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| message from IMM on 24 May 2004 |
Use a plastic tap for outside as it is les likely to freeze up.
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| Grunff replied to IMM on 24 May 2004 |
No, they aren't. They are just less likely to burst. But since it's very
rare for taps to burst...
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| BillV replied to Grunff on 24 May 2004 |
My replacement brass outside tap with check valve blows at the drain point
at the slightest provocation.
The small brass drain screw and rubber washer seem too loose.
Never had this problem with the old non-check valve tap.
What the OP won't be able to use is those outside tap kits they sell
everywhere,
as those have a clamp on tap for the inside which has to go onto copper.
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| MBQ replied to Grunff on 24 May 2004 |
Assuming the plastic is a better insulator than metal then I would say
they are less likely to freeze up. How much longer they take to freeze
and whether it's a difference worth writing about, I don't know.
MBQ
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| Grunff replied to MBQ on 24 May 2004 |
Of course there will be a very small difference - the brass tap will
freeze slightly sooner than the plastic tap - but the difference will be
so small as to be totally inconsequential.
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| IMM replied to Grunff on 24 May 2004 |
The plastic tap and pipe will expand and reform after freezing. Hence no
burst.
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| Grunff replied to IMM on 24 May 2004 |
Yes, I /know/ that, that's one of the reasons I like plastic pipe! -
have you even been following the thread??
The point is taps don't very often burst. Pipes do. Taps don't. Get it?
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| Andy Hall replied to Grunff on 24 May 2004 |
You'd think that a professional would know that....
.andy
To email, substitute .nospam with .gl
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| IMM replied to Andy Hall on 25 May 2004 |
I have known taps to burst. Also there is usually a small piece of pipe
serving the tap. Get a behind the strapped bracket tap connector to avoid
this.
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| Dave Plowman replied to Grunff on 24 May 2004 |
Can you get a plastic outdoor tap - the sort you can attach an ordinary
hose to? I'd have thought it too weak - the threads wouldn't last five
minutes.
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| Lurch replied to Dave Plowman on 24 May 2004 |
You can, but they're crap.
Since when was IMM concened with offering people round here sound and reasonable
advice?
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| Grunff replied to Dave Plowman on 24 May 2004 |
I have seen them, but they aren't widely available - probably because of
the mechanical weakness.
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