kitchen tap not WRAS approved - is this a problem?

[Adsibob]

I was about to purchase this kitchen sink tap made by Abode, when I noticed on another website that it is not WRAS approved. Is this a problem? Seemed surprising given Abode is a relatively well known manufacturer.

[joth]

Technically, if it's a new-build you have to have WRAS everything, but if you're renovating you (probably) don't. If your mains has already been hooked up to enable the build (as most are) the odds of it being retrospectively checked are low, but technically the liability is there e.g. for when you eventually came to sell.  (Heck, it's just a tap. Odds are you'll replace it again some time anyway)

 

 

[Adsibob]

4 hours ago, joth said:

Technically, if it's a new-build you have to have WRAS everything, but if you're renovating you (probably) don't. If your mains has already been hooked up to enable the build (as most are) the odds of it being retrospectively checked are low, but technically the liability is there e.g. for when you eventually came to sell.  (Heck, it's just a tap. Odds are you'll replace it again some time anyway)

 

 

That's helpful thanks @joth. I think I will chance it.

[Temp]

The only thing our BCO checked was the pressure test of the drains. I've no idea if any of our taps are WRAS approved. Nobody ever checked. Our kitchen tap wasn't even fitted at sign off.