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Help! Mixer tap feed pipes too close to fit.

wingnut · 2009-08-17 11:35:32

Hey all, replacing seperate taps with a mixer tap in the kitchen sink. I got two isolation valves to join the plastic piping to the copper screw in pipes on the tap. The only thing is the copper pipes supplied with the taps run side by side when screwed in, they are very close so I can't see how its possible to fit olvie,…

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17-08-2009 12:35pm

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wingnut

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Hey all, replacing seperate taps with a mixer tap in the kitchen sink. I got two isolation valves to join the plastic piping to the copper screw in pipes on the tap. The only thing is the copper pipes supplied with the taps run side by side when screwed in, they are very close so I can't see how its possible to fit olvie, junction and nut at all. How is is normally achieved?

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#2 17-08-2009 1:12pm
wingnut

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actually its ok. The pipes bent without much effort.

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#3 17-08-2009 2:31pm
Joey the lips

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wingnut wrote: »

actually its ok. The pipes bent without much effort.

Well done. Be careful these pipes usally have a metric fitting 10mm size so dont go perfectly on to 1/2" you can actually get a 1/2" x 10mm fitting, a 10mm 610 and a pce of 10mm pipe in most places like heatmerchants etc.

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