I will need to change shower bath mixer tap and kitchen mixer tap. Both connect to 15 mm pipes. I have bought the shower mixer already but not the kitchen tap. The connection to the shower mixer seems very large and has threads. I could post a link t o the product (on ebay) if I'm allowed but it's a very typical and cheap mixer.
So my first question is:
Will I need the same size of flexible tap tails for both kitchen and shower mixers? If not, what is the typical size of tap tails for shower mixers?
Second question.
I have a conventional radiator very close to a vertical pipe from the ceiling that feeds it. The radiator valve needs a pipe that goes vertically into it and comes from the bottom. I hope you get the picture. So essentially, the pipe from the ceiling needs to do a 180 deg turn to fit the radiator valve. Normally, you'd do that with 2 elbows but the pipe and radiator are very close to each other and there's not much space to put 2 elbows there.
So I was thinking of putting a flexible pipe. I asked the guy at the plumbing shop then but he told me the temperature of the water in the central heating system is too high for the rubber in the flexible pipe. Then this morning I realised tap tails also carry hot water so I could use that to connect to my radiators.
What do you guys think? Is this appropriate?
Any additional info and experience on tap tails will be appreciated.
So my first question is:
Will I need the same size of flexible tap tails for both kitchen and shower mixers? If not, what is the typical size of tap tails for shower mixers?
Second question.
I have a conventional radiator very close to a vertical pipe from the ceiling that feeds it. The radiator valve needs a pipe that goes vertically into it and comes from the bottom. I hope you get the picture. So essentially, the pipe from the ceiling needs to do a 180 deg turn to fit the radiator valve. Normally, you'd do that with 2 elbows but the pipe and radiator are very close to each other and there's not much space to put 2 elbows there.
So I was thinking of putting a flexible pipe. I asked the guy at the plumbing shop then but he told me the temperature of the water in the central heating system is too high for the rubber in the flexible pipe. Then this morning I realised tap tails also carry hot water so I could use that to connect to my radiators.
What do you guys think? Is this appropriate?
Any additional info and experience on tap tails will be appreciated.
