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Any advice. I think I`m gonna fit my own. I`ve seen the kits all in with a self tapping tap and all the necessary valves etc. I just need a drill bit big enough to drill through the house!

Yeah..any advice for me too. I bought a pressure washer on saturday and promptly
flooded the kitchen tha same day when the rubber bit came off the tap :(
needless to say wifey ain`t impressed, so need a outdoor tap pronto!!

Ste.

...is that gasoline I smell?

Got some guy to do mine out of a local paper ... £35 fitted ,he supplied all the tap + fittings etc ... use it all the time with my power washer ,hosepipe ... best £35 ive spent in ages ...

They are a doddle to fit. All you need is a big enough drill bit to go through the wall leaving a hole wide enough for the new pipe. Just make sure you don`t go through any wiring or anything :D

The self tapping gizmo is very easy - follow the instructions. Usually you clean the pipe to be tapped with a fine sandpaper, fit the self tapping assembley round it taking care to get the rubber seal in the right place and then gently screw in the self tapping bit. You can usually do this with the water supply still switched on - you may get a little spurt of water, but keep screwing and it`ll soon stop. Just follow the instructions. I did my washing machine with similar fittings and it took less than 5 minutes.

I need to check tonight - but I want to fit the tap on the wall which is exactly where my washing machine is. So I already have a copper pipe that finishes there with a little blue cut off tap on it. couldn`t I just T off that and do the same things and then thread copper pipe through the wall? I am not a plumber so no soldering - how would I fit copper pipe. Any idea what I`d need for this whole job - I`d be happier doing that than the self tapping kit - (looks like it might not even be necessary for me and also I`ve read some people getting low pressure of those kits and worse the self tapper makes a little copper disc inside the pipe which can cause blockages.)

Simple - when buying your seperate fittings for the copper pipe ie: `T` joints etc make sure you buy the ones that are `compression` fit. This means no soldering - just push the fittings onto the end of the pipe.

Also good idea to get some wire wool in as it`s best to clean all the joints prior to connecting.


Badboybez


In Madness You Dwell

:p Also make sure you buy an isolating valve for the outside tap, and that the exposed pipe going outside, if running along the wall for any distance, "falls" slightly as in the winter you will need to turn off the isolating valve inside, open the tap and let excess water drain out, this will ensure you dont get any burst pipes due to trapped water in the pipe freezing... also it is a requirement in some water areas that a double check valve either in the tap itself or inline is fitted.... :D

Spangles

You don`t even need to go to the hassle of tightening up compression fittings anymore. You can get push fittings that do exactly as it says! Just push them on.

They even use them a lot on new houses these days to save time/money on expensive plumbers. You can get all your joints (elbows, T etc) and isolationg valves too. Invest in a little pipe cutter too - much easier than trying to saw it straight ;)

Don`t know if this is just a regional thing but where I used to live you needed a licence off the water board to have an outside tap as it`s a chargeable extra or something...my neighbour fought them over this and won, claiming that his outside tap was purely a safety precaution in case his shed caught fire and that he used it for nothing else (yeah, right!)...

julianf

I`ve just installed one of those today with the great big 16mm masonry bit, and I must say, the water pressure is p***-poor compared to the cold tap on the kitchen sink that I tapped with the self-tapping gizmo to attach it to. Did anyone happen to read *why* these self-tapping kits can result in low water pressure? Other than that, it was quite easy...