Idiot question about outside taps
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I can't fit my hose to it. It has a screw-thread and the outside diameter is 1 1/16". Is this a standard diameter or is it wider than the average garden tap?
The B&Q website sells an adapter for 0.5" or 0.75" taps.
http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/product/fragments/sk...
I am guess there's no way of adjusting this.
Any thoughts?
The B&Q website sells an adapter for 0.5" or 0.75" taps.
http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/product/fragments/sk...
I am guess there's no way of adjusting this.
Any thoughts?
Ah, so the adapter will fit the outside tap and allow me to use a hose. That's all I wanted to know, thanks. 
(I actually have a Hozelock but I can't for the life of me figure out how the system attaches directly to the tap; it's as if a piece is missing. So I've decided to bypass their system and just use the hose as a normal hose.)
(I actually have a Hozelock but I can't for the life of me figure out how the system attaches directly to the tap; it's as if a piece is missing. So I've decided to bypass their system and just use the hose as a normal hose.)
I'd go for a brass one. Plastic ones seem to break after a few winters.
http://mightyoaktrading.com/store/index.php?main_p...
ETA: Ah I see Ferg has just found an aluminium one.
http://mightyoaktrading.com/store/index.php?main_p...
ETA: Ah I see Ferg has just found an aluminium one.
Edited by Simpo Two on Monday 29th March 16:47
To clarify.....
3/4" BSP is the size of the thread cut on iron pipe the inside diameter of which is 3/4". ALL plumbing threads are BSP, even in metric places.
In the UK we use 1/2" BSP on basin/sink taps etc. 3/4" on bath taps. SOME Hose Union taps like yours ARE 1/2" BSP and some VERY old ones are 5/8" BSP.
3/4" BSP is the size of the thread cut on iron pipe the inside diameter of which is 3/4". ALL plumbing threads are BSP, even in metric places.
In the UK we use 1/2" BSP on basin/sink taps etc. 3/4" on bath taps. SOME Hose Union taps like yours ARE 1/2" BSP and some VERY old ones are 5/8" BSP.
Ferg said:
To clarify.....
3/4" BSP is the size of the thread cut on iron pipe the inside diameter of which is 3/4". ALL plumbing threads are BSP, even in metric places.
In the UK we use 1/2" BSP on basin/sink taps etc. 3/4" on bath taps. SOME Hose Union taps like yours ARE 1/2" BSP and some VERY old ones are 5/8" BSP.
Thank you. 3/4" BSP is the size of the thread cut on iron pipe the inside diameter of which is 3/4". ALL plumbing threads are BSP, even in metric places.
In the UK we use 1/2" BSP on basin/sink taps etc. 3/4" on bath taps. SOME Hose Union taps like yours ARE 1/2" BSP and some VERY old ones are 5/8" BSP.
I have a feeling I must have left the adapter at the old place, hence being a bit confused about why the hose won't fit.
Kind of on the subject, so I won't start a whole new thread: I'm fitting a water softener as part of my new kitchen project, but this will mean all the house water will be softened including the garden tap as it is connected to a tee in the downstairs toliet then goes through the outside wall from there. As it would be a pain (and impossible to connect into the existing tap without major destruction) to run another tap from before the new softener, is there any problem using softened water in the garden (apart from wasting the salf I suppose)?
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