Connecting to mains water supply for outdoor tap

[coll659]

Hi all.

New to this forum so hi to all. I hoped you could advice me on the following:

I currently have no outside tap on the front of my house which is a bit of a pain. I am about to dig up the paving stones out the front of the house to replace them with gravel so thought this would be a good time to get an outdoor tap as well.

Currently the water meter is in the front garden area (in the middle of the paved area I'm digging up) and the pipe then runs under the concrete sub-floor of the house to come in to the house near the back. There is no plumbing near the front of the house so I cant tee off any internal pipe work.

If I dig down to the mains water pipe running into the house after the meter, could I tee from this, then run a new pipe to create an outside tap? If so any advice on this?

Thanks

Colin

 

[terryplumb]

Why not fit tap at rear ,close to house water supply ( kitchen usually favorite) and mount over a grid. Then hose pipe to front. An outside tap should have an isolator ,so in winter it can be closed down from inside house ,to prevent freezing. You would not be able to do this if you connect to underground mains ,and a tap on front of house is a bit unsightly isn't it ?

 

[gasbanni]

Why not fit tap at rear ,close to house water supply ( kitchen usually favorite) and mount over a grid. Then hose pipe to front. An outside tap should have an isolator ,so in winter it can be closed down from inside house ,to prevent freezing. You would not be able to do this if you connect to underground mains ,and a tap on front of house is a bit unsightly isn't it ?

True this , unless you have timber floor that you can get under and run a pipe to the front clipped to the joists from the kitchen.if you live in a mid terrace you could run a hose pie through the house from the back. If it's a semi get a long hose pipe.

 

[John D v2.0]

Yes as above we ran a pipe under the floor with an isolator in the utility room, tap doesn't have to look too bad on the front, just use decent brass bib tap and soldered copper. Ours is painted to match the wall with a drain off below.
If you have solid floor you can possiblypossi it from between the joists upstairs at a push!

 

[bobasd]

you could use an Insuduct Groundbreaker.
branch off the main service pipe with MDPE, its more forgivin than copper. a bit fussy but you coul also fit a isolator/drainoff combi lower down near ground

 

[coll659]

Thanks for all the replies.

I have a tap out the back already, in a mid terraced house so at the moment it involves running a hose pipe through the house. Not the end of the world just a bit faffy since we have lots of plants and veg out front. I've considered many ways to run it from the mains inside but none are feasible. Perhaps this is not really feasible either just thought it was an ideal time to do it if I could.

I will look into this Insuduct a bit.

Thanks all

 

[Ian H]

I'm on a job today and they have an outside tap off their supply.

I've put a new T on for it (its at an odd angle because my mole took a nose dive). :

The pipework is in a very basic box but it doesn't freeze, today it's -5 here

The only difference will be the fittings used. If your pipe isn't blue MDPE then you will need a couple of extra fittings to connect your new T.

 

[John D v2.0]

Presumably it was existing setups but whoever installed originally left no means to drain or isolate the tap itself, and presumably the dcv is in the tap body, I'm surprised it doesn't freeze and destroy the dcv.

 

[Ian H]

Yes, that's how it has been for years. I'm not sure if there might be something inside the box but compared to an insuduct it's pretty small