A very good reason to avoid flexable connectors and select decent brassware, you will only need a hot feed because by the time it fills it might just be warm enough so don't add any cold.
Freestanding bath tap connector.
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Right, so the other end of the tail to what we can see in the photo is physically attached to the tap, in a non removable way? Can't be unscrewed at the tap end?
(Some rails have threads on both ends, some have threads on one end and compression or push fit on the other - so I'm just checking yours isn't a thread at both ends and can be unscrewed and replaced?)
If the tail can't be changed and you're stuck with that end, it's certainly, as mentioned above, a requirement to find some fitting with a parallel / flange seal (flat washer). Like a washing machine or dishwasher connector, just way smaller. I've never seen them.
Distinterior
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The majority of taps that have the small bore flexible hoses on them are made in and sold in Europe.
The Europeans have had high pressure hot & cold water systems long before we took it on board here in the UK.
I've been mainly selling these type of Taps for years, so have seen many different end connections.....12mm and 3/8" are pretty common sizes and the adaptors to fit to our 15mm standard are readily available.
The Europeans have had high pressure hot & cold water systems long before we took it on board here in the UK.
I've been mainly selling these type of Taps for years, so have seen many different end connections.....12mm and 3/8" are pretty common sizes and the adaptors to fit to our 15mm standard are readily available.
I sometimes wonder how many of the eBay taps are WRAS approved!
Distinterior
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Not all of them, that's for sure!
Having said that,....WRAS approval is not mandatory and just because the tap manufacturer hasn't applied for and been given approval, doesn't mean it isn't decent quality.....!!!
Mains pressure hot water systems are the norm in Europe, but came to the UK only fairly recently, if your system is in any way old it will be mains pressure on the cold tap in the kitchen and loft water tank only, a hot water tank in the airing cupboard with a vent pipe up and over the loft cold water tank, the problem is the European taps are not made for low pressure hot water and will give very poor flow, in line booster pumps are available and do work with European taps, low pressure taps are still available in the UK, but difficult to find any that have any aesthetic appeal.
In line pump: https://showerpowerbooster.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/FlowflexShowerManual_2021_V3.pdf
In line pump: https://showerpowerbooster.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/FlowflexShowerManual_2021_V3.pdf
Stevekane
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From memory I think you will find the 9mm is 3/8inch and that the threadform is so similar that with BSP they are interchageable, the tails on many modern kitchen taps are 9mm. Double check to be sure its not my memory playing tricks!
Steve.
Just looked them up this morning, 3/8 to 1/2 inch Bush or Nipple is what your looking for,,should be a picture here too. Sorry it will not allow me to upload the photo, but its a common fitting in a plumbers merchants. If the ones your offered have tapered faces for compression fittings its easy to facd them off on a piece of sandpaper.
Steve.
Just looked them up this morning, 3/8 to 1/2 inch Bush or Nipple is what your looking for,,should be a picture here too. Sorry it will not allow me to upload the photo, but its a common fitting in a plumbers merchants. If the ones your offered have tapered faces for compression fittings its easy to facd them off on a piece of sandpaper.
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TBH we don't know if the OP has fully pressurised H&C water systems or if he is running from a storage tank in the roof hence my question a few posts ago asking him to measure the dia. of the hole in the brass flange that he was originally asking about. If he plans to fill a bath through 3/8" flexes from a tank fed system he will be waiting a long time as has been said earlier.
Agreed but the Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations are mandatory particularly with regard to mixing of H & C involving non-balanced supplies.Having said that,....WRAS approval is not mandatory and just because the tap manufacturer hasn't applied for and been given approval, doesn't mean it isn't decent quality.....!!!
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