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mixer tap/hose

  • 19-04-2011 11:52am
    #1
    donutheadhomer
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    We have a mixer tap in our kitchen sink and can't get a hose attachment to stay connected to it. I've borrowed loads/borrowed also. Guessing its an expensive job to replace this mixer with one that can attach a garden hose so I was thinking a bit outside the box.
    Under the sink are 2 copper pipes with valves on top that feed water into washing machines and dishwasher. Does anyone know if it is possible to "split" one of these pipes and attach a tap/hose attachment to meet my needs? If so what is this device called and is there a tap that has threads that can join to such a pipe.


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  • #2
    Joey the lips
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    You can actually get a hose connector for mixer taps. They are available in woodies.

    However a word of caution. Dont run the hot and cold tap together. Because if you turn the hose off at the nozzle then the pressure of the cold forces its way up the hot and it ruturns to your attic and then out through the overflow.

    If the overflow is not strong enough it will flood your house...Although i have yet to see this happening,


  • #3
    donutheadhomer
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    Joey the lips wrote: »
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    You can actually get a hose connector for mixer taps. They are available in woodies.

    However a word of caution. Dont run the hot and cold tap together. Because if you turn the hose off at the nozzle then the pressure of the cold forces its way up the hot and it ruturns to your attic and then out through the overflow.

    If the overflow is not strong enough it will flood your house...Although i have yet to see this happening,

    I have actually tried one of those and the mixer tap I have is too large to fit into it


  • #4
    donutheadhomer
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    EurasianBadger wrote: »
    I have actually tried one of those and the mixer tap I have is too large to fit into it

    I was thinking of connecting something like this to the vavle that filles the washing machine and hopefully finding a tap that coudl be threaded onto this y splitter. Anyone ever see such a tap?


  • #5
    heinbloed
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    I'm not sure if I understand your posting: a mixer tap - is this a tap where hot and cold are joined to come from one spout?
    If so try the garden center. 'Gardena' is one brand which do them.
    Inner or outer thread (if there is a thread at the spout!), diameter etc... there is a lot of choice.

    Purpose-made devices to feed the washing machine with warm water are available as well. Incl. temperature setting, timer etc...


  • #6
    Carlow52
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    Fitting a hose connection to a mixer tap with unequal pressures as in this case is not recommended because in the event that the tap is position so as the hot and cold are available, there is a risk that the rising main cold water will force its way up the hot tap into the DHW cylinder and push all the hot water out the expansion pipe into the cold water tank.

    This will certainly occur if the hose is turned off


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  • #7
    heinbloed
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    Correct, Carlow52.

    @ the OP:

    Only where the water system (hot and cold) is pressurised they can be joined.
    Otherwise a flush-back could occure, as Carlow52 said already.

    (I keep forgetting that the bucket-in-the-attic water supply system is still in use)

    But isn't the mixing tap doing the same, joining hot and cold with the risk that the high pressured pipe pushes the flow up the low-pressured pipe? For example when using a flow-reducer at the spout, a water saving device (a "perlator")?

    What would lead to the discussion how consumers react once they have to pay for the amount of water they use. Should they fit flow-reducers at the spouts/shower heads as recommended by the authorities?
    But this is off-thread...


  • #8
    heinbloed
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    ...to the OP's problem could be a pressure reducer for the cold water pipe. Reducing the pressure of the cold (pressurised?) water to the same pressure as the warm water.


  • #9
    chuchyface
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    Why dont you just fit a garden tap ? You can buy a kit that will self cut into the copper pipe under your sink http://www.buy4now.ie/woodiesdiy/productdetail.aspx?pid=1365&loc=P&catid=102.14.1


  • #10
    Joey the lips
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,262 ✭✭✭✭Joey the lips


    chuchyface wrote: »
    Why dont you just fit a garden tap ? You can buy a kit that will self cut into the copper pipe under your sink http://www.buy4now.ie/woodiesdiy/productdetail.aspx?pid=1365&loc=P&catid=102.14.1

    If your using these kids you must run the garden tap into the kitchen mains because the bore in the washing machine valve is too small for the pressure from the atic tap. It will flow but it will be very poor.


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