A New Tap for our MBR Toilet

16 Oct 2009 - Recently, the old cat said that the 2-way tap in the MBR toilet was getting loose and water seem to drip. We decided to get it fixed lest it gets worse. Initially, I thought we had to get a plumber, but thanks to some googling and youtube-ing, I realised that we can actually replace the tap by ourselves! All we have to do is get a new tap, some plumbing tape and we can get started!

I started searching for tap designs, which ain't easy since 2-way tap designs are very limited. I didn't want to get the same tap too. I wanted to buy a Hansgrohe tap but unfortunately, couldn't find anything suitable. Went to IMM for lunch last Friday (10th) and dropped by Hoe Kee. We bought the first 2-way tap there. Very cheap, only $28, and the one and only nice design, lol. This time, I found 2 more similar designs! There is this particular one that I like. Its a lot more sturdy, heavier and made of stainless steel.

So on Saturday (10th), I dragged the old cat to IMM to see and we decided to get it! Its slightly bigger than the first one and of course, more expensive - $59.00.

On Sunday (11th), Kitty removed the old tap and fixed on the new one. I decided to steer clear of his way, haha! This kind of thing... better leave it to the male species, wahahahahhaa! He encountered some problems and was babbling away to me. I also didn't know why he bothered telling me cos I wasn't interested anyway. Anyway, someway somehow, 1 hr later, he announced that he fixed the problem (whatever it was)! Yay!

Old tap:

New tap: