Need help with my mains inlet water supply

[aqua09]

Hi everyone, have been reading lots of threads trying to work out how i can add a tap from my mains water - the mains water comes into our garage, 1/2 an inch the tap, 1/2 inch into the wall! so i have no way of adding piping, however on the tap there are 2 x nuts, one i have turned and managed to get out (see pic) - i was wondering if there is anything that can fit into this, allowing me to add a pipe/tap to it. i used 19 mm socket (i think its 18mm).



any replies are truely welcome. many thanks for your time.

 

[dextrous]

If this is an outlet for the tap then there is no reason why you can't add a pipe outlet from here. I can't access a bigger picture to see more clearly, so am struggling to estimate the size.

Search for the yorkshire pegler website - there will be comprehensive listings of available fittings which your local supplier will have, or can get hold of.

 

[aqua09]

i've set the photo to open larger - thanks for the reply Dexter - i've looked and googled the part, but can see no fitments for the tap - i'm thinking maybe a standard threaded connector would fit this section - but don't know what i'm looking for to do this.

 

[dextrous]

Looks lite a 1/2" bsp to me, which is standard.

My guess of what you need is either
http://www.screwfix.com/prods/25708...ngs/Yorkshire-Kuterlite-Male-Elbow-616-15mm-x

or

http://www.screwfix.com/prods/98128...s/Yorkshire-Kuterlite-Male-Coupler-611-15mm-x

with some ptfe and possibly a touch of jointing compound.

 

[doitall]

A Conex 1/2" 302 mi x 15mm compression and some ptfe tape will fit.

 

[aqua09]

You are a STAR - i'll probably order both

Thanks for the replies - really pleased with the help on this website.

 

[dextrous]

You are a STAR - i'll probably order both

Thanks for the replies - really pleased with the help on this website.

Quick, leave before it all goes downhill rapidly

 

[kirkgas]

of the 2 options Dex gave you I would suggest the 611 as it is a straight fitting it is easier to use (with an elbow) to line up exactly where you want it, if you use the bent version it can sometimes be tricky to line up exactly where you want it AND not leak

 

[dextrous]

of the 2 options Dex gave you I would suggest the 611 as it is a straight fitting it is easier to use (with an elbow) to line up exactly where you want it, if you use the bent version it can sometimes be tricky to line up exactly where you want it AND not leak

Hope you explain that principle to your CG6129 students when they're doing the steel pipe board and rads assessment

 

[cmother1]

Looking at the photo I'm not convinced that these are 1/2" side tappings. The top connector will be a standard 1/2" compression fitting (you can just see the bottom of the male half) in which case it doesn't look to me like there's enough meat on the tap body for a 1/2" female tapping. The one on the L/H side looks distinctly smaller.

 

[Whitespirit66]

You are a STAR - i'll probably order both

Thanks for the replies - really pleased with the help on this website.

Quick, leave before it all goes downhill rapidly

 

[dextrous]

Looking at the photo I'm not convinced that these are 1/2" side tappings. The top connector will be a standard 1/2" compression fitting (you can just see the bottom of the male half) in which case it doesn't look to me like there's enough meat on the tap body for a 1/2" female tapping. The one on the L/H side looks distinctly smaller.

You might be right, but there looks to be enough for at least 4or5 threads which is tight but still possible IMO.

Think they're there to house a drainoff, so they'd be designed for a male to fit.

 

[Whitespirit66]

of the 2 options Dex gave you I would suggest the 611 as it is a straight fitting it is easier to use (with an elbow) to line up exactly where you want it, if you use the bent version it can sometimes be tricky to line up exactly where you want it AND not leak

Hope you explain that principle to your CG6129 students when they're doing the steel pipe board and rads assessment

When I left college, my first job was pipe fitting. Spent all day screwing low-carbon steel pipe into fittings whilst covered in oil. Six months was more than enough. Nightmare job. Never again!

 

[Terrywookfit]

Some of these older stoptaps had 3/8 or even 1/4" taps fitted as drain cocks.

 

[dextrous]

of the 2 options Dex gave you I would suggest the 611 as it is a straight fitting it is easier to use (with an elbow) to line up exactly where you want it, if you use the bent version it can sometimes be tricky to line up exactly where you want it AND not leak

Hope you explain that principle to your CG6129 students when they're doing the steel pipe board and rads assessment

When I left college, my first job was pipe fitting. Spent all day screwing low-carbon steel pipe into fittings whilst covered in oil. Six months was more than enough. Nightmare job. Never again!

Luckily have hardly come across them in domestic work. Long may it continue to be the case