Kitchen mixer doesn't fit pipe

[ehab563utd]

Hello,

I recently purchased this mixer, as I'm in one of those homes where my taps are all separate hot and cold without mixers (it boggles the mind as to why this is still a thing). I foolishly did so without measuring the size of the brass pipes attached to the tap.

Long story short; my brass pipes are female 28mm pipes for both hot and cold, so is my tap. I figured I'd fix it by bringing a 28mm coupler so I purchased this but it's not worked. My very poorly educated brain theorises that I actually need something like 26mm but I don't want to keep purchasing without checking what the best advice is. Happy to unscrew the taps and show those too.

Please help send me in the right direction wherever possible.

Thanks,

ehab563utd

 

[Ben-gee]

The tap you linked to (wall mounted with swivel spout?) attaches with 3/4” female threads (exactly like most shower bar valves ).
You will need to finish with 3/4” male threads at the appropriate depth from the wall.
Are your existing kitchen taps wall mounted?

 

[steadyon]

Separate hot and cold taps were used because (apart from the kitchen) in most homes the hot and cold supplies were tank fed. Separate taps allow the incoming pipes to be much larger, thus good flow rates could be achieved despite the low pressure from the tanks .
Modern mixer taps generally have small bore flexible hose connectors, or small bore copper connectors. Fine for decent pressures, but very restrictive of flow without a good deal of pressure behind.
The tap you have purchased appears to have decent sized connectors, so hopefully you won't have a problem.

 

[ehab563utd]

@Ben-gee thank you for your advice. That's exactly what I needed. @steadyon I also appreciate the reasoning too!

I purchased the couplers and then installed them. Turns out I needed washers so I purchased those too and then added some white tape (forgot the name) to secure the water on the cold tap.

I now have a new mixer and a tap that isn't hard to wash things with.

Again, thank you both for this! I knew this was the right place to go to.