Garden Hose Tap with Double Check Valve by Choice DIY

With a fibre washer, the tap was easily installed by myself to replace the 20+ years old tap in my back garden. It instantly got rid of the leaking of my previous tap, feeling rather good. The reason for 4* sturdiness is that we don't know how long the new tap will last. It could last 5* +.

My old outside tap was leaking from the stem, so rather than the hassle of finding a new seal and then finding it was the tap itself corroded, I decided to just fit a new tap. The old tap had been installed 20+ years ago, and no check-valve had been installed. I was pleased to see that this one had the check-valve integral, but the tap itself is not large.The original tap had been installed with a separate baseplate fixed to the wall - so this tap was a perfect replacement and just crewed into the existing baseplate connection.When I first attached it, when the tap was made up tightly it pointed upwards - and I really wanted it pointing directly down. I added several (many) layers of white ptfe tape but I could only shift the final make-up position by a few degrees.I bought a fibre washer for a few pence and a roll of yellow PTFE tape ( meant for gas and much thicker than the white variety).With those added I got a strong hand-tight make up about 45 degrees before vertical (and downwards), and nipped it up the rest of the way with a short pipe-wrench. It is now snug without being over tightened, no leaks, and the tap points downwards as would be normal.I have a spare fibre washer and the rest of the yellow PTFE tape should I need it in future years.Indoors under the sink is a 90-degree shut-off valve on the pipe to the outside tap, so I will shutoff the water for the winter and open the tap to drain the short pipe and leave it open until spring.I'll post an update on how it has lasted next year. I would recommend this tap to anyone else.

Needed to replace my old one as it froze in the sudden cold spell. This is an exact replacement and has a double check valve to prevent water re-entering the mains pipe from the outside hosepipe.Solid construction and value for money; the only issue is that if you use a washer to seal the connection [PTFE tape on its own doesn't work on my old plumbing - it needs the washer], it ends up at an angle rather than pointing directly down, otherwise its fine.

I had a leaky old hosepipe tap. I don't know anything about plumbing but from the picture on this listing, I realised that the tap just screws into the plate on the wall. So I ordered one of these taps, it came very quickly, and with the help of two quite large adjustable spanners and some plumbers PTFE tape that I already had, I unscrewed the old one and screwed the new one in. Turn the water to the hosepipe tap off first, ours has an internal stop tap for the hosepipe tap under the sink, so it can be turned off during frosts and the hosepipe tap left turned on so that when ice forms, it doesn't damage the inside of the hosepipe tap..I didn't know if to get one with the double check valve but it is good that I did as when I removed the old one,I found that it had the check valve too. This tap seems to work well. Looks good quality.

Bought this to replace our existing garden tap which had started leaking. I was impressed by the quality of this tap - a solid brass casting and two non-return valves built in, which our old tap didn't have. So not just a replacement but an improvement, since we'll now conform with regulations which require non-return (check) valves. Very quick delivery too, so I would recommend this product and seller.

easy to fit with PTFE tape. Ensure you put enough tape on to ensure a tight fit when the tap is in the upright position. If not, add or remove as required. Fitted in less than 5 mins. No leaks and looks all shiny and new! The connector shown in the picture can be easily unscrewed and removed so you can then just click on a normal hose lock connector that comes with any hose.

Very good service and very good product works well ,thank you.

So easy to fit but no matter what I’ve done, the tap connection will only tighten up when the tap is upside down. So it doesn’t drip but just doesn’t look right and is very awkward to use