Kitchen sink tap to hosepipe adapter?

roses

I want to start using a hosepipe to water my plants as it takes forever with a bucket of water.

I bought a hosepipe. I don't have an outside tap. My grandmother has a rubber teat which connects to her kitchen sink and she connects the hosepipe to that.

Does anyone know what they are called?

Or does anyone know where I can find a sink to hosepipe connector & the proper name?

Got any links to Ebay?

DisneyLyn1

Hi there,

We have exactly the same situation (no outside tap). Yesterday we bought an attachment from Wilkinsons that fits onto your kitchen sink tap, you then have to buy another adaptor which connects this to the hose. They were only a few pounds each and it works really well. Don't have the exact name of the adaptor as we have thrown the packaging away :rolleyes:

Hope this helps.

roses

Thanks, will try Wilkinson next weekend

Jayar

Not certain, but if you try one of the ubiquitous pound shops, they'll probably have something similar.

greyteam1959

All the DIY places keep them
Be carefull tho cos they wont fit some shapes of taps

roses

Do you know what they are called so I can ask when I go to the shop?

greyteam1959

Just go to the bit that sells the hosepipes and watering equipment ....usually they all stock Hoselock brand
Or just give them the dumb blonde routine 'tappy thingy'
( thats only if you are blonde tho !!)

BaileyB

I put another outside tap on my wall the weekend and took me about 30 minutes to do. It was very easy and recommend the one from B&Q as first bought the scewfix one and that was awful.

Just to add, you dont need to be a DIY expert to fit this. Ok you will need to drill a hole through your wall but the rest is easy and and you get everything you need in the pack. I think it's £9.99 for B&Q or £13 for Hozelock

paddy's_mum

roses - what you want is called a 'hose-to-tap-connector' They come in push-on rubber type or you can get them with a in-built jubilee clip to hold the hose more tightly to your tap.

My mother had the rubber push-on one years ago, and used it regularly, until one day, while watering the furthest part of her garden, the water suddenly stopped flowing. By the time she could get indoors to check what had happened, the kitchen was awash. The connector had come off the tap, dropped into the sink but was deflecting the still fast running water all over the place!

In hindsight, Mr Kennedy's suggestion of getting an outside tap kit would have been the better option for her.

roses

I bought a hosepipe from Poundstretcher which came with 3 adapters to fit it to various taps however none seem to fit on either my kitchen sink tap or my bathroom tap!

I think the rubber teat which my gran has (and my boyfriends gran has!) is the only solution. It fits onto the sink & you attach the hose to it.

But who sells them?

paddy's mum, thanks for the advice above but I can only find plastic ones (which already came with the hosepipe I bought). Who sells the rubber ones?

paddy's_mum

roses - I would suggest that you seek out an independent ironmonger shop.

You know - the old fashioned type that still sells nails and tacks by the pound, has mothballs that smell pongy instead of the more modern perfumed ones, and always seems to stock just the right sized thingummy for the whatdyamacallit!

They can often be found in the larger of the small towns (if you see what I mean) and, unlike Saturday boys in the likes of Wilko's, are usually a mine of help and information. Good luck.