A traditional two-handle tap in brushed nickel, at a budget price. The Rienza has a lever either side of a swan neck spout — hot on one, cold on the other — which is what a lot of people actually want in a kitchen and is getting harder to find at this money. Brushed nickel is the practical finish choice: the textured warm-silver surface hides fingerprints and water spotting that show badly on polished chrome, which matters on a tap handled with wet hands twenty times a day.
It will run on almost any water system. Rated 0.3-5.5 bar and classed by Howdens as suitable for low to high pressure systems, so it works on a gravity-fed tank as well as mains or combi pressure. That is the main reason to pick this over a supermarket tap.
Practical detail worth knowing before you order. Despite having two levers this is a single-hole monobloc, not a two-hole deck set — it fits one tap hole with a 45mm footprint. Maximum sink and worktop thickness is 43mm, so check the depth of a thick composite sink before ordering. Flexi tails on a ½" BSP female thread with a 375mm hose length, all fixings and the instruction manual are supplied. The aerator is a replaceable Neoperl honeycomb insert and the valve is a ceramic disc cartridge.
Why you cannot buy this from Howdens yourself. Howdens supply the trade only — no trade account, no purchase, and no published prices. We hold a trade account, so we can supply the same Howdens-sourced tap direct to you at a normal retail price, with no account and no minimum order.
Specification
- Aerator Type: Replaceable Aerator
- Collection: Rienza
- Colour Description: Nickel
- Connection Type: ½" BSP Female Thread
- Finish: Brushed
- Flow Type: Single Flow
- Handle Type: Dual Lever
- Model Number: TAP3548
- Pressure Suitability: Suitable for Low to High Pressure Systems
- Product Type: Mixer
- Shape: Swan Neck
- Spout Type: Swivel
- Supplied With: Fixings, Instruction Manual
- Tap Turn Operation: ¼ Turn Lever
- Tap Valve: Ceramic Disc Cartridge
- Water Flow Type: Neoperl Honeycomb
Measurements
- Height: 345mm
- Depth: 227mm
- Spout Reach: 194mm
- Water Pressure Range: 0.3-5.5bar
- Weight (Without Packaging): 1.441kg
Installation
- Mount Type: Surface Mounted
- Tap Footprint: 45mm
- Maximum Sink and Worktop Thickness: 43mm
- Tail Pipe Type: Flexi Tails
- Tap Hose Length: 375mm
Guarantee and accreditations
- 5 Year Manufacturer's Guarantee
- 1 Year Warranty Against Surface Finish
- Accreditations: CE Marked, WRAS Approved, Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations 1999
The same tap is available in polished chrome as TAP3545, and there is a right-angled version in polished chrome as TAP3546.
