Mundane News

[Reynard]

Last time I looked in Smith's they didn't have any !

The independent little supermarket in the next village along stocks it, along with Motorsport News.

 

[Reynard]

Anyways, time to feed the cats, and then it will be time to feed me.

 

[Illaveago]

I found this

Outside Tap with Hose Union 15mm x ½" | Garden Taps | Screwfix.com

would it fit onto any size pipe?

This is our setup.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Last time I looked in Smith's they didn't have any !

Last time I looked in Smith's it was about 2010....

 

[Illaveago]

I finally got the ba5t**d ! It has taken me all day to put 2 hacksaw cuts down inside the seat post. I didn't want to damage the frame so I was a bit careful with the hacksaw blade. Even with 3 cuts it still wouldn't budge. I tried using a wood chisel to apply pressure to the segment but that didn't do much . It eventually had the effect of forcing the post down inside. At least I had some movement.
I finally manage to get it out after a lot of messing about .
I finally discovered that all my efforts to try to save it were pointless! The remains of the stem are 5.75 inches, just over 2 inches are fluted. Not much travel! It would be funny to see the TdF riders trying to use one .

 

[classic33]

May I ask the knowledgeable peeps on here a question about outside taps?

Mine seems to be up the spout, when I want to attach a hose to the tap. These houses were built in the early seventies. Does that mean that the outside tap is a smaller "bore" than would be the case in a newer house? The connector I use to join the hose to the tap has always been awkward, in that it quickly works loose, then water spurts upwards and outwards, wasting water.

The connector has one of those circular "collars" that I adjust to fit the tap, but that has seized, and now I cannot easily remove it, or adjust it. My question is this, can I change the tap so that the spout is larger, and therefore easier to fit a brass connector. Would this be a closer fit? It is now a blooming (understatement) nuisance that this problem continues.

I try to avoid watering the garden, but this week has been an exception. The pots on the patio are watered from the water butt. The patio needs a good clean, and I will need to use a pressure washer so it would make the job easier if the tap could be on "full" pressure without the hose getting ejected from the end of the tap. This is not a massive job, but I would need to ask my Very Excellent Plumber to change the tap, and I would like to know more about the options before ringing him. Thank you.

The differences in imperial and metric tap dimensions may not be relevant to our correspondents in USA.

Possible that the pipe to the tap may be imperial, 1/2 inch, or metric imperial, 13mm. Modern would be 15mm.

Try a bag of coke*, tied around the end of the tap with nothing attached to the tap. (The cheaper stuff works better.)
Leave to soak, and then try undoing the collar. Pair of pliers would be handy at this stage.

Are your hosepipe fittings of the pushfit type?
If so, a short length of pipe, held in place with a hoze clip may be the easiest option. You leave the pipe in place, and fit a snap fit fitting in place on the other end.

 

[Speicher]

The spout on the tap is half inch and the push fit (Hozelock in my case) is three quarters. The tap is fifty years old, or thereabouts, so I think a new tap is in order.

 

[DCLane]

We've had a lovely dinner out whilst in Runswick Bay, at the start of a week's holiday. The lodge we're in (think "posh mobile home") is new.

 

[classic33]

The spout on the tap is half inch and the push fit (Hozelock in my case) is three quarters. The tap is fifty years old, or thereabouts, so I think a new tap is in order.

May just be the spout that needs replacing. Does the tap itself have anything wrong with it?

 

[Reynard]

The girls had Felix AGAIL with salmon and courgette.

I had potato salad, plus tomato, avocado, mozzarella and fresh basil drizzled over with extra virgin olive oil

 

[carpiste]

The girls had Felix AGAIL with salmon and courgette.

I had potato salad, plus tomato, avocado, mozzarella and fresh basil drizzled over with extra virgin olive oil

Mmmm Salmon and courgette!
I might have swapped

 

[Reynard]

Mmmm Salmon and courgette!
I might have swapped

I've still got a couple of pouches of that left in the box. I can always trebuchet them over

 

[newts]

The spout on the tap is half inch and the push fit (Hozelock in my case) is three quarters. The tap is fifty years old, or thereabouts, so I think a new tap is in order.

A brass bush 3/4" x 1/2" is very cheap

https://www.toolstation.com/brass-h...VgrHtCh2J5QPcEAQYASABEgLxePD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

[tyred]

35 miles this evening, was like riding into an oven and the road surfaces were mostly boiled up and tacky. Drank gallons of water. Stopped to watch the sun set at the stone circle.

Was trying to decide if the 60ish year old man with the huge beer belly in a vest and a shiny chrome open-faced helmet cruising around town on a Harley-Davidson with a loud exhaust and covered in stickers and accessory LED lights is a cool look or not... A fan of Rab C Nesbit presumably....

 

[tyred]

Time to hit the hay😴