Afternoon all
My daughter moved into her current, late Victorian house 6 months ago. Amongst the numerous issues that need sorting out is a horrible old kitchen mixer tap, which I recently volunteered to replace. I'm OK with basic plumbing, but having purchased all the fittings I thought I'd need for this particular job, I arrived at my daughter's house this morning and quickly realised that the task was more complex than a cursory glance under the sink the other day suggested.
The current tap is connected via hard copper pipe with two isolating valves. Above the isolating valves are two connections: the first appears to be one of those "screw on, cut in" valves that people sometimes use when installing washing machine feeds and it supplies a blue flexible hose. The other one, well: I've no idea what it is. It feeds a grey hose which also disappears behind the washing machine, though as far as I know the machine only has a cold feed ( need to pull it out to check).
I've posted pics below: any constructive observations concerning what I might be looking at replacing/ reconnecting very welcome ( and I do accept that the photos probably don't show all the relevant detail). Ideally I'd like to remove the back panel of the cupboard to access the hidden pipework, cut back below the isolators, fit new isolators then renew those two connections and fit the flexible tap tails above. I just need to be sure about what I'm dealing with. Is it possible that the grey hose might be feeding a boiler, for example?
My daughter moved into her current, late Victorian house 6 months ago. Amongst the numerous issues that need sorting out is a horrible old kitchen mixer tap, which I recently volunteered to replace. I'm OK with basic plumbing, but having purchased all the fittings I thought I'd need for this particular job, I arrived at my daughter's house this morning and quickly realised that the task was more complex than a cursory glance under the sink the other day suggested.
The current tap is connected via hard copper pipe with two isolating valves. Above the isolating valves are two connections: the first appears to be one of those "screw on, cut in" valves that people sometimes use when installing washing machine feeds and it supplies a blue flexible hose. The other one, well: I've no idea what it is. It feeds a grey hose which also disappears behind the washing machine, though as far as I know the machine only has a cold feed ( need to pull it out to check).
I've posted pics below: any constructive observations concerning what I might be looking at replacing/ reconnecting very welcome ( and I do accept that the photos probably don't show all the relevant detail). Ideally I'd like to remove the back panel of the cupboard to access the hidden pipework, cut back below the isolators, fit new isolators then renew those two connections and fit the flexible tap tails above. I just need to be sure about what I'm dealing with. Is it possible that the grey hose might be feeding a boiler, for example?