Where to buy: Wall outlet for basin taps, G3/8 male

[RobertL]

We have (after a small bank loan) bought this tap:

flexible hose tails end in G3/8 (=3/8" BSP I think) female fittings which should connect to a nice male chrome fitting on the wall (with an isolator valve). You see this type of thing in Europe a lot, but not in the UK.

Does anyone know where I can buy them in the UK. I don't seem to be able to find them anywhere.

many thanks,

Robert

[dent]

How about this?

you can use a 15x10 compression reducer since the 10mm side uses a

3/8 thread. It's not very decorative though, but works fine out of sight.

dan.

[TheScullster]

"RobertL"

I fitted a similar Hansgrohe tap and found a brass fitting at the plumbers merchants 15mm compression - to - 3/8" male BSP.. With an isolating service valve directly upstream this works well. Whether the aesthetics will work in your situation is another thing

Phil

[RobertL]

thanks for the suggestions folks.

The nut on the tail does not seem to be the same as the one on a 10mm compression fitting. It's someway in between the nut son 10mm and

15mm compression fittings. Perhaps it's not actually a 3/8 thread despite what is says in the literature with the tap.

A 15mm-3/8BSP converter shuld be OK as Phil suggest but I really want a nice decorative chrome one with a valve.

This looks like what I want, with a small tap head fro isloation, but I need to check that the female thread really is 3/8.

[dent]

The nuts on my Grohe taps are more decorative (slimmer and longer) than the normal compression nut, but the internal threads are the same (3/8).

dan.

[RobertL]

I must check teh threads again because the Grohe nut thread is much bigger than the threaded part of a 10mm compression fitting - perhaps it's an 8mm fitting I am comparing with. I must measure these properly.

At least I now know what to search for : "angle valve".

Robert