"David Hansen" wrote in message
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On Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:46:40 +0100 someone who may be "Samantha
Booth" wrote this:-

I am getting a tap kit from B&Q will there be any problem with the
fittings
they supply with it going onto the hot pipe rather than the normal cold
pipe. Its the "screw into the exsisting pipe" kind of fitting.

Fitting it into what sounds like a mains pressure hot water pipe
will be no different to fitting it to a mains pressure cold water
pipe. However, I would avoid the '"screw into the exsisting pipe"
kind of fitting' and instead fit a proper fitting, a compression or
soldered one for copper pipes.

A '"screw into the exsisting pipe" kind of fitting' may release
pieces of pipe wall into the pipe, which will then trundle along the
pipe until they find something to interfere with. If they don't do
that they are likely to make a small cut into the pipe, which will
restrict the flow rate to the new tap.



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David Hansen, Edinburgh
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Samantha,
Those kits from B&Q are rubbish, I did the same for my dogsand I used 15mm
copper pipe and compression fittings .It is not that hard to do.

Kind Regards


Micky Leeds UK.