Changing kitchen tap

[sneakers]

I would like to change our kitchen tap and assumed it would be relatively easy however looking at the pipe work i'm having second thoughts.

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• sneakers
• 15 Apr 2021

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• sneakers
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• sneakers
• 15 Apr 2021

I don't understand how the pipe connects to the mixer? Did the tap come with copper pipes already and these have been welded/soldered, or do the pipes connect somehow to the base of the mixer?

I was hoping that I would find flexi hoses under here making the installation simple, i'm guessing this is 10 times more difficult?

 

[pcaouolte]

The pipes connected to the mixer are like this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/M10x15mm-Copper-Suitable-MONOBLOCK-Mixers/dp/B075KM3WJ8

They screw into the bottom of the tap and have then been soldered to additional pipework to connect them to the isolation valves at the bottom right of your third photo.

If those isolation valves are still working you can turn them off and re-make the pipework from there to the new tap.

It looks like you have a connection to a dishwasher or washing machine after the isolation valve so you wont be able to use a flexi all the way from the isolation valve to the tap.

You will need to cut the copper pipes to get them out through the tap hole in the sink.

 

[sneakers]

Thank you, this is exactly the information that I needed.

 

[just pumps]

How far is it from bottom of the tap down to the first soldered joint? You might get away with short flexi pipes.

 

[sneakers]

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• sneakers
• 15 Apr 2021