Flexible hose... are these a requirement?

[JohnthePainter]

Hi folks,

I have a standard flexible hose (the braided ones) coming off my cold and hot feed to the kitchen taps, and also one to the outside tap. I'm curious... do these need to be the flexible hose? Why not just a flexi plastic pipe with some speedy fittings? Does anything gong to a tap need these specific braided flexible hose?

I going to replace all the copper pipe and fittings with plastic speedy fit ones so was just curious if I needed to keep them.

 

[snowhead]

Flexis were invented by the Devil.
And are used by his disciples.

 

[Chalked]

as sbove, flexi's are the devils child!
Speedfit ! Is its ginger stepchild!

If there is a god. It's soldered copper. :17:

 

[SimonG]

Properly installed, quality flexis are not an issue. But copper is superior.

 

[Riley]

Why are you replacing the copper????

 

[Last Plumber]

A real plumber would use copper. It would be neat and tidy. He/She would walk away with much confidence that the joint was made to last. There would be no dangers from cheap nasty rubbish rubbery things bursting open during the night. No danger from stupid leaking flexibles with built in isolation valves.

It takes a wee bit longer to use copper and costs a tad more.


Any muppet can use push fit or flexies !!

 

[Best]

That photo says so much about today's add on bits of plumbing, - nice original copper pipe in house, - simple minor plumbing job, outside tap, or whatever - and somebody buys the MORE expensive flexi hoses and push fit plastic fittings instead of a piece of copper pipe and some brass or solder joints costing less!
And a diyer has used ptfe tape on compression threads! :cuss:

 

[Paulplumb]

Not many taps are supplied without flexis now. if they're wras approved and not misused I don't have a problem with them. The amount I see almost kinked in half. Job yesterday customer supplied basin mixer with 18" flexis

 

[JohnthePainter]

Thanks for all your replies. I'm honestly trying my best! I appreciate what you're all saying re copper vs. plastic.

 

[Darren Jackson]

It's the difference between a good solid professional neat reliable copper job and the quick DIY hope it's going to be ok and last issue. But alas most mixer taps come with flexi now & so we regrettably have to use them when they do!