Hose tap on side of house

billyhead

Folks,

I just have a query. I share a communal side entrance with my neighbour and I would like to get a tap for the hose I have for the rear garden in terms of watering the plants. The only problem is that the kitchen is in the front of the house and the washing machine/sink etc and water pipes are not directly inside the wall at the side entrance but are inside the wall between the kitchen and the living room. I suppose getting an external tap would be a non runner due to this possibly being very messy and ackward with drilling requirements etc. I believe the sink/washing machine and water pipes have to be directly inside the external wall for a side tap.

Joey the lips

billyhead wrote: »

Folks,

I just have a query. I share a communal side entrance with my neighbour and I would like to get a tap for the hose I have for the rear garden in terms of watering the plants. The only problem is that the kitchen is in the front of the house and the washing machine/sink etc and water pipes are not directly inside the wall at the side entrance but are inside the wall between the kitchen and the living room. I suppose getting an external tap would be a non runner due to this possibly being very messy and ackward with drilling requirements etc. I believe the sink/washing machine and water pipes have to be directly inside the external wall for a side tap.

You could put a tap put front down low and use it to wash cars as well.


Can you do a diagram of your house looking down on it.... Is there a downstairs bathroom you can connect into. Can you run a tap from the tank in the attic out through the facia and down the wall.

mailforkev

My own house has a side passage tap that the previous owners put in.

Comes out and down the wall from the cold water tank in my attic. Obviously only gravity fed so the pressure isn't brilliant but it's fine for washing the car/watering the garden with the hose on it.

I wouldn't have imagined it took too long to knock it together.

Joey the lips

mailforkev wrote: »

My own house has a side passage tap that the previous owners put in.

Comes out and down the wall from the cold water tank in my attic. Obviously only gravity fed so the pressure isn't brilliant but it's fine for washing the car/watering the garden with the hose on it.

I wouldn't have imagined it took too long to knock it together.

You could interupt that in the attic and connect a single impeller pump if you want it with a bit of pressure. You can also shove the copper pipe right through the 350 tank connector into the center of the tank thus preventing airbeing drawn into the pump...

although as you say its grand...

another simpler way is to run it into a barrel and connect a karcher to the base of the barrel. You can have the additional benefit of collecting rainwater with the barrel and effectivly recycleing it...

The possibilities are endless,

yoshytoshy

I'd be reluctant to run a pipe outside the house ,because of the chance of freezing.

Is your kitchen on the side of the passage area ? ,if so you should be able to drill a hole at an angle from the side entrance and fish a pipe through the back of your kitchen units.

Joey the lips

yoshytoshy wrote: »

I'd be reluctant to run a pipe outside the house ,because of the chance of freezing.

Is your kitchen on the side of the passage area ? ,if so you should be able to drill a hole at an angle from the side entrance and fish a pipe through the back of your kitchen units.

Yes I agree about the freezing I would use an isolation lever valve in the attic and leave the tap open from oct onwards. That way there would be no water in the line to freeze. Although that requires thought.If the op uses a continous 6 mtr length of pex the pipe should recover from freezeing rather than pop off.

yoshytoshy

Joey the lips wrote: »

Yes I agree about the freezing I would use an isolation lever valve in the attic and leave the tap open from oct onwards. That way there would be no water in the line to freeze. Although that requires thought.If the op uses a continous 6 mtr length of pex the pipe should recover from freezeing rather than pop off.

Qualpex running outside a house

Joey the lips

yoshytoshy wrote: »

Qualpex running outside a house

Yes i know but its easy to work with and repair if there is a leak. You could always use john gest, a bit more pleasing to the eye...

meercat

http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/7202272/Trail/searchtext%3EWATER+BUTT.htm
might be alternative for you
you can also get a pump for this
probably just as cheap and eco friendly

Joey the lips

meercat wrote: »

http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/7202272/Trail/searchtext%3EWATER+BUTT.htm
might be alternative for you
you can also get a pump for this
probably just as cheap and eco friendly

I think this is a great idea... Its not as cheap once you start buying the pump though but very easy to install....

johnjoe 123

Joey the lips wrote: »

I think this is a great idea... Its not as cheap once you start buying the pump though but very easy to install....

what is a waterbutt kit joe

Joey the lips

johnjoe 123 wrote: »

what is a waterbutt kit joe

I dont get ya does the link not work for you. Its essentially a barrel of water filled by the rain water so your recycling the rain water.

However there will be no pressure on it at all which is why a single impeller pump will be required...or a sump pump which is also fairly cheap in argos..