I have an expensive European faucet that I recxeived as a gift and would
like to install. I have been to all of the usual supplies (Gingers, Taps,
Home Depot) with no success. I was wondering if there was a way to have
two adapters produced out of brass or other compatable plumbing material.

I know the easiest solution is to by a Moen or Delta, but my wife.....

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On 04/01/14 00:18, Dave Reid wrote:
I have an expensive European faucet that I recxeived as a gift and would
like to install. I have been to all of the usual supplies (Gingers,
Taps,
Home Depot) with no success. I was wondering if there was a way to have
two adapters produced out of brass or other compatable plumbing material.
I know the easiest solution is to by a Moen or Delta, but my wife.....

Can you identify the threads used. I live in the UK, part of Europe, and
many single taps use BSP (British Standard Pipe) thread for connections,
the ISO standard pipe thread is based on BSP so the same and would be
used in Europe. Many mixer taps here with a compact base use a metric
fine thread and an O ring seal for the connection to the mixer base and
flexible hose back to the copper water pipe, typically 15mm OD. Any idea
what yours are?, IIRC 10mm is a common one. You might look here for some
ideas as to what is available on this side of the pond
http://www.screwfix.com/c/heating-pl...oses/cat831572 and
have a look round the rest of the site if you don't find what you need.
What faucet do you have as in the past I have been asked to make
modifications to seriously expensive Danish Vola equipment to suit the
interior designers requirements.

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I have an expensive European faucet that I recxeived as a gift and would
like to install. I have been to all of the usual supplies (Gingers, Taps,
Home Depot) with no success. I was wondering if there was a way to have
two adapters produced out of brass or other compatable plumbing material.
I know the easiest solution is to by a Moen or Delta, but my wife.....

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On 1/3/2014 4:18 PM, Dave Reid wrote:
I have an expensive European faucet that I recxeived as a gift and would
like to install. I have been to all of the usual supplies (Gingers, Taps,
Home Depot) with no success. I was wondering if there was a way to have
two adapters produced out of brass or other compatable plumbing material.
I know the easiest solution is to by a Moen or Delta, but my wife.....


Are you sure the European faucet has metric dimensions? When I lived in
Germany in 1985-86, a German friend told me that plumbing parts there
were, strangely, still specified using British imperial measures, i.e.
inches. I just now did a little web searching, and while I didn't find
anything definitive, I found enough to suggest that there is still at
least some truth to it; just how much it covers I can't say. I suggest
taking it to a store and seeing what fits.

On Sat, 04 Jan 2014 00:18:02 +0000, Dave Reid
wrote:

I have an expensive European faucet that I recxeived as a gift and would
like to install. I have been to all of the usual supplies (Gingers, Taps,
Home Depot) with no success. I was wondering if there was a way to have
two adapters produced out of brass or other compatable plumbing material.

I know the easiest solution is to by a Moen or Delta, but my wife.....

You're likely to get more help if you specify what sort of connection
you need to make - metric tubing, BSP or G pipe thread, etc. That
said, McMaster-Carr carries a wide selection of metric & British
fittings. Heres a 10mm tube to 1/4 NPT compression fitting, for
example:
http://www.mcmaster.com/#5269k313/=q3hjkn

--
Ned Simmons

On Sat, 04 Jan 2014 00:18:02 +0000, Dave Reid
wrote:

I have an expensive European faucet that I recxeived as a gift and would
like to install. I have been to all of the usual supplies (Gingers, Taps,
Home Depot) with no success. I was wondering if there was a way to have
two adapters produced out of brass or other compatable plumbing material.
snip

Your cheapest and easiest way may be to use euro
fittings/tubing on the faucet, and closest American feed
tubing from cut-off valves and red-neck engineer by using
good quality rubber tubing between the tubing with band
clamps. Good quality tubing should last for years.


