Ha! Hi Hamish. It,s ok my wife fixed the tap. What a surprise.

I've fit loads of these taps. The trick is to do up the grub screws nice and tight 😅

Your using your pump pliers backwards

Hi Hamish, this happened to me today with a tap I fitted about 6 months ago! Was stunned to find your video with my exact tap and exactly the issue I had, thankfully I was home so minimal damage, but still very scary. Will take the advice of the comments and use some loctite. Thank you for bringing this to attention, astonishing that this video is nearly 8 years old and this issue still happening.

Very helpful video as I was about to buy one of these taps.

Greece the black rubbers first .It looks like they aren't pushed on enough .

Just put a dab of threadlock on the grub screw to prevent it from turning.

Thanks for that Hamish. Just what I was looking for. Neither taps turned on at all. Now they do :)

I had put one together "without turning anticlockwise" and it would not turn on. After carefully watching this video I was able to fix it in a couple of minutes. Lifesaver! He made a subscriber out of me.

Just put loctite blue on grub screws.

And here was I trying to undo the flexi tails from underneath, not a chance, another attempt this weekend now that I know what the crack is, Thanks, Hamish 🙂

Worked a treat on my bathroom hot tap! Thanks.

Thank you Hamish, l fitted a easy fit echo in about 2020 so far it's been fine, but now I'm aware that the grub screws can become lose I'll check them regularly, thanks again Hamish you seem like a real nice person .regards Martin from Tamworth

Dear Hamish great videos - now 2023 and I want to install this tap BRISTAN ECHO EASYFIT MONO MIXER KITCHEN TAP CHROME do you think is OK now :)

Thanks mate. Would never have figured out that grit was the problem. Sorted out an annoying kitchen tap finally! 5 ⭐ for you.

Thanks. You’ve solved my identical problem. Delighted.

Instead of silicone grease, can u use vaseline

good demo, but my heads spinning because of the spinning camera 😅

Thank you - very understandable explanation. I'm replacing my Bristan Easyfit kitchen tap - can you recommend a different manufacturer please

Good video, thanks 👍

Who runs your Fan Club, and what's the address?

Your smile could power the electricity for entire cities. And you happen to be a plumber, too. Two advantages in one. If you're not taken, ladies, form an orderly queue. If you are... lucky wife!

Hi Hamish. I have just fitted a new Echo easy fit Mixer for my friend in Crediton. I found this video after fitting it. It was for a friend, so obviously I am a little concerned. Have they modified the tap since your issues? I checked the grub screws and tightened them up super tight! Any ideas or suggestions on how I can avoid this dismounting issue from happening please. Cheers B

Be very careful not to overtighten the grub screws for fear of stripping the threads.

I have one of these in my kitchen. This far there have been no grub screw issues BUT I find that the cartridges lasted about 5 years and 1 month. Bloody ridiculous.

Fitted about 5 of these easy fit taps by Bristan and two blew off the sink !! Very fortunately for me both customers were home and had the intelligence to turn off the water They are absolute garbage Do not install them !!!

Brilliant! Just fixed one of my bath taps with this. Had no water coming out of it at all and it's fully functional again now 😁

Fantastic, cheers Hamish. I've just done both of the kitchen taps and they're working perfectly. They had been driving me mad for ages. 👍🏻

Thank you , i was looking for fixing a dripping easy fit tap and came across your video, my tap had the triangle grub screws and was the first version of this tap , tap has been removed today and different make fitted , Bristan tap in the bin !

Just saved us a trip to B&Q on a Saturday just by showing us the internal workings, the tap is now working again.

Thank you, Hamish 🙏🏼

This just happened to me (July 2023). The Echo tap was fitted 2 months ago. The tap had come loose from the base last weekend and I was going to call the plumber. Monday morning the tap blew off. The plumber blamed me, that I must have knocked it. Bristan blamed the plumber. All very unprofessional and unhelpful.

They have now modified design

Thanks, just solved an irritating tap that's bugged me for months.

Absolute garbage! Do not buy one of these taps

Can I use vaseline instead of that silicone thing you used?

