sniffyterrence Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Going to take a belfast sink to France with me for my forthcomming kitchen project question is will i encounter a problem with different waste pipe sizes or the hot and cold feeds to the sink. is the answer to buy the taps and waste from france or is the plumbing the same size Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 I was OK with the waste fittings as tehy were all 42mm (I think) But I had a problem with the feed pipes. I thought the existing ones were 15mm like the UK but when I tried to attach them to the taps - no joy. Seems the French standard is 14 mm. I got new French taps (which were much nicer than the old ones I had) and connected them with flexible hose which makes life so much easier. The flexi hose even incorporated a stop valve - marvellous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jc Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Not just 14mm but a lot of other sizes are available;have a look in your local DIY shed.Our local M.Bricolage has three different ranges of compression fittings let alone soldered and they seem just to vary by 2mm.(ie,10,12,14 and so on). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chippiepat Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 I bought my belfast sink over from the u.k. Bought everything else, (taps Waste etc; ) in france.no problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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