To make sure you have a good supply of water to your water-butt connected system it is a good idea to collect water from any available sources such as gutters and down pipes from your house and any sheds you may have. The next job is to wrap some PTFE tape around the threads of the outside tap, around 10 – 15 wraps or more. Threads wrapped with PTFE tape If it freezes and expands inside a pipe it can very easily cause it to burst which can be a nightmare in terms of leaks and also having to repair it. You must fit an isolation valve. This means that you will be able to shut off the water supply to your new tap, whilst still having water supply to the rest of your house. You can replace the washer on the outside tap, but sometimes it’s so much easier and less of a headache to just replace the tap.

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In the majority of cases, most are joined to the domestic cold water under the sink that feeds the kitchen taps as there is generally plenty of room to install the necessary pipework and it’s obviously right next to a water supply. As we are fitting a T-joint we need to cut another section of pipe out to account for the size of the T-joint body, so measure the size of the joint body from base of collar to the same on the other side and then measure and mark this on a piece of pipe and cut it away. Yes, you can fit an outside tap yourself. If you are competent, then fitting an outside tap is definitely doable. To insatall an outside tap correctly and ensure all works as it should do, you will need the following products and tools: Once the guttering is fitted and water is able to fill your water butt you can use a simple tank connector, available for all plumbers merchants, to join more water butts together, giving you more storage.The easiest way to make a sleeve is by using a length of 22mm plastic or copper pipe cut to the depth of the hole and then pushed through.

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Depending on the length of pipe you will also need to add some pipe clips to hold it firmly to the wall. Step 8 – Fix Tap In Place and Test Learn how to fit a strap boss. A boss is used to connect a waste pipe or condensate pipe to a soil pipe When running a water pipe or indeed any object through a wall you really should run a sleeve through the hole first and then run any pipes or similar through the sleaving.

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Replacing an outside that has already been fitted is very easy and I would definitely recommend a DIYer to give it a go.