good afternoon all,we have just taken delivery of a new washing machine,it is a cold fill and for connection to the water main there is a tube which screws into the back of the machine which is flexible plastic and on the other end to fix to the water pipe is a female fitting which has a mesh filter,i havent got anything to connect it in my bits of fittings,it is not 22mm,anyone any ideas please,btw,seasons greetings to all.Bob
water connection to a washing machine
Dec 21, 2009
11 Replies
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This is the norm I think
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That washing machine tap + .. hack saw .. wire wool .. two suitable spanners ..knowledge of where the mains Stop tap is and which is the cold water pipe .. bowel :-)
Mike P
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>>> Andy C
Disagree about the hacksaw (and the wire wool). For the sake of a couple of quid, get one of these >
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Stuart Noble wibbled on Monday 21 December 2009 12:32
cutting valve. Bit more bodgy than doing it properly, but much cheaper than a plumber:
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that gets fitted to a branch off the existing water pipe ...a washing m/c Tee like this would ( might) involve less work
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I take it you havent had a washing m/c there before otherwise there would be an existing washing m/c tap somewhere ?
If you do not need a "T" then a Pegler ball valve would be better than the w/machine valves which tend to seize just when you need them. Pegler do a "lever" type and a "paddle" type - the latter gives more leverage, but can be stiff to operate.
An alternative is an electric stopvalve for the w/machine cold fill - as well as the water mains if in an obscure area (stuck as stuck behind a few hundred weight of washing machine :-)
So what happens to the cut out piece in a self cutting tap?
Dunno to be honest, buy I've never seen/heard of it causing a problem.
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