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    15mm tap end tails

    Hey everyone, I bought a few packs of these as they are supposed to be good for connecting flexible pipes to standard isolation valves. For the life of me I can't get the olive to tighten enough to create a water tight seal. I tighten it as was as I can and I've even tried putting some ptfe...
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    Tap Tails/Flexi's - Quality

    Hi all, Looking to open up a topic and explore it - with the aim of learning something new. Flexi tap tails - (edit: wras approved) loads available, from loads of suppliers Amazon, Screwfix, Plumb Centre etc. Cheap as chips. However - some of us prefer high quality variants of parts &...
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    Connecting tap tails to isolation valve

    Trying to install a tap in my kitchen I'm a complete DIY Novice, I've cut the copper pipes and fitted isolation valves on. The tap tails I got with the tap are 400mm in length which are way too big, smallest I can find is 300mm so I went and got them but then realised I couldn't fit them onto...
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    Bathroom tap - low water flow

    Hello, We have a waterfall tap (https://www.betterbathrooms.com/taps/waterfall-bathroom-taps/quadratm-cloakroom-waterfall-basin-mixer-tap) in our bathroom (cold being fed from a water tank in the loft, hot from cylinder in the bedroom) Recently the cold water flow has been getting worse, until...
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    what is extra o-ring with tap connector for?

    I've bought a couple of hep2o tap connector fittings, 1/2 inch female to 15 mm push fit. All very well, but in the packet there are two things, the fitting and an o-ring. It seems like there's already an oring in the fitting, so my question is, what is the other one for? I added a pic of...
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    Kitchen Tap Removal.

    Hi guys, Today i have set about going to change my mono-bloc kitchen tap. Once i cleared out the cupboard i came across this odd looking fixing holding the tap to the sink, it would seem i now have to remove the tails before i can unscrew this fixing, i have looked for this type of fixing...
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    Need to know everything about tap tails...

    I will need to change shower bath mixer tap and kitchen mixer tap. Both connect to 15 mm pipes. I have bought the shower mixer already but not the kitchen tap. The connection to the shower mixer seems very large and has threads. I could post a link t o the product (on ebay) if I'm allowed but...
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