Quooker tap - anyone had theirs removed?

[ginghamstarfish]

Just buying a house which has one of these, proudly listed as a selling point. I'd like to have it removed and replaced with a normal tap - anyone had this done? Is it fairly straightforward given all the gubbins under the sink?

I can’t help you I’m afraid! But really curious to know why you’d want to get rid of it?

These type of taps consist of the tap itself and a tank underneath. You will have your normal hot/cold pipework there. There are a few additional hoses etc. which can be removed.

The biggest issue will be the size of the hole thaw a shade for the Quooker tap. It may be too large for a standard tap base to cover.

thaw a shade????

that was made.....

And I wouldn't get rid of mine. Saves having a kettle on the worktop, boiling water always on tap.

I like ours. It's handy enough. But yes, you could get it removed easily enough though you might have to find a solution to cover a slightly larger hole in the worktop.

Why do you want to remove it?

I'd love one!

They’re not hard to install or remove. Time consuming yes but not difficult at all. Any reasonably handy person could do it, doesn’t have to be a plumber or electrician. You might find the hope for the tap is slightly larger than a regular one so may have to be careful which alternative tap you replace it with but probably not. Unless it’s one of those small extra ones in addition to a normal tap (which from how you’ve described it doesn’t seem to be the case) I would just use it as a normal tap and switch the boiler/cube off if I didn’t want to use the boiling water/chiller function.

Why do you want to get rid. Best thing I did in my kitchen.

I'd give up DH before I gave up my quooker 😀

They’re Marmite, aren’t they? The salesman was gobsmacked when I said I don’t want one when we designed our new kitchen a couple of weeks ago.

I love ours. Hate staying in a holiday house without one.

Love ours too and they are supposed to be cheaper to run than a kettle

I don't know anyone who doesn't love theirs. My kids are horrified that their rental houses don't have them 😂😂

I would get rid too OP, I like having a Brita filter tap, and use my induction hob for boiling water quickly for cooking and kettle for hot drinks.

We have one at work and I hate the bloody thing. Can't use it without scalding myself! There was one in our house when we viewed it but the previous owners took it with them. We won't be replacing it when we do the kitchen reno in a few months. Good riddance!

I'm curious, do these cost lots of £££ because they're running 24/7?

According to the internet The cost of boiling water in a full kettle is about two and half pence per boil. In comparison, the cost of using a Quooker tap is said to be three pence per day (one penny per litre).

the hot water taps in workplaces tend not to be as effective or to get to 100.

Mine is so handy! Not just for drinks but for pasta, boiling potatoes, filling my hot water bottle in winter etc. even if you didn't want it for tea I'd keep it for that...

But do you think the people that hate them have actually used the domestic ones? Not the workplace ones. It’s not possible to scold yourself because you turn on the boiling water takes a specific action.

I'd get rid because I don't see the point. Having looked up the pros and cons, it saves a few pounds a year over using a kettle, but has to have filters replaced, and be serviced etc... so in fact costs a lot more than just using a kettle.

Same 😅

Pros far outweigh the cons

I'd give it a go first ... before you get rid. You get used to instant boiling water very quickly.....

Ah, so this is another thing MN evangelises about. She doesn’t want it @BarrelOfOtters2, not everyone likes or wants the same things. The water makes rubbish tea.

I'd love to know how safe they are for young DC who use the tap regularly to get drinks of water etc. but can't be trusted near hot things. That's my concern about them and had wondered if it was OP's. I worry they'd learn whatever button press was needed and burn themselves.