Hi.
Im in the process of installing a Countertop Basin with a Monobloc tap and for various reasons require 500mm Flexible hoses instead of the commonly available 300mm. I can only get them with the 10mm male on one end (which is what I need) and 1/2" Female (tap connector style with rubber washer) on the other end which is unfortunately not what I requrie to join to a 15mm copper pipe. I have looked high and low for hoses with a compression fitting but had no joy.
I will be installing isolating valves while I'm at it. One option is to fit the isolator to the pipe then add a short length of pipe and on the end of that place a 15mm to 1/2" straight male coupler which I can then connect my hose to.
My question is, can I take a short cut and do away with the coupler and simply fit the 1/2" female end of the hose to the outlet end of the isolator?
I have seen it done on a youtube video below but read somewhere that as the end of the thread on the isolator is designed to face an olive it might not be flat enough and pearce the rubber seal in the hose. The Wickes isolating valves that I have bought so seem to have a slightly flatter surface on the outlet that they do on the inlet end but not as larger surface area as the couplers seem to have.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FahXuCCoWro
Thanks in advance.
Im in the process of installing a Countertop Basin with a Monobloc tap and for various reasons require 500mm Flexible hoses instead of the commonly available 300mm. I can only get them with the 10mm male on one end (which is what I need) and 1/2" Female (tap connector style with rubber washer) on the other end which is unfortunately not what I requrie to join to a 15mm copper pipe. I have looked high and low for hoses with a compression fitting but had no joy.
I will be installing isolating valves while I'm at it. One option is to fit the isolator to the pipe then add a short length of pipe and on the end of that place a 15mm to 1/2" straight male coupler which I can then connect my hose to.
My question is, can I take a short cut and do away with the coupler and simply fit the 1/2" female end of the hose to the outlet end of the isolator?
I have seen it done on a youtube video below but read somewhere that as the end of the thread on the isolator is designed to face an olive it might not be flat enough and pearce the rubber seal in the hose. The Wickes isolating valves that I have bought so seem to have a slightly flatter surface on the outlet that they do on the inlet end but not as larger surface area as the couplers seem to have.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FahXuCCoWro
Thanks in advance.