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I was wondering if any one can help me. I'm fairly sure this is quite a simple exercise IF you know what you are doing! I have my washing machine in the garage and would like to put a tap close to it (basically because I am fed up having to run the hose all the way round the side of the house to wash cars!), but I have no idea how to start. Firstly, is it simple and secondly what would I need?
Many thanks

It is fairly simple, you can buy a DIY garden tap kit, which it the tap and wingback elbow. A length of hose and a self tapping isolation valve. Instructions included.

These are ok for ease of installation, but where the valve punches a hole in the pipe - it leaves a ragged edge, this is where limescale and debri will build up (over years). The flow rate wont be great as it is only a small hole it punches.

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You will need:
garden tap
wingback elbow,
non return valve (some taps have these built in)
isolation/ballofix valve,
PTFE tape
15mm tee,
15mm pipe,
2x 15mm elbow.
A cutting of overflow pipe/22mm plastic pipe to use as a sleeve to protect the copper pipe.

Pipework setup will be as follows:
tee - isolation - non return valve - elbow - sleeved pipe through wall -elbow -wingback elbow and tap.

Wrap 3 or 4 turns of PTFE tape around the male part of the tap, (in the direction of the threads) and screw into the wingback elbow.

Keep the pipework outside to a minimum, to prevent freezing. Also turn isolation valve off during winter and leave the tap open.

See our projects section. Installing an outside tap, copper compression joints and plumbing in a dishwasher and washing machine. All the answers are in there and you can buy everything you need quite cheaply with next day delivery.

Cheers htg, that's my Easter holidays sorted out!!!