Hi, First post.
Writing from New Zealand where we have a kitchen faucet that used to be called a "pusher" faucet. I say "used to be called" because I cannot find that sort of faucet when doing google searches.
When the hot water is turned on, the valve in the faucet releases pressurized cold water that flows into the under-bench hot water tank. The tank hot water outlet has no valve on it (continually open to the hot water outlet side of the faucet), so the cold-water inlet pressure causes hot water to come out the outlet from the tank and then flow into the hot water side of the mixer faucet.
From a user perspective, it works like a normal mixer faucet, but it has the benefit of allowing a small, underbench tank that does not require a pressure relief valve because the hot water side is always open. Instant hot water without the complex plumbing of a pressurized hot water line (there is very little extra room under the sink and only a cold water line run under the concrete floor).
The faucet was imported from an Eastern European country, and I bought it about ten years ago. It is due for replacement but searching for "pusher" faucet and all sorts of descriptions yields nothing.
Does anyone know what this type of faucet is called; how would I google search for it?
Does anyone know where replacements can be purchased?
Thanks
Writing from New Zealand where we have a kitchen faucet that used to be called a "pusher" faucet. I say "used to be called" because I cannot find that sort of faucet when doing google searches.
When the hot water is turned on, the valve in the faucet releases pressurized cold water that flows into the under-bench hot water tank. The tank hot water outlet has no valve on it (continually open to the hot water outlet side of the faucet), so the cold-water inlet pressure causes hot water to come out the outlet from the tank and then flow into the hot water side of the mixer faucet.
From a user perspective, it works like a normal mixer faucet, but it has the benefit of allowing a small, underbench tank that does not require a pressure relief valve because the hot water side is always open. Instant hot water without the complex plumbing of a pressurized hot water line (there is very little extra room under the sink and only a cold water line run under the concrete floor).
The faucet was imported from an Eastern European country, and I bought it about ten years ago. It is due for replacement but searching for "pusher" faucet and all sorts of descriptions yields nothing.
Does anyone know what this type of faucet is called; how would I google search for it?
Does anyone know where replacements can be purchased?
Thanks
