Freestanding bath tap connector.

[Jameshow]

I'm having replace a free standing tap and the connectors are 3/8" threaded but they have a brass collar in front of the thread which prevents you fitting a thread on them.

 

[Pedronicus]

???

A picture would be handy

 

[user 35906]

3/8" is very small for a bath do you mean 3/4"?

 

[Spectric]

Yes he must mean 3/4 because 3/8 taps don't exist. But way to little info and as said a picture would be really helpful. Basically two ways taps are connected, by a plumber using copper pipe or DIY using flexable pipe connectors.

 

[Jameshow]

Deffo 3/8 that's what the plumber merchant told me!

 

[Jameshow]

These are the bottom of the rails not the top which has stumped me!

 

[Jameshow]

 

[Yojevol]

These are the bottom of the rails not the top which has stumped me!

Do you mean 'tails'?

 

[Pedronicus]

It looks like those are designed to screw into a female connector. There should be either a fibre or rubber washer that sits at the end of the brass 'flange' and seats itself on the bottom of the female connector when the chrome thread is screwed into it. Before you go any further can you measure the dia. of the hole in the bottom of the brass flange and post it up. Are you fitting the taps to serve a basin or a bath?

 

[ChaiLatte]

What thread is on the other end of the flexi connector? It might pay you to replace the entire flexi with a more standard type.

What is the source of the taps? A recognised UK outlet or an eExpressGoodAliBangBay special?

 

[Jameshow]

I got them cheap off eBay they are free standing bath taps. The other end is fixed inside he riser tube. Will measure the end.

 

[Spectric]

Is it a mono block tap, these have smaller than usual connectors that need to be very small due to size of the tap base. Always pays to buy decent brassware because as bathrooms are a real pita at the best of times you dont want to make the job any worse.

 

[Distinterior]

A pair of these is what you need......

https://www.amazon.co.uk/15mm-Compression-Female-Adapter/dp/B00PFXLF38

 

[ChaiLatte]

A pair of these is what you need....

I think you may have missed the part of his post that says: "the connectors are 3/8" threaded but they have a brass collar in front of the thread which prevents you fitting a thread on them". I have emboldened the most salient part to attract your attention. He also posted a photo of the item showing in pixels what he originally stated in letters.

 

[Distinterior]

I think you may have missed the part of his post that says: "the connectors are 3/8" threaded but they have a brass collar in front of the thread which prevents you fitting a thread on them". I have emboldened the most salient part to attract your attention. He also posted a photo of the item showing in pixels what he originally stated in letters.

.....I appreciate that you think I misunderstood what the OP said,....but I didnt!

I supply & install kitchens, bathrooms & fitted furniture for a living and have done so for more than 40 years, so have seen and installed more than my fair share of flexi tap connectors.....

IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY at the pictures he posted up, you will see that the " brass collar" that you and he refer to, is part of the retainer that holds the male threaded nut in place and allows it to rotate....That collar is a smaller diameter than the thread itself and WILL FIT INSIDE the part that I linked to.
It will require a rubber or neoprene seal between the two, but these are normally supplied loose with the flexi tails that are fitted to his tap.

You're Welcome!

 

[Thingybob]

James the flow rate must be quite low through 3/8 as the bore must be 1/4 ish you must have to start running the bath on Saturday for a Sunday dip . I know combi presures are low but thats a funny size for a bath

Sorry read it wrong ignore me had a funny day and a covid *** ( well thats my excuse)

 

[Jameshow]

James the flow rate must be quite low through 3/8 as the bore must be 1/4 ish you must have to start running the bath on Saturday for a Sunday dip . I know combi presures are low but thats a funny size for a bath

Sorry read it wrong ignore me had a funny day and a covid *** ( well thats my excuse)

I know I'd run two pipes up a 4x2" to a pair of outside Taps but the Mrs and the girls might object!

 

[julianf]

Ive not seen the ones with the bit of brass before. Im more familiar with these -

They dont cost much, so it may be just as easy to get new tails?

Be aware that they come with all sorts of different threads on the end, and are often a pain to do up once the tap is in situ.

 

[Jameshow]

Ive not seen the ones with the bit of brass before. Im more familiar with these -

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They dont cost much, so it may be just as easy to get new tails?

Be aware that they come with all sorts of different threads on the end, and are often a pain to do up once the tap is in situ.

These are the opposite way round. The threaded end is where you would expect push pits or compression fittings!

I'll go to the plumbers shop and see what they suggest.

The floor is soaking so needs to dry out and be reinforced.

 

[Bingy man]

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Deffo 3/8 that's what the plumber merchant told me!

These are marked red and blue - red for hot and blue for cold , they are tails for a mono block tap but they look quite large -always best to buy the tap complete and you know they will fit -