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Goldspoon
Hee hee
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Shutpa
I didn't but I will!
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Shutpa
Funny, it may be, but it doesn't answer the question of whether a push-fit connector can be used to fit a new tap? Can it?
Hepworth makes bent and straight 22mm and 15mm tap connectors suitable for screwing directly onto bath and basin tap tails. They have a socket that's suitable for either plastic or copper pipe.
John Guest does similar fittings.
Push-fit connectors can be used anywhere you like, as long as you follow the installation guidance/instructions. Broadly, this means taking immense care of any plastic pipe and reasonable care of any copper pipe that you expect an O ring to seal onto. This is where most people go wrong, the other main pitfall being failure to spot a faulty component (e.g. grab wedge) before a leak finds it for you.
Hopefully that has opened your eyes a little more, but I confess to not fully understanding your question.
There is no reason why you cant use a push fit connector, if your pipe work is metric, some older houses still have imperial pipe which will cause a problem because as far as I know, all the push fit connectors available are metric. If you do decide to go the way of a push fit, ensure the pipe work is nice and square to the fitting and lock the joints if the fittings have manual locking. You can get push fit flexible pipes which are useful.
Yes
But the push fit end is for the pipe not the threaded bit
The flexibles come with push fit one end and tap connector the other.
I find your lack of faith disturbing.
I find your lack of faith disturbing.
Just cant give it up can you, I think you need to come off the weed...
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Thanks for your help guys but I got the two parts of the tap separated so dont need new taps after all. After trying everything to separate them last night, woke up this morning, took two of the 800mm tubular legs off the trampoline, stuck one on the tap, the other on the spanner to give extra leverage, and hey presto they were undone. The new brass inner parts and the tops are now in place and I can move on to my next task, renewing the silicone in the shower cabinet (see separate posting).
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