SMR Tap Valve 3561R

SMR Tap Valve 3561R

Here, the Cold Valve opens Anticlockwise. The Hot Valve opens Clockwise.

Bridge Lever Tap & Clockwise / Anti-Clockwise Opening Valves:
This is important because if you have a Bridge Lever Tap, and the handles are extended outwards when valves closed (water turned off), then you actually fit a Clockwise opening valve (AKA a ‘Hot’ ) in your Cold Water feed, and you fit an Anti-Clockwise opening valve (AKA Cold) in your Hot Water feed i.e the opposite from what you would expect.

If your Tap is old i.e more than 7 years old, or if you have the Carron Phoenix Alba Tap, then you should replace your valve with the 4276R valve . The 4276R valve is identical to the SMR 3561R valve, except it has white seals underneath which are thicker than the current red / blue coloured seals in the 3561R. It is also a genuine SMR (San Marco) valve and you can purchase it here.
Nut Height: 8mm, Splines: 28, Overall height: 53mm, Diameter at thread: 21mm

SMR 3561R Kitchen Tap Valve  Contact us with your taps details and we will check suitability for you.
If your valve looks ‘fatter / wider’ that is because the bush part has also come out stuck to your valve. Please see our Spare Parts Bush section to see which bush it is or email us a picture of your own Kitchen Tap and a picture of the part and we will advise you as to the correct parts.

How Quarter Turn Valves open / close

• By 'Hot' we are referring to a Valve that opens Clockwise.
• By 'Cold' we are referring to a Valve that opens Anti-Clockwise

Most standard two lever taps, where you pull your lever forward to turn on water, and push it back to turn off the water, has a Clockwise i.e 'Hot' Valve in the Hot water feed, and has a 'Cold' Valve i.e an Anti-clockwise Valve in the Cold water feed. e.g Like our Boston,  Cedar, Genoa, PC1 etc. 

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However, there are some taps where the opposite is the case. Eg. Our Deco Tap, there is a 'Hot' (Clockwise opening) valve in the Cold Water Feed and a 'Cold' (Anti-Clockwise opening Valve) in the Hot Water Feed. It is the same with our Riviera Palazzo. Sometimes Taps with Cross Handles and Quarter Turn Valves can have a 'Cold' (Anti-clockwise) Valve in both the Hot and the Cold water feeds. You can contact us before buying if unsure. Or you can remove your own Valve prior to ordering to check which valve is in your own water feed.

This is a Genuine Spare Part

Parts might be modified by the manufacturers as part of their continual improvements. We cannot always guarantee that a part will fit an older version of a product. All spare parts that do not fit can be returned for a refund excluding shipping costs. Please Contact us prior to purchasing if you are unsure if this is the correct part for your Kitchen Tap as our Expert Customer Service Team are there to assist you.

We ship from Ireland Monday to Friday to ROI and NI

and usually dispatch same day if the Order is placed night before or morning of a working day. Shipping Costs (P&P):

• Post (not trackable) Free shipping
• Courier (trackable) €6.15 with Fastways
• Freight (Pallets)  (trackable) €49.20 with Freight Forwarder

We make no profit from Shipping. For very small items: Screws, O Ring Kits, Aerators & some Bushes, where we can post, we post at no additional charge to the customer. Some Bushes due to size cannot be posted. Courier costs include VAT and costs of packaging. We must use the most expensive option e.g. Freight (Pallets) for End of Line Items that are fragile and could be broken if dropped e.g. Granite or Ceramic Sink. Current Shipping Times:

• Fastways / Freight Forwarder is usually 1-2 working days but please allow longer if you live in a remote location as some couriers do not cover remote areas daily. It is very important to ensure that your shipping address is correct and always to include your Eircode / Postal code. Couriers look for a mobile phone to aid delivery.
• Post is usually 1-2 working days but it could take longer to be delivered in N.I.
At peak times of the year e.g. Christmas Period, or extreme weather, there could be delays countrywide in deliveries as volumes of goods sent by Post / Courier increase or are delayed by adverse weather conditions. This is outside our control.
Reminder to avoid any misunderstandings :
• The only items we ship direct to any customer are Clearance Sale Products and Spare Parts. For Terms and Conditions relating to any product bought directly from our website, please see here.
• All our other products can only be purchased via our Retailers, and you can find a comprehensive list here in our Find a Retailers Section, that list, county by county, all the contact information of our Retailers that sell our products.