Flexi tap hose sought, but female at both ends

Feb 20, 2025 Last reply: 1 year ago 8 Replies

I've got a new toilet bidet that has come with a braided hose that is too short to be routed the way I need to do it.



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It looks like the kind used for kitchen mixer taps but it has a female connector on each end.



I need one 30-36" long. Any suggestions?



I maybe a a gender changing connector and then a long tap hose?



Tim



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Can you put another flexible one to that braided hose? It won't look good.

I think you would be better off having solid pipe closer to your bidet. And then a short flexible braid hose for the last bit.

That's what I'd do - Screwfix and Toolstation seem to have a clearance on long tap hoses + short piece of copper pipe.

Something like this will do the trick, you can get compression fitting version if you are not confident with soldering

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Many people use compression fitting stop valves removing the nut and olive off one end and screwing the flexi on. Unlike the fitting above which has a flat mating surface, a compression fitting will have a tapered end to suit the olive and could result in an unsatisfactory join damaging the seal.

Richard

I suspect I go for the “cludgy” approach and just re-route all the 15mm pipework so that the T-piece for the hose is closer to where it needs to go. Fortunately all the pipework will be concealed. A longer hose would have been nice but on comparing the threads on my hose with some old mixer tap ones that were lurking in my “plumbing bits” box, it’s a different thread.

I suspect it’s the size that is popular on the continent for plumbing toilet cisterns.

Tim

If it is just a long hose you are after then Screwfix do 900mm, 1000mm and even 1500mm they have a 15 mm compression fitting on one end and 1/2” BSP on the other. What is the end on the Bidet and what have you got on the copper pipe feeding it?

Linked below, others sellers are available:

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Half inch fittings way too big. Have another look at my picture. The T-piece connects using conventional ½” fittings but the hose uses a smaller size. Doesn’t appear to be common in the UK but I’m sure I’ve seen similar sub-½ “ fittings on toilet cisterns in France.

Tim

Think laterally

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