[Closed] Outside tap - who can fit and how much?

But, but.. I'm not a plumber (or a DIYer!) and I fitted one myself!
They sell kits in BnQ and you just need a drill to make the 'ole.
(Sorry for bleating)

I fitted a B&Q one a couple of years ago but it was damaged by a very cold snap. Water pisses out when I open the tap under the sink.

Ah, best leave it to a professional then 😉

I think you need a weatherman, not a plumber.....

I fitted a B&Q one a couple of years ago but it was damaged by a very cold snap. Water pisses out when I open the tap under the sink.

You need to turn it off under the sink and then open the outside tap, so it drains before any severe cold snaps.

Nothing to do with DIYing, any outside tap can freeze solid and split.

Them cheapo ones are fine, just do as above so the cold doesnt get it.

£10, drill, job done!

Fix your current one by replacing the pipe.

They sell kits in BnQ and you just need a drill to make the 'ole.
(Sorry for bleating)

Those kits are shocking.

I've replaced a fair few that have leaked over time. I wouldn't touch one personally.
Do it properly, or don't do it at all is my view 😉

If you are putting the tap somewhere near an existing cold water pipe then I would charge something like £45 including materials (proper fittings and decent quality tap)
It's an easy job that takes somewhere between 30 mins and an hour depending on access.

Shocking?
I have an outside tap. It was easy to fit, works and doesn't leak. What's so shocking?!

I've had one of those kits for over 15 years, still going strong cost £10.

so, can i hijack and ask a question. my cold pipe is assessed through the back of a cupboard, which has a back on it, meaning I can't get to the pipe. would I have to remove the cupboard back to get access if I wanted to use one of those kits?

Drac, that's shocking

[i]would I have to remove the cupboard back to get access if I wanted to use one of those kits?[/i]

Yeah, I think so - the thingymewhatsit screws directly onto the pipeamejog.

aah ok, I was thinking, how would I drill through from the outside and then attach. I'm not very good at DIY.... I may pay someone.

Drac, that's shocking

Truly, worse still I've never isolated it in the winter.

I fitted one of those kits once. Building was stoned walled so bit of job drilling through but after that was dead easy.

It lasted a couple of years before leaking at the pipe and flooding the en-quite. Massive job that included new floor and replacing a chunk of plasterboard on the wall. Luckily we had sold the house a year earlier

aah ok, I was thinking, how would I drill through from the outside and then attach. I'm not very good at DIY.... I may pay someone.

Best to drill out from the inside, either that or measure very very carefully. Otherwise there is the risk you may have a 'Del Boy Chandeleir' moment!

Shocking?
I have an outside tap. It was easy to fit, works and doesn't leak. What's so shocking?!

In about five years I replaced maybe a dozen of them that were leaking.
I didn't replace any that were fitted properly.

Those people had paid £10/£15 and then £45 to have it done properly not that long afterwards.

Nobody - Trade or DIY would plumb in a bath or shower using a drilled pipe, and a clamp with a bit of rubber in it.

What makes an outside tap any different ?

(I'm not saying they all leak, but a fair few do) if you want to DIY it that's great, but why not use Speedfit fittings and do it properly ??

They sell kits in BnQ and you just need a drill to make the 'ole.

If this is the type that where you place a clamp around the pipe and screw in an adapter to puncture the water pipe,

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I have used these before and they ok-ish where you have good water pressure elsewhere the lack of any flow rate makes them useless.

so, can i hijack and ask a question. my cold pipe is assessed through the back of a cupboard, which has a back on it, meaning I can't get to the pipe. would I have to remove the cupboard back to get access if I wanted to use one of those kits?

Quite often the cupboard back is just a thin sheet of hardboard sat in a slot in the chipboard frame and can be pushed out of its slot quite easily. Then fit the tap kit and cut a hole in the hardboard cupboard back so you can access the isolation tap and refit it. No need to move the cupboard.

Cost us £50 to have a tap fitted to the front of the house. Midlands area though. Didn't take the chap very long we just rang a few plumbers who quoted over the phone.

Otherwise there is the risk you may have a 'Del Boy Chandeleir' moment!

For a moment I was seeing a wall mounted chandelier...
Some of you are dead posh.

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