Fit and dimensions
A window that opens inwards over the sink is one of the few constraints in this catalogue that genuinely removes most of a shelf. The tap has to duck under a sash that sweeps lower than the frame suggests, and that single measurement decides everything else.
One measurement, taken with the window open, and then a short shelf.
Worktop to the lowest point of the sash, with the window swung fully in. Write it down; it is the ceiling every tap on this page has to fit under.
The Ibergrif, the SCHÜTTE and the ZPSPZ all fold, and they differ in how far they drop and in which direction. Read the folded height and the fold direction together — a tap that folds low but backwards into a tiled return is no use.
The SCHÜTTE range is the one whose listings name the mechanism rather than the finish, which on this shelf is the more useful habit.
The FORIOUS pull-out is here deliberately. If the window opens outwards, or if there is no window at all, a folding hinge is a wear part bought for no reason — and a pull-out spray is the kitchen feature people actually use daily.
Tap hole diameter, tail length down to the isolating valves, and — on the pull-out — whether the space under your sink is clear enough for the counterweight to travel. A full cupboard is the commonest reason a pull-out stops retracting.
Folding kitchen mixer · 304 stainless · ceramic disc cartridge · aerator · metal lever · swivels vertically and horizontally
A folding under-window mixer that names its cartridge, its aerator and its metal lever — and publishes not one of the heights the whole family is bought for.
Best for: A window sill whose clearance is generous enough that the folded height was never in doubt.
≈ £55 / 58 €
Folding kitchen mixer · folds down into the sink · 360° swivel · DVGW 350 mm tails · central fixing · 5-year warranty stated
A folding mixer that lays down into the sink without the water being turned off, from a German maker with a five-year warranty — and the shortest supplied tails in the hub.
Best for: A sink under a window where the sill clearance is comfortable, and where a long warranty and a reachable manufacturer matter more than a specification sheet.
≈ £83 / 83 €
Folding kitchen mixer · folds down 90° · brass body · ceramic disc cartridge · 360° swivel
A brass folding mixer that publishes its fold angle and names its cartridge, with one height figure the maker labels ambiguously enough that this page will not resolve it.
Best for: A window sill with room to spare, where a brass body and a named cartridge matter more than a documented clearance.
≈ £136 / 130 €
Pull-out kitchen mixer · 45 cm pull-out · 18 cm outlet height · 38.5 cm overall · two modes · 360° · 1.5 gpm stated
The only pull-out in this hub that publishes an outlet height, an overall height, a pull-out length and a flow figure — four numbers where the shelf usually offers a photograph.
Best for: A mains-pressure kitchen with a double bowl, where the tap has to be checked against a windowsill or a wall cupboard before it is bought.
≈ 40 €
With the window actually open, not closed. Measure from the worktop to the lowest point of the sash as it swings past — that arc is what the tap has to clear, and it is lower than the frame.
Backwards against the wall is usual; sideways exists. One of the two will foul your window, and the listing states which the tap does.
Some fold at a hinge that carries water, with a seal that is a wear part; others fold above the waterway, which is one less thing to leak. Makers rarely say which, and when they do it is worth noting.
With the window open, following the path of the opening sash. Measuring against a closed window is the classic error here.
They are the purpose-built answer, and they add a moving joint that eventually needs attention. Keeping it exercised and dry is most of the care.
Only if it clears the open window, which is rare. Otherwise a low profile is the price of an opening window.
Very much on a wide sink. A short spout puts water on the edge of the bowl rather than in it.
Hole diameter and position constrain the choice, and changing them means changing the sink or worktop.
Then a taller tap is possible, but make that a deliberate decision rather than discovering it later.
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