Hi All. I am fitting new worktops etc in my kitchen and the sink I want has a single hole for a monobloc type mixer. I actually have a need for 3 supplies, hot and cold softened water plus a hard water supply for drinking (currently these are separate taps fitted into the worktop but 'er indoors doesn't want taps in worktops this time)

I note there are 3-way mixer taps intended for hot and cold plus filtered water. Is it possible simply to fit 3 inlet supplies without the filter system which I don't want? Is it just a question of fitting 3 tails to 3 inlets on the mixer?

Unsurprisingly, local suppliers tend not to stock these taps, nor really profess to know too much, and manufacturers' literature concentrates more on how great filtered water is rather than the plumbing.

If anyone has any experience, or knows of any other taps, I'd be very grateful.

Thanks

Roger

Normally the litchen tap is fed by hard water only but Google says check out the "Three way" taps on this site. I can't see how some of them work (they only have 2 levers) but the site is a water softner co...

http://www.simply-soft.co.uk/taps_gallery.htm

I assume that all three supplies are mains pressure? The pipes on most ordinary monoblock ceramic taps are small diameter and unsuitable for some gravity fed hot water systems. On a three way tap they might be even smaller.

Hi guys, thanks so much for the thoughts. I've been busy researching, in fact Astracast, Springflow, Franke (and others) do make taps with 3 inlets, intended for filter water but can be plumbed for any 3 inlets. But Brita filter taps cannot; they have only two inlets.

Yes, some have only two levers, but one of them pushes back for one flow, forward for another (one tap I saw had only one 3-way lever!)

I've opted for the Franke Tradition, 3 separate levers. Not cheap, even when heavily discounted if you shop around, but it will do the job I want.

Thanks again

Roger