Safety notes . Only allow experts carry out the installation work. . CAUTION DAMAGE BY WATER! Prior to installation please turn the general water supply off. . Ensure that all gaskets have the correct fit. . These taps are not suitable for use on low pressure and small electrical storage heaters. . We recommend the installation of a filter into the appliance or at least the use of angle valves with filter, in order to avoid the inflow of foreign matter, which could damage the cartridge. . This tap is only intended for use in private households! Only suitable for use in rooms with a temperature over 0° C, when there is danger of frost, sut off the water supply and empty the tap. . If the tap not used for a longer period, we recommend to initially let a larger quantity of water flow through before withdrawing drinking water. · Take care when adjusting the warm water. Danger of scalding! . Incorrectly installed fittings can cause water damages! . Please ensure that no caustic or corrosive products such as detergents or householdcleaning products make contact with the connection hoses; this can lead to water damages. Despite careful production, sharp edges can occur. Please exercise caution! Disposal Your washbasin tap is delivered in a solid pa- ckaging, in order to protect it against transport damages. The packaging consists of recyclable materials. Dispose it in an environmentally suitable manner. Do not throw the product into the normal domestic waste at the end of its service life, but ask your municipal administration about the possibility of an environmentally friendly disposal.GUARANTEE CARD The Franz Joseph Schütte GmbH grants a manufacturer guarantee for the tap you have acquired according to the following guarantee conditions. This guarantee does not limit your warranty claims resulting from the sales con- tract with the vendor as well as your statutory rights. Guarantee conditions: 1. Scope of the guarantee The Franz Joseph Schutte GmbH guarantees for perfect, material condition and processing suitable for the intended purpose, professional assembly, leaktightness, and function of the single lever mixing technology. The guarantee does not cover: · Corrosion in the mixing nozzles (aerator) · Cartridge · Damage by inappropriate installation, start- up and handling . Damage by outside effects, such as fire, water, abnormal environmental conditions · Mechanical damage by accident, fall, impact . Negligent or intentional destruction . Normal wear or malfunctions due to lack of maintenance.. Damages due to repairs by non-qualified persons . Inappropriate handling, insufficient care as well as the use of unsuitable cleaning agents . Chemical or mechanical effects during trans- port, storage, connection, repair and use of the tap 2. Guarantee The guarantee covers at our discretion free re- pair, delivery of spare parts free of charge or of an equivalent tap against return of the faulty part and/or faulty tap. If the model concerned should not be manufactured any longer, we reserve the right to supply a replacement tap from our product range at our discretion, which complies to the returned model as far as possible. Replaced taps or parts there of become our property. The buyer bears the transport costs as well as the transport risk, if a tap is returned. Refunding of expenditures for disassembly and assembly, examination, claims for loss of profit and compensation are likewise excluded from the guarantee, as well as all further claims for damages and losses, which are caused by the tap or its use.3. Asserting of the warranty claim The warranty claim must be asserted within the guarantee period in regard to the Franz Joseph Schütte GmbH by submitting the origi- nal sales slip and only applies to the country, in which the tap was bought. 4. Guarantee period The valid guarantee period is indicated on the packaging label. If no guarantee period is imprinted there, then a guarantee period of 2 years applies starting from pu