anyone a plumber just quick tap Q?

[Quiff Wichard]

hi

want to put outsde tap in my garage- boiler is in there.

u know one of those self thread jobs..

however there are 4 pipes.!

one has a stop on it that leads to another pipe with a screw thread on- this is to top up the boiler is it not ..

would I need to put the tap on the pipe with the stop on - that the cold rising main.. ?

and below the stop..


dont wanna flood the place.

or should I use a bucket of water. ! which means carrying it all way down from my apartment to the bike .. hmmmm

[Razor]

Put in a T piece to the filling loop. If it's a combi it must have a filling loop or valve somewhere, should do anyway.

[Quiff Wichard]

yea that explanation above I think is the filling loop.

I was going to get one of those cost a tenner screw in diy taps ..

[dirtydog]

If you mean self cutting tap to connect onto the copper pipe don't they're crap.

If you're going to do it turn the water off and T into it properly. you can use a compression fitting so you don't need to do any soldering. Then fit a bib tap onto the wall

[Stig]

If you mean self cutting tap to connect onto the copper pipe don't they're crap.

If you're going to do it turn the water off and T into it properly. you can use a compression fitting so you don't need to do any soldering. Then fit a bib tap onto the wall

What the man above said. Previous tenants here did one of those self tap taps. It leaks and I can't use it. Grrrr.

[dirtydog]

What the man above said. Previous tenants here did one of those self tap taps. It leaks and I can't use it. Grrrr.


They really are rubbish, half the time they squash the pipe rather than cut into it and leak the other half of the time they just leak :rolleyes:

[Quiff Wichard]

oo ta guys ! thanks.. I wont do it then
I will stick with a bucket

just washed it took two buckets so i think thats the way- no drain near the garage though so have to pop it on the front of the house .. looks like I am posin !!.



well I AM !!



i was maybe a tad too liberal with the hosepipe in the past anyway .

thanks again

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[dirtydog]

Quiff it is really easy to fit an outside tap if you need to. You can get all you need from B&Q for about a tenner

you would need;

compression T fitting (saves having to solder anything)
Bib tap with a backplate elbow
and a bit of copper pipe

or if you want to be really lazy you could use speedfit stuff but it costs a little bit more

[kwak zzr]

oo ta guys ! thanks.. I wont do it then
I will stick with a bucket


dont throw water on your suzuki :smt118

[mart]

the silver flexi hose is the filling loop, if you were to open the side that connects to the larger diameter pipe you could fill a bucket with that but make sure you don't loosen the non return valve

[Quiff Wichard]

oh good call mart.!!


but then my lovely hands wud be in cold water.

[Hooligan]

Might be worth putting a internal stop tap inside, as when the wether is cold the pipework freezes and could cause burst. If you have internal stop tap you can isolate water to prevent this.

[Quiff Wichard]

i would put it inside the whole tap..it i onto a communal area not private garden so some bugger (kids) would turn it on ad leave it on ha..
but
me stickin to bucket now mefinks.

ta n e way