On 28 Mar 2004 17:18:56 -0800, (dharmin) wrote:

If I buy Bath & Basin Taps from USA , can I use in UK ?, Will the taps
fit the UK piping system.

I am not sure about what water regs. say about hooking these up in the UK, but almost
certainly, the US taps will be NPT threaded. NPT is similar to BSP taper, but sufficiently
different to be incompatible. You can get a BSPt about 1 1/2 turns into NPT and then it stops.
Further force will strip one or both threads. The good news is that if you punt around
pneunatics/hydraulics suppliers, they can supply adapters relatively cheaply. 1/2 to 1/2 comes in at
about a fiver each here, I have not shopped around.

http://www.airlines-pneumatics.co.uk...ctCode=S010131

Once you are based on BSP, it is easy. Swagelok can probably do a NPT to 15mm olive adapter, but they
tend to be dear, if excellently engineered.

John Schmitt