive it was almost exactly the same and the internal/external parts were the same, so I was able to take out the ceramic cartridge from the new and fit it in the old, a perfect fit, as is normal here taps always work loose eventually so while I was there working on the tap I decided to tighten the captive nut on the underside it ended up cracking, however the nut from the cheapo tap fitted perfectly it also seemed better quality and I was able to complete the job.

    I will attach a couple of Pics showing the two taps, the one on the right is the cheapo and just positioned in the blank extra hole in the sink for comparison, it may look smaller due to pic angle but it is exactly the same, if anything the cheapo is lighter which suggests the metal in thinner but all the treaded parts are identical, BTW there are replacement cartridges available on line for between P45 and 65 depending on whether they are Brass or SS, I have ordered 3 of them, the sink in the picture made from 2mm S/Steel cost me P2800 on line it is exactly the same as one in Robinsons Builders which costs P12,000.
     
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    I had some problems loading the pics but managed to get one on I think?
     
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    I have had problems loading files and the BOSS informs me it is a server fault.

    I was able to view yours by clicking on the link, even though the picture is not visible on the site.
     
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    Did you hear about the tap dancer? He fell into the sink. All right I'll get me coat.
     
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