Garden hose on washing machine fitting

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iharding wrote: »

Thanks for all the replies. Must admit I'd never heard of self-cutting taps. Think I can manage installing one of them. I've done a fair number of DIY jobs over the years but never touched plumbing; never needed to until now, so it scares me a bit! This looks a simple place to start.

I've got a mate with an SDS drill that's up to the job of making a hole through the outside wall if I bribe him with tea and cake :-)

Cheers,
Ian

If you are going to drill through the wall, may I suggest that you drill from the outside in and not from the inside out. It will require some accurate measurements, but will eliminate the risk of getting a nasty unsightly "breakout" on the face of the brick. If you must go from the inside out then use a small diameter drill initially. Hopefully, this will only cause a small "breakout". Then you can open up the hole to the required size from the outside. Just a thought from my own experience.