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A tap (also spigot or faucet: see usage variations) is a valve controlling the release of a liquid or gas.

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  1. D

    Thickness of Flexible Tap Tails

    I recently purchased monoblock bath taps with shower extension. It came with 3 flexible pipes - one for the shower (approx 13mm diameter outer pipe) and two smaller ones for hot+cold approx 10mm. I noticed the flow is a bit less when it's only using hot or cold. Will it help if I replaced the...
  2. milleniumaire

    New kitchen tap install

    I need to replace an old leaking kitchen tap at a rental property and having fitted one of these before I've decided to go for the Cooke and Lewis mono mixer from Screwfix, which comes with 356mm flexible tales and a G 1/2" end: The tenant has sent me some photos of the existing tap and...
  3. R

    Tap tails keep leaking

    Hi all, Just replaced tap in kitchen as old one was leaking, previous owner had connected using copper pipe and the isolation valve for the hot is to far away to connect to flexi, I know I could add a bit of pipe and adapter but the cost of buying all the bits far exceeded just getting a long...
  4. P

    Copper tap tails for monobloc

    Hi lads just a quick one, can you fit isolation valves straight onto monobloc copper tap tails. I know they are soft copper i have always soldered onto them and never used compression fittings but on this job i need to fit valves on. I may even go as far as chucking push fit iso valves if need...
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  5. woof woof

    Tap tails and isolation valve roblem.

    Hi all. I'm after some help... I hope I can be clear enough... After being in 9 years our bathroom basin tap started dripping. It's a single mixer tap, one with a lever that you move left or right for hot or cold water. I realised it wasn't like the ones we had in the old days where you took...
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  6. D

    Sealing monobloc tap tails

    I use Loctite 55 thread for sealing half-inch and similar BSP male screw-threads. But when fitting a monobloc tap with the tiny 10mm threaded tails where the Loctite thread looks too fat, should I rely on the O-ring (with a dab of silicon lube) for sealing, one turn of PTFE, a smear of Loctite...
  7. G

    Monobloc tap tails

    I've just fitted a monobloc basin tap. There were tails supplied with it but it impossible to tighten them with a spanner as the ends are sunk up inside the tap. On the instructions that came with the tap the tails are shown with what looks like a couple of inches of rigid section to connect to...
  8. M

    Tap tails to 15mm copper

    Good morning gentlemen. Tomorrow I'm replacing the kitchen mixer tap with a new Chinese one (Cooke & Lewis Amsel) which has 300mm flexy tails with female ends. Because these are longer than the existing rigid tails, I'll be needing new connectors for the 15mm copper feeds which I'll be...
  9. M

    Water Hammer since installing push fit tap tails

    Today I installed some push fit plastic tap tails under the sink. This replaced the previous flexible hose (4 in total joined together by last owner - don't know why). I also installed some push fit appliance taps that will go to a water filter and a dishwasher. Ever since when any tap in the...
  10. J

    Connecting flexible tap tails to isolation valve

    Hi all. Just discovered the flexible tap tails are too short to reach the isolation valves by about 60mm. When I did the same type of job at my house, I learnt that using a tap tail connector is better than connecting directly to the iso valve, with its sharp edge. However, these are too short...
  11. J

    Help! Tap tails to isolation valve.

    Hi. I am in the process of changing a sink unit. You'll have to bear with me because I don't know all the precise terms. I have the flexible hose that leads from the tap (I believe it's called a tap tail) and it connects to the msima via a nut. I wish to connect it to an isolation valve...
  12. M

    Monoblock tap tails

    Hi, how tight do people tend to tighten monoblock flexible tap tails? As tight by hand then a nip with spanner?
  13. M

    Re-using tap tails

    Hey I have a basin to swap that is cracked. I will be reusing the tap. Can the pipe tails to the tap be re used?
  14. G

    10mm/12mm Monoblock Tap Tails

    Got a 10 bathroom/kitchen council job on next week, we have the stock in now, but all the basin and kitchen monoblock taps have come with flex hoses, where do people get the tails for soldering to 15 milly? (Stock not ordered by us, some goon at the council)
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