Connecting a washing machine to a steel or copper pipe.

[L_Plate]

I need to make a connection from a ¾ inch steel water pipe to a washing machine.

As there is a coupler at the relevant point, would it be easier to replace the coupler with a tee and attach a straight BSP male iron and run a small piece of 15mm copper pipe vertically for the wm valve? Or is it preferable to replace the coupler with a female adaptor and run 22mm copper from here then make the connection off of the copper pipe? The steel pipe currently serves the sink and a dishwasher at the end of the branch and are about 3 metres or so away from the intended position of the washing machine. In other words is it better to replace this section of steel pipe with copper?

 

[chrishutt]

Convert the steel pipe to copper (or plastic). Are you sure it's ¾" pipe? I suspect it might be ½". either way, you only really need 15mm to connect to a sink, dishwasher and washing machine, so if it's ¾" reduce down to 15mm.

 

[L_Plate]

Well if it is 1/2" I have an adaptor and the necessary 15mm copper pipe. Thanks for that, Chris.