Thanks Hamish - worked perfectly, exactly as you described.

Hamish, have you made a video update 2023 regarding the problems with these easyfit taps?

Great job Hamish i have replace the washer 3 times, now i know where the problem is

Please help me how to remove bottom part which you’re cleaning

Thanks Hamish for your excellent trilogy of videos! I bought a Bristan Echo easyfit a couple of days ago having read the ease of fitting reviews on the ScrewFix website. Then when I came to fit I came across your comments about some of the known problems with these taps. At this point I regretted my decision to purchase the Bristan but I was by now committed. Old tap was off. Water was off.....so I was in a way too far into the job to turn back! Decided to go ahead anyway. The so called push fit connector is an updated one with much improved grub screws having a conical point and running into drilled holes in the base. The overall quality of the unit is good, and Its heavy and well made. The fitting of the push fit connector was however not without complications and I think maybe the word Easyfit should be considered with caution. My connector would'nt go through the sink top hole....the sink is a composite one and quite thick. So I had to split the connector and feed part of it up from underneath. I'm not as young as I was and this was an awkard and difficult thing for me to execute! However everything is now together and working. I've used studlock on the grub screws. The tap looks nice but frankly I wouldn't recommend these taps at all. It's a brilliant concept poorly executed. I will keep an eye on the grub screws but have to say why am I feeling I have to maintain a kitchen tap? I will definitely shut them off when we go away....which basically means I have reservations about their efficiency and safety. Which is in itself a poor reflection on Bristan. At this point I am thinking I will keep this tap for maybe a year and then change it.....just really for peace of mind!

First Rate Hamish, that's exactly what I'll ask the plumber to do, when he calls, this Friday.

Guess what, following a recent event where a tap I installed released itself and caused a lot of damage I decided to speak to Bristan to report the incident!! They immediately said it was an installer error and that my reference to these videos and proof the taps were failing was rubbish, they apparently investigated every tap installed referred to in these videos and every single installation was wrong, all were incorrectly installed. They requested a copy invoice proof of purchase and full photos of the tap base and installation!!! Guess I will be looking for a new manufacturer of taps going forward then for all my projects 😞

I am so worried, I have fitted so many of these easy fit Bristan taps and the first one has just blown off causing havoc and drowning the clients and their kitchen, TV is gone, the dishwasher and a whole load of damage, very concerning and time to stop supplying these taps.

I just found this, I have installed so many of these taps I m now very worried, I was not too far from the client when I received a panic call saying the tap head has blown off, they panicked and eventually turned off the water main in the street but there the place was flooded big time and they are very stressful clients in anyway :-( Completely mystified about how this happened I spent four hours cleaning and drying everything but leaving and whilst the client appreciated the effort they are not happy and I am concerned at the consequences, this tap was fitted 6 months ago and I know 100% how tight I did the grub screws up as I do with all installations, I picked the tap from the sink only to find them almost out of their sockets!!! I guess I will be calling Bristan after the Bank Holiday as a matter of urgency. Do you know if there have been any amendments or updates to the design since this video? Thank You.

If time is not a concern then you can also leave the valve to soak in descaler for 30 mins

Thank You. I'll give this a go.

March 2023: The other problem you may find is if/when the tap starts dripping. No problem, I thought, I'll order a couple of new cartridges and replace. Only problem is that the original cartridges were factory installed and are so tightly fitted it has improved impossible to unscrew them. Even called in my local plumber to assist and he had no success either. End result: I have had to order a complete new tap (interestingly, this time it's a Ebb+Flo Hele Mono Mixer tap and it's identical in appearance to the Bristan, at approximately a third the price). Like the Bristan product it has a 5 year guarantee. (Sadly, Murphy's Law dictated that I'm a year past the Bristan guarantee period). Buyer, as they say, beware.

Thanks for the video. My kitchen tap was slow to start flowing then gushed and was stiff to turn off. This was exactly the problem. Cleaned up and greased and works like new now.

There is a suspension bride on the thumbnail. Anyone know were it is.