fitting copper pipes to taps

[wittoner]

any tips on fitting a rigid copper pipe right up to the tail of the tap, like bending and cutting the pipe to the right position ?

 

[kevplumb]

like bending and cutting the pipe to the right position ?

sounds like a good idea

get yourself a spring

 

[dextrous]

http://www.ukcopperboard.co.uk/literature/tipslist.shtml - lots of tips here

 

[bengasman]

Make your life easy and use a flexi.

 

[JayJay1978]

Over the years I've noticed that the tails of taps either have the end ground out to accept a nut and olive or they are flat.

Its almost as if you don't need a tap connector, as anyone just fitted the pipe to the tail?

 

[dextrous]

Over the years I've noticed that the tails of taps either have the end ground out to accept a nut and olive or they are flat.

Its almost as if you don't need a tap connector, as anyone just fitted the pipe to the tail?

Only ever done this on the occasional ball valve

 

[kevplumb]

Its almost as if you don't need a tap connector, as anyone just fitted the pipe to the tail?

was all that was done years back

 

[JayJay1978]

Kev, are you a British ex-pat then?

 

[kevplumb]

monkeyhanger

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then i met this yank when i was drunk

i didn't have to marry her

i could have let her father shoot me

 

[JayJay1978]

Ah, you're from Hartlepool, I had to Google monkey hanger though.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_hanger

 

[JayJay1978]

monkeyhanger

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then i met this yank when i was drunk

i didn't have to marry her

i could have let her father shoot me

 

[kirkgas]

never seen the need to fit tap adaptors at all to sink or whb taps, all seem to take 15mm pipe so just use a nut and ring from a fitting, easier to tighten 1 nut rather than 2,