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[Closed] Does this bit exist - plumbers/diy/hose/tap fitting

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Hi

conveniently in the garage is a cold water tap, however the fitting appears to be somwwhat unique - end of tap is threaded and I can screw a 15mm copper compression nut onto it, is there such a bit that I can buy that will screw onto tap and convert to the plastic push garden hose fitting.

(*the tap design doesn't allow me to fit a piece of 15 mm copper as the 15mm copper is to big to fit inside the tape spout hole ......)

cheers


 
Posted : 12/01/2014 1:09 pm
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Googling "threaded tap connector" gives many, many results?

Unless it's an odd size, from memory pretty much every outdoors tap I've ever seen has had a threaded connector. I don't think it's that unique.


 
Posted : 12/01/2014 1:14 pm
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A 15mm compression fitting has a 1/2 inch bsp thread.

That is pretty standard on a tap and there are plenty of hose connectors that fit.


 
Posted : 12/01/2014 2:22 pm
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cheers, winston - that helped a lot

having seen adverts for 1/2 and 3/4 fittings hose fitting bits I now know what that weird grey insert lying the the hose spares box is - it's a 3/4 to 1/2 adapter (never needed on any other tap I've used - so I guess the current/main size is 3/4) and by sticking it into my existing 3/4 fitting it now works perfectly - doh... as the 15mm compression fitted I was expecting to need a metric to inch sort of converter - copper to plastic


 
Posted : 12/01/2014 3:18 pm

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