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Hose pipe connectors?

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  • 18-04-2010 6:26pm
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    Graces7
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    Wondering if they make a tap connector for the modern mixer taps, please?

    Surely they must?

    Thank you....


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    joewicklow
    Registered Users Posts: 265 ✭✭joewicklow


    The one you want should be here,

    http://www.hozelock.com


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    Lasereye
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26 ✭Lasereye


    yeah they are available,,,i find the "gardena" connecters are better and cheaper than hoselock products,,, available in all garden and diy centres


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    Owenw
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    I have spent a small fortune on hozelock plastic connectors and the newer ones are worse for leaking than the old style. :(

    Are brass fittings a better option to avoid leaks?


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    Lasereye
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26 ✭Lasereye


    brass are fine but expencive, try the "gardena" connectors first, better and cheaper than hozelock


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    johno2
    Registered Users Posts: 234 ✭✭johno2


    Graces7 wrote: »
    Wondering if they make a tap connector for the modern mixer taps, please?

    Surely they must?

    Thank you....

    Yes they do. I got a nobrand one in B&Q a couple of years ago for less than €5 and it hasn't leaked yet. it has a thick rubber ring which presses against the mouth of the tap and a cam shaped piece which clamps the connector onto the tap. At the bottom of it is a standard hoselock style nipple for connecting a hose. I've used it in many different houses with different taps and it's always worked. I still always throw an old teatowel over the tap just in case of a leak though.

    johno


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    Graces7
    Registered Users Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    johno2 wrote: »
    Yes they do. I got a nobrand one in B&Q a couple of years ago for less than €5 and it hasn't leaked yet. it has a thick rubber ring which presses against the mouth of the tap and a cam shaped piece which clamps the connector onto the tap. At the bottom of it is a standard hoselock style nipple for connecting a hose. I've used it in many different houses with different taps and it's always worked. I still always throw an old teatowel over the tap just in case of a leak though.

    johno

    Sounds good; the taps are.. short.. I am sure if I could find a flexible rubber hose I could wangle it; will go to the Garden Centre tomorrow. I have managed to connect to the shower by taking the head off, but the pressure is too low to connect the second length of hose pipe.

    Thanks!


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    Graces7
    Registered Users Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    joewicklow wrote: »
    The one you want should be here,

    http://www.hozelock.com


    Thank you; but they all assume some length of tap.. Here, they are stubby and curve almost immediately; needs something wider and more flexible.


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