Garden Tap

[kloofnek]

Hi .
Can anyone tell me if there is a gadget to make my tap in the garden suitable to attach a hose pipe.The tap does not have a thread on it,so have to attach with a jubilee clip,which is not really ideal as the hose sometimes comes off.:)
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[Old_Geezer]

May be easier to replace the tap with a threaded one.

(You're sure it's not got a thread with something already screwed on, hiding it ?)

[kloofnek]

I thought someone would say that...actually ,that was the original plan but the stopcock is somewhere in the street,the one under the kitchen sink is only for indoors.
The plumber couldn't find it.:)

[sanmac]

Is the garden-tap threaded on the the inside?

[choux]

If it is as sanmac asks you can get male or female hosepipe adapters. Female fits over the outside of a threaded tap and male fits inside a threaded tap.



Jubilee clips can be ok but if the water pressure is high they fly off :(

My street stopcock is just outside my drive on the pavement. When my neighbour 2 doors away had a leak in her bathroom she rang me to ask if I could turn her stopcock off. It was seized tight so I found the external one in her front garden very close to the house.

Other than that, does your plumber need Specsavers? ;)

[kloofnek]

OH ,,never heard of that,will have to take a look.
So,if it has an inside thread????
:)

[kloofnek]

Sorry Sanmac,missed your post with pic ,tablet playing up.
Thank you very much for your input.:)

[choux]

Please don't get your thumb stuck in the tap though...

[kloofnek]

Oh dear, very sorry,Choux,just realised it was you who posted pic etc. As I said ,tablet playing up something awful:):)

[choux]

No problem, kloofnek :)

[kloofnek]

Will use my little finger. :)

[sanmac]

I must admit that I had to look up "jubilee clip". It turns out to be a British brand name for what we call a hose clamp...Learn something new every day:)

[Hopkirk]

Do you know where your water meter is? There will probably be a stop cock with it, and you could change your tap to a threaded one.

[Old_Geezer]

Pipes can be frozen off. I'd advise getting an easily accessible stopcock put in.