FRANKE 113515300 Tap Brace, Red Grey

The Franke Secure Kitchen Tap Brace is fantastic, We purchased it as added stability when fitting our new tap which was slightly heavier than the old one. It does exactly as the image shows, and attached to the underside of the work surface with an adhesive pad and screws.It is easy to fit, strong once in place, and I am sure that it will give the added support the tap system now for a very long time.It arrived quickly and was well packaged.Overall would definitely recommend to anyone considering fitting a new tap or sink unit and prefer a bit of added stability.

I know this brace works - I've used a few of them over the years. This time however, it wasn't compatible with the sink and base unit. It relies on attaching to the worktop, and my "oversize" sink meant no worktop was accessible (without cutting out a big chunk of the back of the base unit. It's still a good piece of kit, just not suitable for every situation. I managed to cobble together my own brace: I just hope nobody goes looking under the sink because, although it works, it looks like a dog's dinner!

This product is well made and does what it's suppose to do, you would expect this because it's made by Franke, if you don't want to have a wobbly tap on a new stainless steel sink unit which these days are made of much thinner steel, then fit one of these tap braces.

Does not fit the base of my tap, it has a rubber ring inside the clamp, this is designed for a tap with a bolt and nut securing fitting, the tap I bought has a large brass nut screwing onto a brass threaded insert on the base of the tap, the rubber "ring/Spacer" is moulded to accomodate the flex pipes and the securing bolt, so will not fit my tap , all I would have needed was a simple ring of rubber to encircle the threaded insert. The unit has great potential for the taps it does fit, also providing there is dimension compatability to fix to the rear, I think I can make it fit above the sink if I really try as it seems to be provided with a sticky block as well as screws. Too busy to have tried so far. I guess it is more designed for Franke fittings than a universal item. Still a good ideato firm up the assembly.

I recently had a new tap and sink fitted. However, the tap is quite heavy, and the sink is made of fairly thin stainless steel. As a result, the tap was very wobbly. By using this tap brace I soon fixed my tap wobbles and it is now rock solid. A very good purchase.

Mistake I made was buying a steel sink (Franke). The brace is useless better of with using the fixing that came with the tap. Probably would work if you used solid coper pipes rather than flexible one's that come with tap (Franke Bern Tap Chrome Finish)Summary: Useless item, Need to see how to return item and get my money back.Would have given 0 stars, but system does not allow that. Why?

This is a brilliant bit of kit. On the pack in German it is advised to be used for all Franke heavy taps, in the translation it only advised the use on stainless steel sinks. The latest Franke taps are so top heavy I think it is best to be safe thatn sorry and fit this useful accessory to keep the tap fitted firmly. Easy to fit, not cheap but worth it, I think it should come as standard with heavy taps!

Expensive for what it is, but does the job.