Fitting and outdoor tap for a hose

"Matthew.Ridges" wrote

If you don't mind using self cutting tap take-offs, then this would be a starting point

inside the house. This enables you to turn off the supply from inside the house in the winter, leaving the outside tap open so that it cannot freeze up and burst.

taps. Although TMH suggests these are suitable for pressure washers, I saw a warning about that on Toolstation's website:

This is a fair point, but I would say that mine haven't done this: the hose and its fittings, however, have.

I have a plastic pushfit pipe connecting the outside tap to the plumbing, and not much pipe outside at all. I suspect the if it did freeze it would simply pass the pressure back to the mains supply anyway.

Reduced flow can cause the pressure washer auto-shutoff not to operate?

Only thing I can think of is that they have some sort of valve in the kit somewhere. Washing machines/dishwashers/garden hoses just accept water, pressure washers suck water.

The Hozelock self sealing connectors cause problems because the pump sucks the valve shut.

Gah!! Them things should be banned. My tenants flooded my shop by trying to fit those things, they messed up so much - they put one

JGH

Not quite the same but might give you an idea: our kitchen is round the side and an external tap supply was run through the wall from there. Then a 'Y' splitter was put on (one with individual ball valves), one hose is wound on the side wall and serves the back garden. The other - which might interest you - I ran up behind the drainpipe and along in the gutter, round to the other side of the house, from where it serves front garden and the other side of the house. You may similarly be able to hide your additional hose in the gutter: there is no need to keep running it through the house.

Nope, both our expensive Hozelock sprayhead and the brass 2-way adaptor were shattered by this winter's cold. You can empty the hoze reasonably well - if you remember - but the ball valve in the adaptor is not so easy. Better to disconnect and keep frost free.

That's odd: I was impressed at how little water they use compared with the garden hose?

They can only suck the water that is available. If the tap supplies 8 lpm thats all a hose can use or a pressure washer can suck.

They do use less water because of the pressure they develop. They were invented to do more cleaning with the same amount of water.

In which case a tap that was no good for a pressure washer would be even worse for a hose. Another reason for getting a proper tap rather than a self cutting one.