I have an old style tap outside my flat with a push fit for a hose. I managed to buy the right square key and it is working fine. My neighbour has a jetwash that connects to a proper screw on tap fitting.
Does anyone know where I could buy an adapter from push fit to screw on so he can use the existing fitting to jetwash the patio or do we need to get a plumber in to change the fitting? Thanks.
Just replace the fitting with a bib tap, sorted.
That is a drain off fitting. Normally used for draining heating and water systems.
I have never in all my days ever seen one used for an outside tap.
Every day is a school day.
Thanks for that. Very helpful. It is located close to my boiler. Maybe it is for draining the heating system? I’m now thinking it might not be a good idea to hook up a jetwash to it. Really glad I posted here. Could have been a disaster.
Check the pressure gauge in your boiler if you have let water out of the system testing the tap, you might need to pressurize again.
if you need a hose tap and can’t wait the usual 2 months for a plumber then screw fix and others do a kit that is easy to fit - it just “taps” into a pipe
need a pipe near an outside wall and a big drill and bob’s your uncle - worked well for me
screwfix.com/p/outside-tap-kit-15mm-x-1-2-/33139?kpid=33139&cm_mmc=Google--Datafeed--Outdoor%20and%20Gardening?kpid=KINASEKPID&cm_mmc=Google--TOKEN1--TOKEN2&ds_rl=1249410&gclid=Cj0KCQjw5f2lBhCkARIsAHeTvlgHBaoNC680XuQu1BnkpSsaZI9NSJ208GlDWHWnjO4BBs0VPrrGTssaAlsbEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
Any fucker that is happy sticking a hosepipe through their wall attached to a jubilee clip, deserves the resulting fallout.
If you can manage to drill hole in the correct place, surely to fuck you can connect a couple of fittings to a bit of copper tube?
Not recommended.
NOT RECOMMENDED!
seems not everyone is so keen 
He’s right tho’ - much though it pains me to admit it.
In my green years of youthful folly I fitted (in the seizure sense) a washing machine using a couple of punch-thru taps onto pre-existing copper pipes.
Blah-blah … leaked everywhere all the time … blah-blah … sold the house rather than have to face the lethal sarcasm rays of a plumber … blah-blah … moved to another town … blah-blah … changed my name* … blah-blah, &c, &c.
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*In hindsight that was a good move - I never liked ‘Myrahindley Hitler’ in the first place - dunno what my parents were thinking TBH…
