Hot water garden hose

200sols · 1 Jul 2019 at 17:56

Participant said:
Ha. But they're my little cherubs?

They have wetsuits for the paddling pool too; bet that yanks your crank!

Your trolling surely! :cool:

Participant · 1 Jul 2019 at 18:55

200sols said:
Your trolling surely!

Nope!

More for sun protection though really.

Participant · 2 Jul 2019 at 14:04

Here's my garage setup:

You can see the current outdoor tap bottom left.

I'm more and more keen on a mixer arrangement so I don't have to choose between boiling hot and freezing cold, but can't find anything suitable that's top entry and well built within being hideously expensive. Doesn't need to be thermostatically balanced etc.

There must be something out there and if there isn't, I'm building one!

Edit - and the ghetto alternative might be something like this:

Jez · 2 Jul 2019 at 16:12

Tbf that last solution could be made to look ok, given shorter hose leg lengths and matching taps.

R.C.Anderson · 2 Jul 2019 at 16:21

I've thought about doing this before too...

As your tap's inside, you might be best off using one of these, then connect the output to your current tap. You then will have a controllable temperature tap, with a hosepipe connection.

Participant · 2 Jul 2019 at 16:44

R.C.Anderson said:
I've thought about doing this before too...

As your tap's inside, you might be best off using one of these, then connect the output to your current tap. You then will have a controllable temperature tap, with a hosepipe connection.

That looks cool, though I can't see how it would work with my configuration. How would I get only hot or only cold? Can't tell if that's flow adjustable for each of hot and cold or not.

R.C.Anderson · 2 Jul 2019 at 16:50

Participant said:
That looks cool, though I can't see how it would work with my configuration. How would I get only hot or only cold? Can't tell if that's flow adjustable for each of hot and cold or not.

Although I'm not 100% sure about that particular one, I believe most are adjustable. Think of the temperature only dial in a shower, you choose how hot/cold you want it to be via that, then turn your tap on/off for the flow. (you might need to look into specific ones of those to get one that's adjustable as much as you need, but it's a start

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R.C.Anderson · 2 Jul 2019 at 16:55

Or...

Fit a shower mixer, similar to this, and get a 1/2" to hose bayonet adaptor to connect to the shower hose outlet.

Participant · 2 Jul 2019 at 16:57

Gonna go for another single tap and a three-way hose connector. Cheapest and easiest solution. Will report back with success / failure.

Thanks all.

Dangerous Dave · 2 Jul 2019 at 17:33

I’ve got a hot water tap in the garage the plumber said the easiest way was to plumb in a anti-scald valve normally used for baths on a second tap.

Works well water comes out at 40c (it’s adjustable) which is perfect for filling up pools. Water straight out an unvented cylinder was 60c which was too hot.

I’ve still got a full temperature hot water tap aswell. It was a bit of a pain as it’s a detached garage so involved running a insulated pipe to it.

Nathan · 2 Jul 2019 at 17:33

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Participant said:
Gonna go for another single tap and a three-way hose connector. Cheapest and easiest solution. Will report back with success / failure.

Thanks all.

Same as mine. Works well and doesn’t look like above. I take the hose connectors off when not needed.

Participant · 2 Jul 2019 at 18:49

Nathan said:
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Same as mine. Works well and doesn’t look like above. I take the hose connectors off when not needed.

Can I trouble you for a pic if you cbf? So I can visualise how you've done it? As I don't really like the look of the above.

Jez · 3 Jul 2019 at 10:36

All the above example needs is for the taps to match, and be at the same height

p), and then use very short tails to the 3 way connector (thinking 100-150mm max?) It'll look smart enough doing that.

Burned_Alive · 3 Jul 2019 at 11:29

If I was doing it that way id fab something up with some compression fittings and a bit of copper pipe just to make it neater.

Jez · 3 Jul 2019 at 11:36

Nice alternative,

Hot---15mm copper pipe---15mm brass stop tap------15mm copper pipe-----Brass Tee compression
Cold---15mm copper pipe----15mm brass stop tap----15mm copper pipe-----Brass Tee compression-------15mm copper pipe------15mm to 3/4" brass compression-----brass quick connector 3/4"

Felix · 3 Jul 2019 at 11:43

I have one, only problem is the hose pipe has expanded since getting having hot water running through it!

Participant · 6 Jul 2019 at 19:28

Project update: pipe installed, just need to tee into the 22mm hot and insulate now.

Felix said:
I have one, only problem is the hose pipe has expanded since getting having hot water running through it!

I wondered if this might happen. I do have a fancy braided hose pipe so hopefully that won't happen, but meh worth it and they're cheap anyway.

paintguy · 9 Jul 2019 at 08:21

Just a thought, but if you going for the 3 way hose connector option it might be worth adding check/one way valves near each tap so you don't blow cold water back up the hot supply, or vice versa.

Participant · 9 Jul 2019 at 19:20

paintguy said:
Just a thought, but if you going for the 3 way hose connector option it might be worth adding check/one way valves near each tap so you don't blow cold water back up the hot supply, or vice versa.

Yes good shout but each tap has a check valve built into it, not visible from the angles shown.

paintguy · 9 Jul 2019 at 19:42

Ah, problem solved then