whats your opinion on this outside tap?

[T & H Plumbing]

Got a couple of jobs to fit outside taps, anyone had any experience fitting one using this?
B&Q - B&Q Outside Tap Kit customer reviews - product reviews - read top consumer ratings

and whats your thoughts

Thanks

 

[leelister6]

Is this a wind up?! :cowboy:

 

[T & H Plumbing]

Is this a wind up?! :cowboy:

no lol, i would prefer to do in Copper n do it right but customer sourced this lol

never used one thats why i asked

 

[Killy Bing]

Dont.
bore is terrible and they leak on the self cutting tee.

http://www.ukplumbersforums.co.uk/plumbing-forum/21991-fitted-garden-tap-kit-pressure-too-2.html


Lets not forget that it isnt complaint for a new install....

*eyeballs*

 

[IDCHAPPY]

Hmmm, thanks but no thanks.

 

[T & H Plumbing]

ive told her its best to do it my way, she was told these are what she needs :63:

 

[leelister6]

Had customers insist that I use what they've supplied, i.e. that garbage and point blank refused. Putting the hole through the wall is the hardest part of fitting an outside tap so when that's done why bodge the rest of the job with a bit of hosepipe and a jubilee clip?!

 

[T & H Plumbing]

i agree lee

thought id ask the question on what there like as ive never used one and dont intend to

thanks people

 

[kris]

Im with the guys on this . Any plumber should stay away for this diy setup. If you want a good package with all bits together then travis perkins do a great set with everything needed including tap with checkvalve, iso valve , teeand even piece of copper all for £13. Id put link up but im on my mobile n not sure if i can .

 

[chris watkins]

Simple way to deal with this as every plumber should know (WaterSafe).
Is the product listed by WRAS ? No, well to install it would mean you & ultimately the customer breaking the Water Regs (Law).

Just because a produce is sold by the likes of B&Q does not mean it is fit for purpose.

You could not supply a commissioning cert (your invoice) to say that it conforms to Water Regs so customer could not use the defense of employing an plumber who was qualified & new what he was doing, so they would be prosecuted themselves for polluting our water supply.

They also sell things like this which under normal domestic conditions it is almost impossible to install without a real risk to our health !!!
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[PlumbBobBob]

diy tat imho and as already said not to regulations of any type. if asked to fit one i would say sure i'll fit it but it'll cost you double to do it properly when this one fails.

 

[Dotty]

Question is........ How quick can you do it?

 

[Ermintrude]

21 seconds 21 seconds 21 seconds to gooooooo. Song I nearly as annoying and pointless as the advise your custard got from b&poo

Be some retired handy man giving out advise at b&q as he's expert!

 

[T & H Plumbing]

Question is........ How quick can you do it?

half hour

 

[PlumbBobBob]

Question is........ How quick can you do it?

with that kit about 5 minutes, most of it on the hole through the wall

 

[Koogatubac]

True plumber wouldnt use this diy tat, also will be double the price of doing it properly!

 

[BN9Pete]

I have taken a few of the B&Q outside tap kits out due to leaks, I would rather turn down a job rather than fit that kit.

 

[REDSAW]

sorry!
couldnt stop laughing/////

took one out a while back, the hose as it is exposed to sunlight had perished.
thinking about it, why not just drill hole and shove hose pipe through it, same thing?

i use the one from toolstation its a lot better but i am now awaiting the info on the travis one..............

 

[Koogatubac]

I use the brass plate where the bib tap spins in the middle and has a copper pipe already soldered on the collar, looks the business and does the job! Im naughty i dont install a check valve tho because they make a hissing noise which customers think theres a leak...depending which merchant i go for though the bib tap has a DCV, however dont like installing them as they freeze in winter easily

 

[chris watkins]

Stick with the gas, mate !! (or do the Water Reg course)

 

[T & H Plumbing]

Don't you have to fit a check valve? Due to back siphonage regs?????????

 

[Ermintrude]

Regs ? Who's he. There is reg in painting and decorating isle 5?

 

[helpsy]

New install requires a seperate dbl. c/v to be fitted inside building. Only allowed a tap with built in check valves if a replacement and don't forget to sleeve through the wall.

 

[kay-jay]

As a professional it is illegal for you to install any 'diy' tap kit.
Non compliant garbage.

 

[AWheating]

first why lose out on a job? tell them the price which you would normally charge to do it in copper with correct valves, use some of the diy parts but use copper. keep twisty valve for when you need to drain down something that has no drain off.

 

[T & H Plumbing]

I have explained using that doesn't conform to regs and she's happy that I will be doing it in copper, I think she's a bit peed she was told it would be OK to use it by a trade professional at B&Q

 

[Killy Bing]

I have explained using that doesn't conform to regs and she's happy that I will be doing it in copper, I think she's a bit peed she was told it would be OK to use it by a trade professional at B&Q

my ex girlfriend is a trade professional for the plumbing and bathrooms at b&q.

you can imagine the fun i poke at her for it, she knows sod all

 

[T & H Plumbing]

The B&Q I used at Castleford was spot on the trade pros really knew there stuff I guess this B&Q was run by cowboys

 

[kay-jay]

They are generally numpties at bnq.
I was caught out on a job once and needed a tin of gas. I was stood in the aisle looking for mapp. Young lad about 25 in an orange apron comes up to me and tells me its actually propane that I require. No it isnt I said. Oh yes it is said he. Take my word for it he says you can trust me im a plumber by trade. I replied "course you are chicken, thats why you're working here for minimum wage"

 

[Ray Stafford]

a trade professional at B&Q

Thats the funniest thing I've heard all week.

 

[T & H Plumbing]

you can do it when you B&Q it

 

[Bhoydavid]

If I was fitting a garden tap I'd be supplying my own stuff from a merchants rather than that. Know what your working with fittings wise is half the battle.