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Steaming hot water taps are still the latest ‘must have’ appliance in a new kitchen even though the concept of a hot water boiler has been around in commercial kitchens for over 50 years. Today there are many brands available and they are becoming so much more affordable and appealing to the eye. If you’re reading this blog you must be considering investing in one and if you are please consider one piece of advice; don’t compare these creatively designed and engineered products to a kitchen kettle; they offer so much more...
Let’s put that kettle comparison away first of all. How much time do you waste waiting for a kettle to boil each day? How much of the boiling hot water from a kettle do you actually throw away? How many times do you boil the kettle for one drink then get distracted and set it going all over again. Kettles take time to boil water and use lots of energy.
Now consider the safety of the kettle, especially around young children where we see thousands each year seriously scolded due to boiling hot water left unattended, often in a ‘hot to the touch’ kettle, easily accessible on the kitchen work top.
A steaming hot water tap offers instant hot water from a sealed and insulated (cool to the touch) boiler situated in an out of the way cupboard, usually under the sink. Worktops can therefore remain safe and free from the clutter of the kettle and you only use the water that you need. These taps have also been designed to be cool to the touch and contain safety catches, all different, but designed to ensure that they cannot be turned on to deliver steaming hot water by young children.
They are immensely convenient, not just for the quick and instant hot water drinks like tea and coffee that we initially consider them for. They save time when cooking vegetables, making porridge, cooking pasta, baking, soaking pots and even sterilising baby bottles. They are particularly helpful for a stringent cleaning regime too, for carefully rinsing greasy grill pans or washing soda crystals down a dirty sink. They also deliver filtered boiling water and the smart technology advises you when filters need renewing or, for those in hard water areas, when limescale build up needs sorting.
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Since their popularity has risen over the past 6 years and a really high proportion of new kitchens are now fitted with a steaming hot water tap, the designs have become super slimline so it’s really hard to tell the difference between a standard kitchen tap and one that delivers 98° hot water.
Initially designs of these taps were very bulky and delivering 100° boiling hot water meant they also had a tendency to splutter which was a little concerning. Today, most taps dispense up to 98° hot water, making them fully compliant with PartG(3) of the UK Building Regulations and this temperature is more than adequate, in fact perfect for an ideal cup of tea or coffee.
The Proboil.2X boiler (2 Litre) is now installed and serviced by a national team of Triton engineers.
Designs today are not only much slimmer, they are available in lots of styles and finishes too including the usual chrome and brushed nickel, but also the bang on trend matt black, brushed brass and urban copper. The ones shown here function like a single lever tap which controls the normal hot and cold water and the second handle releases the stream of steaming hot water through the centre of the spout directly from the sealed smart boiler.
If you’re considering a steaming hot water tap either as a replacement kitchen tap or with your new kitchen you’ll certainly appreciate all these benefit and probably more, that it brings to your kitchen and with prices from Abode starting from £599, currently with a free delivery and installation, you may decide to get one sooner than you thought.