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Garden Tap and hose - where am I going wrong?

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JustJam4Tea · 27/03/2022 10:40

It just sprays water everywhere when attached to hose.

Garden Tap and hose -  where am I going wrong?
Garden Tap and hose -  where am I going wrong?
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JustJam4Tea · 27/03/2022 10:52

Picture without connector

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johnd2 · 27/03/2022 11:15

Where does it spray from?
Is the ridged ring tight against the tap before you clip on the hose?

Ribenery · 27/03/2022 11:19

That grey bit going into the hose doesn't look right

Without the hose, does the water just come out the hole on the brass fitting (the bit you've screwed to the tap)

FunkyPhantom · 27/03/2022 11:28

If it's spraying out above the yellow connector on the hosepipe, I'd say that the fittings aren't compatible.

The yellow one looks like a Hozelock fitting, so just replace the brass one with an identical Hozelock one and all should be fine. 👍

JustJam4Tea · 27/03/2022 11:52

It's spraying from above the brass connector. Just swapped the brass for a plastic hoxelock one and it's better but still spraying out above the connection....

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FunkyPhantom · 27/03/2022 12:08

Get some PTFE tape, remove the connector and wrap some of the tape around the thread on the tap. This should form a tighter seal and hopefully no water escaping 😁👍

PigletJohn · 27/03/2022 19:52

screwed connections (with few exceptions) are not supposed to be watertight at the threads.

there should be a rubber washer in the connector you screw onto the tap, which is squashed between the tap spigot and the base of the female connector to make the seal.

PigletJohn · 27/03/2022 19:56

does this help?

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PigletJohn · 27/03/2022 20:27

p.s.

I just had a look at a hose connector that for some reason was next to the sink.

This is a brass one that must have come with a tap as it is new.

in this case it is composed of a brass screw-on collar, and a nozzle that fits into it. The upstream end of the nozzle fits inside the spout of the tap and seals with a small rubber O-ring. The collar has to be screwed on quite tightly to press it into place.

It's not a common design

I recommend using only the brass connectors and fittings. You can often get a pack of half a dozen different sorts at places like Aldi, in the gardening season. Plastic ones are liable to go cross-threaded and never work again.

I expect your tap has a half-inch BSP thread. Amusingly (?) neither the thread nor the tap nor the hose measure half an inch anywhere you can see. This is because it's a thread thar used to fit on the outside diameter of a thick iron pipe, that had a half-inch internal diameter. Iron pipes are now made a bit thinner, so it doesn't even fit those.

Some big taps are 3/4" or even 1" BSP. These are also not the size their name suggests.

Throughout the world, plumbing fittings are made to fit British Standard Pipe threads.

Your German washing machine has a 1/2" BSP thread on the filling hose, and so does your basin tap and your shower mixer.

There are two other things that, throughout the world, are made with old British threads.

JustJam4Tea · 27/03/2022 20:45

@PigletJohn yes that does help thank you. I think in need an extra connector bit….

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