Hi Folks,
Ok so I want to try and do this myself but need some help - or its time to call a plumber, but I am determined I can do this.
Basically the bathroom wash basin taps are shot. Need replacing. However its hard pipe into them - I measured across (no calipers) and its seems to be 15mm. However it tapers into the taps with a reducer as far as I can see.
So my question is - how do I figure out tap sizes to fit the hard pipes into or will the bottom length variance mean its better to take off the hard piping back to joins and presumably do flexi 15 mm (female or male?) into a new set of taps ?
There are taps along the piping - so I can isolate while I do the work - excuse the state of it, recently bought house and bathroom is on list after a long list of other things!
Ok so I want to try and do this myself but need some help - or its time to call a plumber, but I am determined I can do this.
Basically the bathroom wash basin taps are shot. Need replacing. However its hard pipe into them - I measured across (no calipers) and its seems to be 15mm. However it tapers into the taps with a reducer as far as I can see.
So my question is - how do I figure out tap sizes to fit the hard pipes into or will the bottom length variance mean its better to take off the hard piping back to joins and presumably do flexi 15 mm (female or male?) into a new set of taps ?
There are taps along the piping - so I can isolate while I do the work - excuse the state of it, recently bought house and bathroom is on list after a long list of other things!
). So you have a compression elbow, 15mm pipe and it goes into a tap connector and seals using a fibre washer or sometimes nylon. Flexi’s aren’t the be all and end all and can actually reduce the output of flow. When you obtain your new taps, if they don’t come with fibre washers buy some they’re less than £2 for a packet of about 10. You just need to ensure you have removed the remnants of the old fibre washer - you can do this when the tap has been removed and look in the hole where the tap was. Oh, and you may need a basin wrench - that’s using either method.
