Garden tap fittings query

[Silvabod]

Hi - I'm a DIYer, successfully fitted an external garden tap, supply sourced from downstairs loo, standard 13 mil copper pipework, in-line cut-off. WEATHER PROBLEM - its worked fine for years EXCEPT twice now I've had split pipe due to freezing (at -8C ) despite foam protection.
My thinking - change the copper pipe run with garden hose (cheaper and easier to replace)
Looked - can't find - need fitting (olive or solder) one side to connect to pipe stub, other side, serrated hose connector same as standard tap connector.
Do they exist, if so, where, please ?

 

[Deleted member 120897]

Foam insulation (protection as you call it) doesn’t stop freezing, only delays it. Can the pipe be run internally and then a garden tap wall plate?

 

[Silvabod]

Foam insulation (protection as you call it) doesn’t stop freezing, only delays it. Can the pipe be run internally and then a garden tap wall plate?

Simple answer is "no". The garden wall tap (with soldered pipe inlet) is at the end of the outhouse wall. The loo (water source) is at the other end. Pipe runs along outhouse length, about 4 metres to the garden/tap.

Just thought of this (getting old, I'm 80) - if required fittings don't exist, one (bodge?) solution would be just cut the pipework to stubs, use jubilee clips to fix the hosepipe. Simple but possibly effective ?
Would prefer fittings, but if they don't exist ....

 

[Basher]

Metric Compression Hosetail

Metric Compression Hosetail - Nickel Plated

www.thehosemaster.co.uk

 

[Silvia]

This seems to be the fitting I need (2 of) but solution rather pricey at £13
My second thought (jubilee clips, about £1 a pair) if I haven't already got some in the shed seems a simpler cost-effective solution.
Thank you for replying.

 

[RayW]

Use .... Standard BSP fittings .

 

[Ben-gee]

Use .... Standard BSP fittings .

This is a plumbing forum, we can’t seriously be advising to plumb in an outside tap using a washing machine hose. If you don’t know what you’re doing- don’t offer advice.

 

[RayW]

This is a plumbing forum, we can’t seriously be advising to plumb in an outside tap using a washing machine hose. If you don’t know what you’re doing- don’t offer advice.

The OP was intending to use garden hose , the WM pipe is superior to that .

 

[Ric2013]

Well, I suppose you could (perhaps should?) reasonably argue that so long as the mains are protected by a double-check valve and there's an isolator, it's not much different from connecting a hose to a garden tap at one end of the garden and putting a tap on the end of the hose via a hose connector and 3/4" male iron to compression fitting onto a short bit of copper into the extra tap.

Once you consider the far-end tap as a fitting on the end of the removable hose, the situation feels rather different.

 

[JCplumb]

Simple solution - Isolate and drain down when the temp drops.