Kitchen tap-safe to use outdoor hose attachment?

[davidg]

Hi everybody

We currently have an issue with our outdoor tap (possible issue with the check valve-not overly urgent and I’m not confident enough to start a repair job myself in the current climate).

Due to the dry weather I am keen to keep the garden watered and have managed to get a hold of a Hozelock mixer tap adaptor. I am just wondering if this is safe enough to use-ie do mixer taps have a check valve to prevent backflow when the hose isn’t on?

Any advice would be much appreciated.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

no they dont but if your sensible eg just for watering plants by hand eg with a spray attachment you should be ok

 

[davidg]

no they dont but if your sensible eg just for watering plants by hand eg with a spray attachment you should be ok

Hi Shaun

Many thanks for the reply-that’s exactly what I’ll be doing, so hopefully all will be ok!

 

[Tom81]

Hi everybody

We currently have an issue with our outdoor tap (possible issue with the check valve-not overly urgent and I’m not confident enough to start a repair job myself in the current climate).

Due to the dry weather I am keen to keep the garden watered and have managed to get a hold of a Hozelock mixer tap adaptor. I am just wondering if this is safe enough to use-ie do mixer taps have a check valve to prevent backflow when the hose isn’t on?

Any advice would be much appreciated.

I've been using a hozelock attachment on my mixer to water a freshly seeded lawn with no issues but it is the older type of mixer