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Sep 10^th, 2005, 1:55pm

wanted to replace my bathroom tap heads with these

http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp;jsessionid=KIX0MKJ1WTCANCJO2C1CJ0Q?i...

they come in half inch and in 3/4

my taps on the basin are 3/4 and on the bath appear to be 1 inch, im measuring the thread that screws into the tap, immeasuring the right part i hope?

are inch threads easy come by cos its gunna look mighty stupid with two different types of tap head Grin

(i havent ordered yet!)

cheers

ss

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thescruff Global Moderator Trade Member Author Offline Who said plumbing was easy. Posts: 6037 Total Thanks: 147 For This Post: 0 Gender: Trade: Plumber	Re: taps Reply #1 - Sep 10^th, 2005, 3:56pm normal size mate. 1/2" for the basin and 3/4" for the bath. tails may be shorter than the existing so you may have to extend the pipes
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supersparky Administrator Trade Member Author Offline Posts: 6097 Total Thanks: 3 For This Post: 0 Gender: Trade: Electrician	Re: taps Reply #2 - Sep 10^th, 2005, 4:28pm don't those ones just screw into the existing tap then? thaught it sounded too easy cheers scruff lol ss
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thescruff Global Moderator Trade Member Author Offline Who said plumbing was easy. Posts: 6037 Total Thanks: 147 For This Post: 0 Gender: Trade: Plumber	Re: taps Reply #3 - Sep 10^th, 2005, 5:03pm Yep with a bit of luck they will but the success will depend on the seating in the old tap. Give it a try ain't gona break the bank is it.
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jasonB GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 147 For This Post: 0	Re: taps Reply #4 - Sep 10^th, 2005, 7:15pm The 1/2" & 3/4" is a measurement of the bore not the outside of the thread so 1/2 BSP looks about 3/4" o.d. and 3/4" BSP is just over an inch. So you have got 1/2" basin & 3/4" bath taps. Jason
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supersparky Administrator Trade Member Author Offline Posts: 6097 Total Thanks: 3 For This Post: 0 Gender: Trade: Electrician	Re: taps Reply #5 - Sep 10^th, 2005, 7:25pm thank ya very much both of ya! ss
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scotspark Trade Member Offline mmmmm it's gonna cost you!! Posts: 3074 Total Thanks: 10 For This Post: 0 scotland Scotland Gender: Trade: Electrician	Re: taps Reply #6 - Sep 10^th, 2005, 7:28pm I got a set of them for my bath and basin when we were decorating the bathroom. the basin fitted fine but the bath ones wouldn't
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