Outside tap below DPC?
 

Just read in a DIY manual that an outside tap should be installed "at
least 250mm above DPC level".

Why? What would be the dire consequences of installing below DPC...
apart from not getting a bucket under it if the DPC were six inches
above ground level?

On a sloping site with the DPC well above ground level, the tap could
be quite high up the wall if you position above DPC.

Outside tap below DPC?
 

mike wrote:
Just read in a DIY manual that an outside tap should be installed "at
least 250mm above DPC level".

Why? What would be the dire consequences of installing below DPC...
apart from not getting a bucket under it if the DPC were six inches
above ground level?

On a sloping site with the DPC well above ground level, the tap could
be quite high up the wall if you position above DPC.

OTOH, if you have it below DPC, the inner part is going to be below ground.

Much more sensible to run it through the wall at a normal height, then run a
length of pipe down the wall and have the tap at any height you like.

Cue the 'frozen pipe' brigade...

Outside tap below DPC?
 

On 25 Jul, 14:58, mike wrote:
Just read in a DIY manual that an outside tap should be installed "at
least 250mm above DPC level".

Why? What would be the dire consequences of installing below DPC...
apart from not getting a bucket under it if the DPC were six inches
above ground level?

On a sloping site with the DPC well above ground level, the tap could
be quite high up the wall if you position above DPC.

Makes no sense. What if you had a cellar below DPC. No tap allowed ?
As you say, sloping site, sloping oversite/subfloor, many rows of blue
bricks up to DPC in back garden etc, no reason not to have a tap
within reach of the ground. As long as it it properly insulated.
Simon.

Outside tap below DPC?
 

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
mike wrote:

Just read in a DIY manual that an outside tap should be installed "at
least 250mm above DPC level".

Why? What would be the dire consequences of installing below DPC...
apart from not getting a bucket under it if the DPC were six inches
above ground level?

On a sloping site with the DPC well above ground level, the tap could
be quite high up the wall if you position above DPC.


Which manual? Does it explain the rationale? Makes little sense to me!
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Outside tap below DPC?
 

On Jul 25, 5:26*pm, "Roger Mills" wrote:

Which manual? Does it explain the rationale? Makes little sense to me!


Reader's Digest. Latest edition. No explanation.

Surely easier to insulate if the pipe is run inside.

Outside tap below DPC?
 

On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:55:02 -0700 (PDT), a particular chimpanzee,
sm_jamieson randomly hit the keyboard and
produced:

On 25 Jul, 14:58, mike wrote:
Just read in a DIY manual that an outside tap should be installed "at
least 250mm above DPC level".

Makes no sense. What if you had a cellar below DPC. No tap allowed ?

Who says it's not "allowed"? The OP quoted a DIY manual; mine says
nothing about a minimum height, so am I "allowed"?
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