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What fittings for new kitchen tap!

Anonymous user 16/03/2024 - 2.41 PM

Hello, I am trying to work out what adapters if any are required to change our kitchen tap. Currently it's a copper pipe into a plastic fitting, I can't for the life of me work out if it's speedfit or hep20 - or a mixture of both. I have bought a new tap that's come with a standard Flexi cable, but what do I need to buy to connect this to my current system? At the moment the copper pipes for each tape are in hep20 shut off valves from what I can work out!! I am really at a loss on how to connect new tap Any advice greatly appreciated Thanks Edit - thanks everyone! Managed to use a Herp20 Flexi adapter, 15mm straight into the existing stop valve, then the other end straight onto new tap hose 😀

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5 Answers

S Bridges

Rating: 5 out of 5
Rugeley
You need a short piece of 15mm copper pipe that can push into the isolation valve, then from that you wilii need a 15mm union coupler compression where your new female tap flexi will connect to.
Answered28 March 2021
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Trevor Messenger Plumbing and Heating

Rating: 4.9 out of 5
Castle Cary
You can use 1/2 iron to coppers or change flexi’s to ones with compression fittings on end
Answered28 March 2021
1

M3 Gas Ltd

Rating: 5 out of 5
Hoddesdon
If you have copper pipe on tap side of the isolation valves you can simply cut the copper pipe leaving enough copper pipe to fit 15mm x1/2" compression fitting which you can connect the new flexihoses to. Depending on whether the flexible connection is male or female the 1/2" side of the compression fitting will be the opposite gender
Answered28 March 2021
1

Anonymous user

tap connectors
Answered28 March 2021
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Elvis Plumbing

Rating: 5 out of 5
Wirral
If you have copper pipe on tap side of the isolation valves you can simply cut the copper pipe leaving enough copper pipe to fit 15mm x1/2" compression fitting which you can connect the new flexihoses to ,you explain very we're..I agree 👍 if I will answer I will say the same.. all the best.
Answered7 April 2021
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