any 22mm garden tap?

Stivino said:
It seems to me that what you want is a 3/4 bibcock and a 3/4 wall plate elbow. But most, if not all, garden hose fittings are 1/2". So, why not just do it in 1/2"?
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having the option, I am simply trying to have a maximised flow for as long as possible in the water chain.

mattylad said:
Again, can you get a 22mm hose?
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So many options in this modern world!
 
We used to use 22mm/3/4" rubber pipe in work but don't know where they got it from.
Obviously it won't take any standard garden watering fittings but if it's just to fill a pool then you can leave it open ended.
You could then possibly get a threaded reducer fitting to allow 'normal' 1/2" hose and fittings to be attached.
 
I have just done this, it is quite straightforward with the 22mm to ¾ wall plate. Available on eBay are kits for this with or without double check valves.

What is important to note is that the ¾ ‘farm yard’ taps have a ⅞ threaded connector on the outlet. In order to use a 19mm hose, you can either use the supplied barbed fitting, use Geka brass fittings to convert to 1” or ¾ BSP, or just stick with the Geka fittings for all your hose fittings as they are about £3 each and have a large bore. They also sell a ¾ barbed Geka fitting for the 19mm hose.

I have the ¾ hose from Toolstation and it works great.

Also, timed 15 seconds to fill a builders bucket direct from the tap.

TonyJr
 
TonyJr1 said:
I have just done this, it is quite straightforward with the 22mm to ¾ wall plate. Available on eBay are kits for this with or without double check valves.

What is important to note is that the ¾ ‘farm yard’ taps have a ⅞ threaded connector on the outlet. In order to use a 19mm hose, you can either use the supplied barbed fitting, use Geka brass fittings to convert to 1” or ¾ BSP, or just stick with the Geka fittings for all your hose fittings as they are about £3 each and have a large bore. They also sell a ¾ barbed Geka fitting for the 19mm hose.

I have the ¾ hose from Toolstation and it works great.

Also, timed 15 seconds to fill a builders bucket direct from the tap.

TonyJr
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I have an outlet with what looks like a 3" bore. It needs an extra-big tapered key.

I have no hose in that size, but a screw-on adaptor and short standpipe with a tap on the end.
 
Thanks all really for the inputs.
In the end I bought the 3/4 tap from TS so I could connect it straight to the 22mm water feed from the mains.
Didn't want to invest in 22mm hoses and accessories just yet, so I bought a 1/2 inch male threaded connector, sawn off the threaded bit, made it all nice, round and smooth, unscrewed the 3/4 hose connector from the bib tap and put in a grommet and screwed back in my customised 1/2 inch male threaded connector, jobs a good'un!

Can also boast an impressive 15 secs or so to fill a builder's bucket! :ROFLMAO:
 
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