Installing an Outside tap

[Tisme]

hello all
I’m new to the forum but wish to install an outside tap, are the kits you can get from the sheds any good. Thanks in advance

 

[Dan Robinson]

They're usually pretty cack. Especially the self cutting ones.

 

[dilalio]

hello all
I’m new to the forum but wish to install an outside tap, are the kits you can get from the sheds any good. Thanks in advance

Show us links and we’ll give an honest opinion... usually they’re pants... especially anything self-tapping (as Dan said) and/or with a flexible pipe.

 

[Mottie]

I used one of those self tapping ones to fit a dishwasher in our first house. Worked brilliantly. Two weeks later the toilet overflow was p1ssing out everywhere. I stripped it down and found a tiny copper disc wedged in the valve - the bit that had been cut out of the pipe, using the kit! It had travelled all the way along the pipes to the toilet. Never used one again.

 

[Tisme]

Thanks everyone, yes I was talking about the self cutting type. I will now do the job correctly and insert a tee.

 

[ReganAndCarter]

Yes, proper tee and some copper pipe. If you can't solder, compression fittings are ok. Don't forget double check valve and an internal valve to isolate tap in winter. Plenty of Youtube vids to guide you.

These are the easiest and neatest way of mounting the tap.

https://www.toolstation.com/shop/p3...MIia22ka702gIVVbgbCh2qLwRzEAQYAiABEgKVIPD_BwE