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Hi all
Our house hasn't got an outside tap. Not to much of a problem as we have good fake lawn but watering the few flowers back and front with a can is becoming a pain in the ass.
Looking on the web it seems easy enough to install but I think I have a problem that complicates it. From what I gather the outdoor tap splices into an indoor tap but we have no taps anywhere near an outside wall.
What would be my options for an outside tap to use with a hose.
I have tried the mixer tap connectors and they are crap and fall off.
Thanks
Our house hasn't got an outside tap. Not to much of a problem as we have good fake lawn but watering the few flowers back and front with a can is becoming a pain in the ass.
Looking on the web it seems easy enough to install but I think I have a problem that complicates it. From what I gather the outdoor tap splices into an indoor tap but we have no taps anywhere near an outside wall.
What would be my options for an outside tap to use with a hose.
I have tried the mixer tap connectors and they are crap and fall off.
Thanks
Dig down to where your water main enters the house. T into it and bring to the surface. Fit an isolation just above ground, and a drain point to drain down come winter. The isolation before the tap will save having to isolate in the street come maintenance as well as winterizing it.
It's an option.
It's an option.
Do you have an internal or external soil stack? If it's internal and on an outside wall, you may be able to run a pipe from the loft down the cavity that runs in, then punch through the outside wall at the correct level for a tap?
Also what type of floors do you have on the ground floor? If they're suspended wooden boards with carpets over them, you might be able to run a pipe from the kitchen to the outside wall under the floor.
Also what type of floors do you have on the ground floor? If they're suspended wooden boards with carpets over them, you might be able to run a pipe from the kitchen to the outside wall under the floor.
Gingerbread Man said:
Dig down to where your water main enters the house. T into it and bring to the surface. Fit an isolation just above ground, and a drain point to drain down come winter. The isolation before the tap will save having to isolate in the street come maintenance as well as winterizing it.
It's an option.
...added bonus of free water if you have a meter in the house. It's an option.
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