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[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Had a go at plumbing for the first time in 10 years, converting an indoor tap into an outside one.

I still don't trust how a tiny curved piece of metal can stop water from leaking through ("olive seal"), but seems so. The current state of the art tech are "push fittings" (read: plastic joining doo-hickeys), but I opted for the old fashion olive+nut compression fittings.

Cut the indoor 15mm pipe, fitted a 15mm --> 1/2" flexible connector with isolation to it. Drilled a 20mm hole to the outside. Slotted in the outside tap plate with 15mm copper stem. Cut the stem. Silicone'd the eff out of any gaps (because that's what the british seem to do for everything...). Elbow compression fitting on the other side. Add the 1/2" connector to the elbow. Turn the water back on, and hey presto, no leaks!

I now have an outside tap to water the plants, which might be a bit late given the heatwave has gone and my plants are either fried or tired, but I'm ready for the next one.

Next step is erecting a sun shade. No point in having a garden if you can't go in it