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replaced toilet cistern existing pipe too large
Anonymous user 23/02/2024 - 3.27 PM
The cistern was install in the 1970s and the existing pipes are too large for the 15mm fittings (they are about 17-18mm). Are there any fittings that would reduce the existing pipe size or what would be the best solution?
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LLYN CAMBRIAN ELECTRICAL PLUMBING
Rating: 4.8 out of 5
If your sizing is correct the existing pipe must be an imperial size
Reducer couplings are available but if the old pipe is imperial these will be more difficult to find
The size of the pipe suggest that the water is supplied from a low pressure source ie a loft tank
Answered29 September 2019
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Anonymous user
Speedfit do a 1/2 " to 15mm connector solves all problems with imperial to metric.
Answered1 October 2019
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J.D Plumbing and Heating
Rating: 5 out of 5
Go to plumb center and ask for a no. 9 adaptor. It's a brass fitting that reduces from that thicker gauge pipe to 15mm
Answered1 October 2019
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C M Plumbing Services
Rating: 5 out of 5
18mm is too big to be imperial size which is 1/2. 18mm to 15mm or 1/2 reducers should be available from a good plumbers merchant.
Answered2 October 2019
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