Samantha Booth wrote:

I may have asked this before but cannot see the replies.
I want to fit an outside tap on the dog run down the side of the house.
I can tap into an exsisting hot supply no problem and fit the tap. Thing is
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.


I wouldnt even think of buying a ready made kit from B+Q et al.
They are rubbish - what you expect for £10ish.

Buy a length of 15mm copper pipe for £7 or so, buy the other bits from
Screwfix - a tap with check valve is £4.60, a union for the tap,
complete with pipe to go through the wall is £3.60, a stop/isolating
valve will be £1.50, a 15mm compression T fitting and 15mm 90deg comp.
fitting will be a £1 or so each.You'll only need 30cm or so of copper
pipe, so if you already have a spare length of pipe, then the cost will
work out around the same, with far better quality components.

If possible, have the outside tap below the level of the isolating tap
inside, then you can turn off the iso tap, and open the outside tap to
get the water out of it during bad frosts.
If that is not possible, then try and fit a drain off somwhere before
the pipe goes outside to enable it to be drained easily, just in case we
do have a bad frost spell.
Alan.


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