Flexible hoses

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I don`t like them.

After hearing too many horror stories of these things bursting, and my Dad actually had one go in his house - luckily while he was in that room!! I want them out of my house, but not sure if it`s going to be possible. I don`t know if anybody can tell me otherwise?

My bath is fine, it`s copper right to the taps, but the basin has mixer taps and from what I can see the flexible part looks like it`s part of the taps. The same also applies to the kitchen sink.

Lastly there is another one on the toilet but I can`t see the end it just vanishes up underneath the cistern - do toilets use a particular type?

In the kitchen the hoses are 10 years old, because I fitted the kitchen, but the bathroom was done before I bought the house, so the age of those is anybody`s guess? I`m getting twitchy about it now! Thanks
 
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You can get copper tap tails, just do a search and you'll find loads, but you will need to find out whether your taps are M10 or M12 (the width of the threaded end that screws into the tap). Only way to find that out though is to remove the flexi's.
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Your toilet should be able to be hard piped too, plastic may be your friend there to allow a little flexibility.
 
I've had flexible hoses for almost 20 years and apart from a bit of surface rust on some they are fine. Being able to isolate the supply locally is more important. Buy a reputable make. A lot of plumbers prefer copper tails but that may be a generational thing.

Blup
 
I have flexi's to my basin taps that came with the taps. I’m sure they restrict the flow so I have some copper tails and I keep meaning to change them over. Too busy doing nothing though….

I have a flexi to my WC as it’s all concealed - I even have to have a flexi waste pipe. It was a real fiddle to fit back in place when I had to pull it out to fit a new seat.
 
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Thanks guys for the help, that`s a nice little job for this weekend :)
 
I get called occasionally when a flexi has burst.

There are many different makes on the market and most do not come with any specifications. So you buy your flexi and hope it will be fine for many years.

But it would be wise to measure the mains water pressure. Whilst this can be say 1.5 bar during the day, this can double or more at night when no one is using any water.

I would expect most flexible pipes would withstand 1.0 bar quite well and in high pressure areas a pressure reducing valve might be worth considering.

I really do like solid copper pipes and see most flexibles as a lazy installer's solution. Not helped by the mixer taps which come with them.
 
I get called occasionally when a flexi has burst.

There are many different makes on the market and most do not come with any specifications. So you buy your flexi and hope it will be fine for many years.

But it would be wise to measure the mains water pressure. Whilst this can be say 1.5 bar during the day, this can double or more at night when no one is using any water.

I would expect most flexible pipes would withstand 1.0 bar quite well and in high pressure areas a pressure reducing valve might be worth considering.

I really do like solid copper pipes and see most flexibles as a lazy installer's solution. Not helped by the mixer taps which come with them.
Thanks Agile.

I suppose that 2 out of the 5 that I have will be safe enough as my hot water comes from a vented system, so very little pressure. I haven`t measured the mains pressure - I wouldn`t know how to to be honest, but I think it`s quite high.......
 
If the flexis are installed properly (no kinks, no tight bends) and are dry (so no corrosion going on) they'll last a lot longer. Yes they restrict flow significantly (especially if you have gravity hot water), yes they're a bodge to deskill the task of fitting sinks, baths etc.
 

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