Got the low pressure tap on order.
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hope the connections can be made to 15mm plastic pipe, or else I'll be ripping out tiled trunking.Will these flexible tails connect to 15mm Plastic pipe?
Sep 11, 2019
Last reply: 7 years ago
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Yup, it looks like the flexi tails terminate in a female 1/2" BSP threaded coupling. Normally I would stick a full bore compression service valve on the end of your pipe[1], take off the other nut and ditch the olive, and then screw the tail directly onto the valve. The flexi…
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Yup, it looks like the flexi tails terminate in a female 1/2" BSP threaded coupling.
Normally I would stick a full bore compression service valve on the end of your pipe[1], take off the other nut and ditch the olive, and then screw the tail directly onto the valve. The flexi has a rubber washer in it to make the seal.
[1] Remember to use the right inserts on the plastic pipe when using compression fittings.Not the most useful photo, but you can just see a flexi fixed onto a service valve in the way described here:
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Just the sort of detailed advice I needed, thanks. I would never have thought of the plastic pipe inserts myself.
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