Any plumbers around?

[rawsy]

Hi Guys,

I have installed a couple of outside taps for a friend in the past and they have enlisted me to help them again. They have a caravan and would like an outside tap for a pressure washer. All the fittings are speed fit and MDPE pipe (i think). I have never dealt with this before and was wondering the best way of fitting and outside tape.

I am a little unsure of the sizes I am dealing with and was wondering what the best practice (and cheapest) was the way forward? I think 25mm is the smaller of the 2 pipes in the picture.

I thought there may be a t piece that had a tap and 1/2" fixing on , that was wishful thinking though.

I have looked and thought I may be best getting these:

Clamp Saddle Pipe Saddle Polypropylene (PP) Single BSP Outlet 25mm To 63mm MDPE | eBay

Hose Union Bib Tap 1/2" | Toolstation

or;

MDPE Equal Tee 25mm | Toolstation

MDPE Female Elbow 25mm x 1/2" | Toolstation

Hose Union Bib Tap 1/2" | Toolstation

Thanks in advance for your advice.

 

[JimmyP]

Afternoon you have 2 sizes of alkathene there 20mm and 25mm, you could tee in to either of those, but how are you going to hang the outside tap, usually they go onto a stake in the floor or on the wall, I'm assuming it's a static caravan,?

 

[rawsy]

Yes it’s static. I can add more pipe after and fit the tap anywhere.

Just wondering what the done things is in this instance.

T piece and adaptor then tap. Or is there a better way?


Thanks

 

[JimmyP]

You got to tee in somewhere either on the 20mm pipe or 25mm probably be easier after the stoptap as you can isolate and won't have water shooting out , then get some pipe to a backplate elbow them add your outside tap

 

[rawsy]

Thanks thought that was the case. Thanks for confirmation of the pipe size. Was hoping for a 20mm 25mm 20mm tee, they don’t exist though it seems.

Thanks

 

[JimmyP]

You maybe able to get reducers have a look on here

MDPE Fittings

 

[IANB]

They could just use the drain down tap. You can just fit a hozelock connector on them. Also it is not advisable to pressure wash a statics van as you will burst the seem seals.

 

[rawsy]

Thanks for the tip. They will just be using it for the deck and to get the bird crap off the caravan.They won’t be hammering it I don’t think. They need the correct fixings in place, they would not be confident of taking the pipe off and putting it back on.