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Turns out that a refrigeration engineer I know reckons he can expand 5/8 pipe and then solder it in to the tap tail. I'll be back on here if it doesn't work. Thanks for all the great ideas. Chris

Yes I've thought of the soldering option. The inside diameter is approx 20mm so won't accept 22mm copper pipe. Is 20mm copper available or did you have something else in mind? I suppose 15mm might solder in with plenty of solder. I've been googling 7/8 fittings and can only come up with JIC...

Ha ha, not that much. Actually I've just found a different bstp chart which shows them as 7/8 inch. I'll see what I can find. Thanks Chris

Thanks for the replies. 3/4 is too small, 1 inch is too big. The thread doesn't match any british standard. I have tried all the local plumbing merchants, none of whom can help. A local engineering workshop measured it and came up with the 30mm - pitch 175. I thought perhaps someone would...

I have got a beautiful pair of old victorian silver plated bath taps which I want to fit to my new bath. They came off an old cast iron bath. Unfortunately I am struggling to find a tap connector to fit. The thread on the taps has an outside diameter of 30mm with a pitch of 175, 14 threads per...