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Lobster
 
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Grunff wrote:
Lobster wrote:


I'm going to be fitting a new bath and sink next week, and thought I'd
use those newfangled flexible steel hoses to connect the taps rather
than trying to solder pipework and copper tap connectors in just the
right position. I'm assembling a Screwfix order so was going to
include 2 sets of these. Trouble is, when you go to the relevant
subsection of the Screwfix site at http://tinyurl.com/7t38t (or
http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...2569&id=101316), there
are no less than 27 different types to choose from, and I really don't
rate my chances of getting it 100% right! Could anyone advise me
which ones I need please?

I'm using a standard matching pair of basin and bath taps (Screwfix
11216 and 18215), and the existing pipework feeding the taps is all
15mm apart from the hot bath tap, which has a 22mm pipe.

I'll be using compression fittings to attach them to the pipework, not
pushfit, by the way.


Why not pushfit?


Well, because... in fact I'm going to be getting some help on this job
from an old retired plumber, and I know from previous experience that he
won't touch pushfit fittings or plastic pipe with a bargepole. I have
no problem using it myself, and TBH I prefer it, but this chap is far
too set in his ways to change his mind if I buy pushfit he'll just
refuse to use it!

David