how much to fit an outside tap?

movingforward2010

need one for the hose i thought directly under the kitchen window so all the mains water pipes r on the otherside. i tell u now if it comes of the tap in the kitchen sink one more time im gonna..:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Aletank

about £40 fitted - Look in your local free paper, most plumbers will probably do one for you though.

HugoSP

You can get the outside tap kits from Focus, B & q etc for around a tenner.

They have everything you need in the pack (excluding the drill bit to go through the wall). Any half decent DIYer can use them. They are really that easy.

lynsiloo

my mum just paid £40, she had to buy the stuff herself though, took the guy 2 minutes, easy money!

knithappens

i am having one done tomorrow. i bought the kit from focus for 9.99, and having someone fit it for £30

movingforward2010

thanx people, im gonna get a kit and get a plumber to install

scheming_gypsy

problem with the kit is it only makes a small hole so the water pressure is terrible. Took my 2 days to fill an 8ft round by 2ft deep swimming pool last summer.

save-a-lot

The DIY kit I got is ok, water pressure is good too. Not a problem in my case.

If you can DIY a bit then you can do this one completely by yourself. You will need to buy a masonary drill bit long enough to go from the outside to inside - check what mm bit you need, this would probably cost around another tenner and you would need a 6mm masonary drill bit for making the holes to attach the tap on the outside. Oh, also some raw plugs unless they are included in the tap fitting kit.

I have used the long masonary bit loads of times since for things like fitting outside lights, so it could come in useful again.

HTH

Spendless

Just paid £30 for supplying and fitting, but we have recently had lots of work done on huouse and it was something I asked them to add on.

scheming_gypsy

save-a-lot wrote: »

The DIY kit I got is ok, water pressure is good too. Not a problem in my case.

If you can DIY a bit then you can do this one completely by yourself. You will need to buy a masonary drill bit long enough to go from the outside to inside - check what mm bit you need, this would probably cost around another tenner and you would need a 6mm masonary drill bit for making the holes to attach the tap on the outside. Oh, also some raw plugs unless they are included in the tap fitting kit.

I have used the long masonary bit loads of times since for things like fitting outside lights, so it could come in useful again.

HTH

16mm and about over a foot long.

elsien

Something else to think about is having a point to turn it off inside the wall from the tap you're fitting. So if there's cold weather and the outside tap/pipe bursts, you can isolate it without having to turn off the water to the rest of the house. I'd never have thought of that if the plumber hadn't suggested it. Any way, I'm too cack-handed to even think of having a go myself - nearly flooded the place unblocking a u bend. Never again.