• Flexi tap hose sought, but female at both ends

    From tim+@21:1/5 to All on Thu Feb 20 13:55:28 2025
    I've got a new toilet bidet that has come with a braided hose that
    is too short to be routed the way I need to do it.

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/41HXALW9FG37J4BV7

    It looks like the kind used for kitchen mixer taps but it has a
    female connector on each end.

    I need one 30-36" long. Any suggestions?

    I maybe a a gender changing connector and then a long tap hose?

    Tim
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  • From Fredxx@21:1/5 to All on Thu Feb 20 14:16:29 2025
    On 20/02/2025 13:55, tim+ wrote:
    I've got a new toilet bidet that has come with a braided hose that
    is too short to be routed the way I need to do it.

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/41HXALW9FG37J4BV7

    It looks like the kind used for kitchen mixer taps but it has a
    female connector on each end.

    I need one 30-36" long. Any suggestions?

    I maybe a a gender changing connector and then a long tap hose?

    Tim

    Can you put another flexible one to that braided hose? It won't look good.

    I think you would be better off having solid pipe closer to your bidet.
    And then a short flexible braid hose for the last bit.

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  • From Nick Finnigan@21:1/5 to All on Thu Feb 20 14:24:02 2025
    On 20/02/2025 13:55, tim+ wrote:
    I've got a new toilet bidet that has come with a braided hose that
    is too short to be routed the way I need to do it.

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/41HXALW9FG37J4BV7

    It looks like the kind used for kitchen mixer taps but it has a
    female connector on each end.

    I need one 30-36" long. Any suggestions?

    I maybe a a gender changing connector and then a long tap hose?


    That's what I'd do - Screwfix and Toolstation seem to have a clearance on long tap hoses + short piece of copper pipe.

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  • From Tricky Dicky@21:1/5 to timdownieuk@yahoo.co.uk on Thu Feb 20 16:02:34 2025
    tim+ <timdownieuk@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
    I've got a new toilet bidet that has come with a braided hose that
    is too short to be routed the way I need to do it.

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/41HXALW9FG37J4BV7

    It looks like the kind used for kitchen mixer taps but it has a
    female connector on each end.

    I need one 30-36" long. Any suggestions?

    I maybe a a gender changing connector and then a long tap hose?

    Tim

    Something like this will do the trick, you can get compression fitting
    version if you are not confident with soldering

    https://www.screwfix.com/p/yorkshire-brass-solder-ring-adapting-male-coupler-15mm-x-1-2-/98156

    Many people use compression fitting stop valves removing the nut and olive
    off one end and screwing the flexi on. Unlike the fitting above which has a flat mating surface, a compression fitting will have a tapered end to suit
    the olive and could result in an unsatisfactory join damaging the seal.

    Richard

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  • From Tim+@21:1/5 to Fredxx on Thu Feb 20 16:51:45 2025
    Fredxx <fredxx@spam.invalid> wrote:
    On 20/02/2025 13:55, tim+ wrote:
    I've got a new toilet bidet that has come with a braided hose that
    is too short to be routed the way I need to do it.

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/41HXALW9FG37J4BV7

    It looks like the kind used for kitchen mixer taps but it has a
    female connector on each end.

    I need one 30-36" long. Any suggestions?

    I maybe a a gender changing connector and then a long tap hose?

    Tim

    Can you put another flexible one to that braided hose? It won't look good.

    I think you would be better off having solid pipe closer to your bidet.
    And then a short flexible braid hose for the last bit.



    I suspect I go for the “cludgy” approach and just re-route all the 15mm pipework so that the T-piece for the hose is closer to where it needs to
    go. Fortunately all the pipework will be concealed. A longer hose would
    have been nice but on comparing the threads on my hose with some old mixer
    tap ones that were lurking in my “plumbing bits” box, it’s a different thread.

    I suspect it’s the size that is popular on the continent for plumbing
    toilet cisterns.

    Tim

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  • From Tricky Dicky@21:1/5 to timdownieuk@yahoo.co.youkay on Thu Feb 20 17:04:21 2025
    Tim+ <timdownieuk@yahoo.co.youkay> wrote:
    Fredxx <fredxx@spam.invalid> wrote:
    On 20/02/2025 13:55, tim+ wrote:
    I've got a new toilet bidet that has come with a braided hose that
    is too short to be routed the way I need to do it.

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/41HXALW9FG37J4BV7

    It looks like the kind used for kitchen mixer taps but it has a
    female connector on each end.

    I need one 30-36" long. Any suggestions?

    I maybe a a gender changing connector and then a long tap hose?

    Tim

    Can you put another flexible one to that braided hose? It won't look good. >>
    I think you would be better off having solid pipe closer to your bidet.
    And then a short flexible braid hose for the last bit.



    I suspect I go for the “cludgy” approach and just re-route all the 15mm pipework so that the T-piece for the hose is closer to where it needs to
    go. Fortunately all the pipework will be concealed. A longer hose would have been nice but on comparing the threads on my hose with some old mixer tap ones that were lurking in my “plumbing bits” box, it’s a different thread.

    I suspect it’s the size that is popular on the continent for plumbing toilet cisterns.

    Tim


    If it is just a long hose you are after then Screwfix do 900mm, 1000mm and
    even 1500mm they have a 15 mm compression fitting on one end and 1/2” BSP
    on the other. What is the end on the Bidet and what have you got on the
    copper pipe feeding it?

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  • From Alan Lee@21:1/5 to All on Thu Feb 20 19:45:02 2025
    On 20/02/2025 13:55, tim+ wrote:
    I've got a new toilet bidet that has come with a braided hose that
    is too short to be routed the way I need to do it.

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/41HXALW9FG37J4BV7

    It looks like the kind used for kitchen mixer taps but it has a
    female connector on each end.

    I need one 30-36" long. Any suggestions?

    Linked below, others sellers are available: <https://www.divapor.com/spares/showers/riser-rails-hoses/100cm-stainless-steel-braided-flexible-flexi-hose-1-2-x-1-2-bsp-7mm-bore.php?gad_source=1>

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  • From Tim+@21:1/5 to Alan Lee on Thu Feb 20 20:08:16 2025
    Alan Lee <alan@darkroom.plus.com> wrote:
    On 20/02/2025 13:55, tim+ wrote:
    I've got a new toilet bidet that has come with a braided hose that
    is too short to be routed the way I need to do it.

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/41HXALW9FG37J4BV7

    It looks like the kind used for kitchen mixer taps but it has a
    female connector on each end.

    I need one 30-36" long. Any suggestions?

    Linked below, others sellers are available: <https://www.divapor.com/spares/showers/riser-rails-hoses/100cm-stainless-steel-braided-flexible-flexi-hose-1-2-x-1-2-bsp-7mm-bore.php?gad_source=1>


    Half inch fittings way too big. Have another look at my picture. The
    T-piece connects using conventional ½” fittings but the hose uses a smaller size. Doesn’t appear to be common in the UK but I’m sure I’ve seen similar
    sub-½ “ fittings on toilet cisterns in France.

    Tim

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  • From Andrew@21:1/5 to All on Fri Feb 21 15:33:49 2025
    On 20/02/2025 13:55, tim+ wrote:
    I've got a new toilet bidet that has come with a braided hose that
    is too short to be routed the way I need to do it.

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/41HXALW9FG37J4BV7

    It looks like the kind used for kitchen mixer taps but it has a
    female connector on each end.

    I need one 30-36" long. Any suggestions?

    I maybe a a gender changing connector and then a long tap hose?

    Tim

    Think laterally

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvfL_AblstM

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