Minnie_the_Minx
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Oh and said it'd be a good idea to get a couple more elbows
Fitting an outside tap
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Minnie_the_Minx
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Yeah, have already thought of bunging ' em a score to do it whilst they're doing the other stuff. Do you think a score is fair as I have absolutely no idea a job like this takes?
Minnie_the_Minx
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Better off getting check valve in case landlord gets shirty
Minnie_the_Minx
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OK, I have an outside tap, and a friend gave me a hose. However, I obviously need an attachment to fit the two together, but I have no idea what I'm supposed to get.
This is my tap
and the hose
This is my tap
and the hose
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you need a hose connector.
gentlegreen
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You need to unscrew a bit off the tap or release the bit on the hose...
is there a thread in the yellow plastic thing ?
is there a thread in the yellow plastic thing ?
If that's a normal size hose (bit difficult to see from pic) just hack that horrible plastic bit off,then dunk end of hose in some boiling water and push it onto the brass fitting on tap.To make it completely secure you could buy a suitable sized jubilee clip and use that to clamp hose to fitting.
Actual having had a second look you should be able to just unscrew the brass fitting off the tap and the plastic gizmo should screw straight on.
Actual having had a second look you should be able to just unscrew the brass fitting off the tap and the plastic gizmo should screw straight on.
gentlegreen
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the brass fitting on the tap is probably superfluous - it's designed for a hose with a jubilee clip.
You may be missing a rubber washer in the plastic fitting...
You may be missing a rubber washer in the plastic fitting...
Minnie_the_Minx
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No thread on the hose and my sister unscrewed a bit on the tap and tried the hose and that didn't hold
gentlegreen
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can you get a photo of the plastic fitting from the side ?
Minnie_the_Minx
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gentlegreen
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how did that hose connect to your inside tap ?
Minnie_the_Minx
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There was definitely no thread. Will have to try to take another photo later.
I'm wondering if it's one of these I need, but I don't know whether hoses/outside taps are all standard sizes
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BRASS-3-4...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
If that's the case do the hacking of plastic bit off and get a jubilee clip to clamp it on,those plastic fittings are more trouble than they're worth in my opinion.
Hoses are generally the same diameter except for a few specialist ones.
Minnie_the_Minx
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gentlegreen
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you need one of those to screw on the tap, plus the female bit to terminate the hose.
They come in versions that self-seal - to plug and unplug nozzles, and ones that don't for the tap end.
Also those curly hozes aren't compatible - they usually just have a screw-on end...
Minnie_the_Minx
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ah, you mean like this, just chop top of hose of and connect with jubilee clip
gentlegreen
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... except that hose is small-bore ...
Minnie_the_Minx
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Yep although that type of setup is a bit of a pain if you are taking the hose of and on frequently it's pretty much guaranteed not to leak or come off.ah, you mean like this, just chop top of hose of and connect with jubilee clip
Is it? that's what I first thought looking at the pic then I thought highly unlikely must be just the pic.
Minnie_the_Minx
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Minnie_the_Minx
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Is there any reason I would need to take it on and off frequently? The only thing I think I might want to take it off for is if I was filling a watering can with feed mixed in, but then I suppose I could just chuck the hose in the watering can.
I could leave it on permanently couldn't I and just go for hacking top of hose off and securing with jubilee clip, or is there a reason I shouldn't leave it attached permanently?
There's no reason you'd want to take it off to be honest but I've seen people who keep the hose indoors and only connect it when they use it,some sort of hook near the tap where you can coil it out of the way is the normal solution.Re the hose just hold it up against the fitting on the tap and you'll be able to see it it's normal diameter or some sort of mini hose ,if it's the later I'd toss it and buy a regular hose.I realise money isn't available in huge amounts for anyone but they are cheap enough.
Minnie_the_Minx
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Don't have space to store it inside. I was actually going to go for a straight hose on a reel from Homebase when I was looking in there a few weeks ago, but bumped into a guy I hadn't seen for over 10 years. He told me to wait there and he'd be back in 10 minutes. He returned 10 minutes later with this hose so it cost me nothing.
gentlegreen
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Are you sure that yellow fitting doesn't come apart ?
From here it looks like a tap fitting with the threads stripped with a standard hoselock fitting attached to it.
From here it looks like a tap fitting with the threads stripped with a standard hoselock fitting attached to it.
Minnie_the_Minx
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um, I don't know. I know the tap comes apart, and with my sister being a gardener, I would have assumed she'd have looked to see if hose fitting did, but I can't remember. Will have a look in a while. Gotta go out
To be honest that type of coiled hose is a gigantic pain in the arse and your regular straight hose is much easier to deal with.Don't have space to store it inside. I was actually going to go for a straight hose on a reel from Homebase when I was looking in there a few weeks ago, but bumped into a guy I hadn't seen for over 10 years. He told me to wait there and he'd be back in 10 minutes. He returned 10 minutes later with this hose so it cost me nothing.
P.S. I've never seen those pre coiled hoses anywhere other than car washers and service stations in a situation where punters are not going to put the hose away after use and they pull themselves back out of the way.This is not to say they're not big with the Guardian readers "musts for your garden" I wouldn't know.
The hoses on a reel as per Homebase seem a good idea but I'm old school a straight hose and a hook will still function perfectly twenty years down the line, a bit of crap plastic not so much.
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Minnie_the_Minx
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It is, it's a right bloody pain. Took me ages to get it all untwisted.
My sister has one of the coiled reels, but it's much better than the one I've got.
Anyway, it would seem *cough cough* that there are threads but they don't go all the way down and they don't have anything to thread on to. However, went to hardware store today and they're adamant that this is all I need. I knew something didn't have threads, but it was obviously the tap I was thinking of
This is all I could do at the top end of hose
So hardware shop sold me one of these (which looks like a plastic version of the connector I posted earlier), but said I don't need the orange bit, so hopefully this'll work!
My sister has one of the coiled reels, but it's much better than the one I've got.
Anyway, it would seem *cough cough* that there are threads but they don't go all the way down and they don't have anything to thread on to. However, went to hardware store today and they're adamant that this is all I need. I knew something didn't have threads, but it was obviously the tap I was thinking of
This is all I could do at the top end of hose
So hardware shop sold me one of these (which looks like a plastic version of the connector I posted earlier), but said I don't need the orange bit, so hopefully this'll work!
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