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I had a dripping water pipe. It was in a cramped space, so I needed to temporarily remove an adjacent pipe to adjust it. The next-door pipe looked exactly the same - however, when I loosened the isolator-valve connector, it was obvious it was a gas pipe, not a water pipe. I quickly tightened...

These look very promising. I will try them and will be prepared to get a new tap if they are not suitable. Thanks again for your kind help.

Thanks again for your help. You can see both connectors in these two photos. The bolt cannot get past the head of the flexible connector, and so cannot fix to the basin. Original rigid tail fitting New flexible connector

Many thanks for that suggestion Daniel. I've already tried refitting the rigid tails, but once they are screwed in tightly they are a long way from the water pipes and very difficult for me to connect. I'm not sufficiently experienced at pipework to re-bend them (if that is possible) - and...

A tap connector to my monobloc bathroom tap has started leaking where it joins to the tap. The existing tap connectors are rigid 10mm pipes, which were bent into shape to connect with the 15mm pipes which supply the water. I want to replace these with flexible connectors as I find these...

Thanks for the very helpful reply. Buying a flexible connector turned out indeed to make the job much easier - I got a 500mm one in the end. The job is now, finally, completed. (The width measurement was from outside edge to outside edge: for Franke taps it seems to be a 12mm connector...

I have bought a monobloc mixer kitchen tap, (Franke Eiger brand) and have tried to fit it myself. However, there are two 230mm straight copper connectors on the tap which are slightly smaller than those on the previous model. So there is gap between the pipe fittings. It strikes me that...