Tight concealed cistern

[XanderHarris]

I have this concealed cistern 500mm it's tight too tight for a soldered bent tap connector are end feed ones tighter? Or any other ideas? Thanks

 

[terryplumb]

Can you adjust the nuts that secure the float valve to the cistern ,in order to take the float valve further into the cistern ,creating a few millimetres of space to accommodate the tap connector ?

 

[XanderHarris]

It's a solid nut on the other side sadly

 

[terryplumb]

Fit a spacer / plastic washers. Doesn't look like you need to gain more than a few millimetres for the tap connector to clear the cabinet ?
If that doesn't sort it ,fit a 90 degree female elbow ( such as Screwfix code 55471 )

 

[benraz69]

A bent flexible tap connector might do it - https://www.screwfix.com/p/flomasta-bent-flexible-compression-hose-15mm-x-1-2-x-500mm/808fa

 

[XanderHarris]

Thanks I was looking at these are this just a Flexi but with speedfit pipe?

 

[benraz69]

Thanks I was looking at these are this just a Flexi but with speedfit pipe?

I don’t think it uses Speedfit pipe as such, but it has a Speedfit connector (rather than a compression one, like I linked to above).

 

[XanderHarris]

What could I use as a spacer?

 

[benraz69]

Have you tried a bent flexi on there? Might not need a spacer anymore.

 

[lostinthelight]

What could I use as a spacer?

Another nut