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Unka' George

"Gold is the money of kings,
silver is the money of gentlemen,
barter is the money of peasants,
but debt is the money of slaves"

-Norm Franz, "Money and Wealth in the New Millenium"

In article s.com,
Dave Reid wrote:

I have an expensive European faucet that I recxeived as a gift and would
like to install. I have been to all of the usual supplies (Gingers, Taps,
Home Depot) with no success. I was wondering if there was a way to have
two adapters produced out of brass or other compatable plumbing material.

I know the easiest solution is to by a Moen or Delta, but my wife.....

I'd take the faucet to the local plumbing supply house (not Home Depot
or the like) and throw yourself on their mercy.

Joe Gwinn

replying to Dave Reid, Dave Reid wrote:
Dave Reid wrote:

I have an expensive European faucet that I recxeived as a gift and would
like to
install. I have been to all of the usual supplies (Gingers, Taps, Home
Depot)
with no success. I was wondering if there was a way to have two adapters
produced out of brass or other compatable plumbing material.
I know the easiest solution is to by a Moen or Delta, but my wife.....



Thanks for your quick responses. I don't have the faucet in front of me
at the moment, but will track down the manufacture's name etc. when I do.
I remember the tap threads were 16mm and that the water supply lines are
3/8.

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On Friday, January 3, 2014 at 5:18:02 PM UTC-7, Dave Reid wrote:
I have an expensive European faucet that I recxeived as a gift and would
like to install. I have been to all of the usual supplies (Gingers, Taps,
Home Depot) with no success. I was wondering if there was a way to have
two adapters produced out of brass or other compatable plumbing material.

I know the easiest solution is to by a Moen or Delta, but my wife.....

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Hey everyone. I just found the solution to my Italian (EU) faucet to American waterline connection problem. After ordering a few different adapters off of amazon my wife (who bought the faucet) found a local hydraulic hose company that sells British to US adapters. I took my EU fitting to them and voila, I finally connected my faucet without any problems. The guy I worked with, Mike Ortega, was great so want to get this out to the public.
My faucet required the 3/8" BSPP (British Standard Pipe Parallel) to 1/2" NPT, both male ended adapter. It's part # 9007-06-08 on their website.
www.hydraulichoses.com. Ask for Mike and tell him Patrick sent you. Cheers.

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On Friday, January 3, 2014 at 5:18:02 PM UTC-7, Dave Reid wrote:
I have an expensive European faucet that I recxeived as a gift and
would
like to install. I have been to all of the usual supplies (Gingers,
Taps,
Home Depot) with no success. I was wondering if there was a way to
have
two adapters produced out of brass or other compatable plumbing
material.

I know the easiest solution is to by a Moen or Delta, but my
wife.....

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Hey everyone. I just found the solution to my Italian (EU) faucet to
American waterline connection problem. After ordering a few different
adapters off of amazon my wife (who bought the faucet) found a local
hydraulic hose company that sells British to US adapters. I took my EU
fitting to them and voila, I finally connected my faucet without any
problems. The guy I worked with, Mike Ortega, was great so want to get
this out to the public.
My faucet required the 3/8" BSPP (British Standard Pipe Parallel) to
1/2" NPT, both male ended adapter. It's part # 9007-06-08 on their
website.
www.hydraulichoses.com. Ask for Mike and tell him Patrick sent you.
Cheers.

https://pipeandhose.com/book/npt-vs-bsp-pipe

replying to Dave Reid, Patrick wrote:
Hey everyone. I just found the solution to my Italian (EU) faucet to American
waterline connection problem. After ordering a few different adapters off of
amazon my wife (who bought the faucet) found a local hydraulic hose company
that sells British to US adapters. I took my EU fitting to them and voila, I
finally connected my faucet without any problems. The guy I worked with, Mike
Ortega, was great so want to get this out to the public.
My faucet required the 3/8" BSPP (British Standard Pipe Parallel) to 1/2" NPT,
both male ended adapter. It's part # 9007-06-08 on their website.
www.hydraulichoses.com. Ask for Mike and tell him Patrick sent you. Cheers.

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