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plumbing advise
hi all
I'm trying to sort out some taps for my little darkroom I've built a sink right up to the wall and intended fixing s few brass taps like are commonly used for outside taps because they have a fixing that allows for to be bolted to a wall and also have a hose fitting on them so should be good unfortunately my plumber says that they are not to be used with hot water and refuses to fit them without offering any sort of explanation can anybody advise on how to fit a tap directly to wall without comming up thru a sink or countertop thanks robin |
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Phone these people
http://www.richards.uk.com/wataps.htm they should be able to advice/supply correct fittings for both hot and cold I think. |
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I have those brass taps in my darkroom for hot and cold, but hot is only 77F from my heater.
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I would ask another plumber I'm here in the U.S. and the same fitting for a outside tap is also used as a boiler drain, but thats in the U.S. in England I don't know the code (boiler water by the way is 180 degrees F
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what you want is a bib cock with a back plate elbow as far as i know a tap is a tap hot or cold it dont matter ..if you are coming of the water main for your potable water you will need a double check valve ,not on the hot ,just the cold unless its from a tank ..good luck i will send my bill soon hee hee hee
www.essexcockney.com |
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you can buy bibcocks with and without check valves i dont know how check valves work with hot water,as they are made for cold (potable)water ..i would use solderd fittings with copper pipe ,but thats me you could use this new push fit fittings and plastic pipe ,just remember to put the inserts in ends of pipe before pushing in to push fit fittings .
its not that hard to do but it took me 3 years of day relese at college to learn it,and five minutes to explain it .... www.essexcockney.com |
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Checked with my local plumbing expert and can't see any reason why you shouldn't fit the brass backplate tap you want. What I have done is to connect a quarter turn stop valve on the end of the pipework and a short bit of 15mm copper on the outlet on to which you can fit a hose. If the pipework is clipped to the wall then that will hold it rigid. If you want a bit more fine control use a wheel valve instead of the quarter turn valve
Tony |
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Thanks for the advise everybody
I think I'll try another plumber and hopefully they will not have an opinion robin |
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robinb do you realy need a hot water supply to your darkroom you would save 50pc of the cost if you just had cold water supply and a kettle ,and if you want warm water later on you could fit a small water heater ..
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thanks for the idea paul
My darkroom was a guest bathroom so it already has hot and cold I've recently built a big sink but need help to re plum as the old sink was on non standard push fit plastic stuff and I can't get this brand as it is not sold in small quantities even the manufacturer dose not seem to know where I can buy it but says that it is not compatible with other plastic systems the plumber I found has stock but dose not think I should use the cheap brass taps I found in screwfix for £6 each and instead has come up with a £400 "solution" ... |
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