I want to fit an outside tap in the back garden so its easier to water the
plants ect, but the problem I have is the kitchen and all the water pipes
are at the front of the house ! which means plumbing something in from the
front of the house to the back.

any ideas on the best way to plumb one in, copper pipe, plastic pipe under
ground front to rear ?

"reg"  wrote in message 
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>I want to fit an outside tap in the back garden so its easier to water the
> plants ect, but the problem I have is the kitchen and all the water pipes
> are at the front of the house ! which means plumbing something in from the
> front of the house to the back.
>
> any ideas on the best way to plumb one in, copper pipe, plastic pipe under
> ground front to rear ?
>



How about a tap in the front garden and a long hose on a reel to do th back 
grden watering!

HTH

John

"reg"  wrote in message
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> I want to fit an outside tap in the back garden so its easier to water the
> plants ect, but the problem I have is the kitchen and all the water pipes
> are at the front of the house ! which means plumbing something in from the
> front of the house to the back.
>
> any ideas on the best way to plumb one in, copper pipe, plastic pipe under
> ground front to rear ?
>
>

 A lot will depend on access. If your floors are concrete that would be a
lot of chiselling. If you have a void under the floorboards that would be
easier.

Or-

Tee into the rising main in the loft (with an isolator), across the joists,
down through the soffit and down the back wall? I'm thinking of doing that
myself, my ground floor is concrete. I may get round to it at some point.

Steve

"reg"  wrote in message
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> I want to fit an outside tap in the back garden so its easier to water the
> plants ect, but the problem I have is the kitchen and all the water pipes
> are at the front of the house ! which means plumbing something in from the
> front of the house to the back.
>
> any ideas on the best way to plumb one in, copper pipe, plastic pipe under
> ground front to rear ?
>
>

Fit a hose to your bath tap then stick the hose out the window.

"reg"  wrote in message 
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>I want to fit an outside tap in the back garden so its easier to water the
> plants ect, but the problem I have is the kitchen and all the water pipes
> are at the front of the house ! which means plumbing something in from the
> front of the house to the back.
>
> any ideas on the best way to plumb one in, copper pipe, plastic pipe under
> ground front to rear ?
>

If you have floorboards then under the floor with plastic pipe is the 
easiest and most aesthetically pleasing method. If you have concrete floors 
and do not want to either dig the concrete floor up or dig a trench around 
the garden then Steve is correct and you should use surface mounted copper 
pipe clipped to the outside of the house. This pipe could come from the loft 
and down the back wall if there is mains water in the loft.

Adam

Just make sure that you lag the pipe and build in some way of draining it
down for the winter, else you`ll have a nice water feature down the back of
the house & get yourself a nice dose of damp as well.

Richard

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>
> "reg"  wrote in message
> news:d99l05$r5p$1@newsg3.svr.pol.co.uk...
> >I want to fit an outside tap in the back garden so its easier to water
the
> > plants ect, but the problem I have is the kitchen and all the water
pipes
> > are at the front of the house ! which means plumbing something in from
the
> > front of the house to the back.
> >
> > any ideas on the best way to plumb one in, copper pipe, plastic pipe
under
> > ground front to rear ?
> >
> If you have floorboards then under the floor with plastic pipe is the
> easiest and most aesthetically pleasing method. If you have concrete
floors
> and do not want to either dig the concrete floor up or dig a trench around
> the garden then Steve is correct and you should use surface mounted copper
> pipe clipped to the outside of the house. This pipe could come from the
loft
> and down the back wall if there is mains water in the loft.
>
> Adam
>