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American Tap fitting in UK

Anonymous user 23/02/2024 - 3.24 PM

Hello. I've purchased a kitchen tap from America. It's a Moen Arbor 7594EC. I was aware that the hose connections would be different, but assumed it would be fairly straight forward to find an adapter, so waited until it arrived to check exactly what would be needed. Now that it's arrived I've ascertained that the hose connections on the tap are 3/8" NPT and I'm trying to fit it to a 1/2"(15mm) BSP isolation valve. I can't for the life of me find an adapter that will do this. My questions are, am I going about this the wrong way? Is there another obvious solution that I'm missing? How do I resolve this? I'm a regular DIYer with little plumbing experience. Thankyou.

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4 Answers

Falcon Building

Rating: 5 out of 5
Manchester
if the 3/8 hose is female then all you will need is a 3/8 male to 1/2 male compression. you can pick this up at any plumbers merchants. Try looking at plumbfix.
Answered27 June 2019
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Alan Mitchinson

Rating: 5 out of 5
Rushden
npt and bsp are different threads.you can get a 3/8 npt to 1/2"bsp brass adapter from most compressor/airline shops online or amazon
Answered3 July 2019
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Anonymous user

Hi Yes you simply need to get a 1/2 inch female x 3/8 male bsp brass bush reducing connector This is something that you would have to get from a plumbing supplier rather than somewhere like a diy shop Hope that helps
Answered27 June 2019
0

Jacek Nowicki

Rating: 5 out of 5
Hayes
You can buy in Toolstation Tap Tail Adaptors 15mm x 1/2", that only 2,89£. Put the adaptors into isolation valve and screw hoses on adaptors.
Answered6 July 2019
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