boiling hot water taps

[iloveglee]

Has anyone out there got, or had a boiling hot water tap. I am thinking of having one installed into a new kitchen I am having fitted but am a bit concerned about the safety of these taps where children are concerned. I have several grandchildren that visit regularly and they look remarkably easy to turn on from the demonstration videos I have looked at. The quooker ones appear to have a more difficult method of dispensing the hot water which looks pretty child proof but the cheaper ones don't appear to. I don't feel inclined to pay close to £800 for one of these but at the same time don't to risk my grand kids scalding themselves by getting a cheaper one.

[The Builder]

98 degrees at the touch of a lever!!! Doesn't bear thinking about when children are about.

The only thing I can think of would be to fit a "secret" switch in the electrical supply to the instantaneous water tank under the sink.
Or a water shut-off valve somewhere. The elec. switch would be easier to site though :o)

[iloveglee]

So far as i can see these things just plug into a regular socket so i guess could be unplugged and allowed to go cool if necessary. They seem to be a modern version of the old fashioned geyser type suppliers of hot water that people used to have on the wall when instant hot water wasn't readily available in homes. The quooker (very expensive ones) have a push and turn lever which is not easily accidentally turned on but wondered if anyone had experience of the cheaper ones

[Michaelog193]

Hi. These taps are probably safer than a kettle which little hands can slide towards the counter edge. Most boiling water taps have a slide/tilt/press function before the tap can be turned. They range in price from the InSinkErator (typically £300) up to one that does boiling, chilled and sparkling at over £2500. There's this new site specially about them - www.boilingwatertap.org. Cheers, Michael

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeMAdswBCaU