Adapter on the mixer: types and nuances of installation

If you use an adapter for a mixer in the bathroom or in the kitchen, then most likely you installed a non-standard mixer such as Blanco, Plados, Noken or some other where the thread at the inlets has an M8 pitch, while for the needle of the connecting hose need step M10.

In addition, an adapter may also be needed for an imported tap to install an aerator, since its native divider (coarse mesh) has a different thread diameter. We will try to tell you about these fittings, about the methods of their installation, and offer you a thematic demonstration of the video in this article.

Fittings for mixers

What they are

Note. Installation of various plumbing fixtures always requires any fittings, which can be welded (soldering), lip, coupling and combined (coupling-fitting with a different diameter or thread pitch).

In the upper photo, you see a transitional combined fitting for imported mixers, where at the inlet of the threaded connection the pitch is M12, and the standard needle on the hose of the same Russian production has parameter M10.

This part is made of brass 57-3 and EPDM gasket. As a rule, the package bundle consists of two elements of different lengths (24 mm and 30 mm), which serves to facilitate the installation of flexible tubes.

In any case, a real set is sold by a pair, although a different length is not a prerequisite - there are identical pairs - everything depends on the lot, although different ones are still found more often. And in one and in the other case between threads, a minimum distance of 13.5 mm is maintained (for short ones).

For faucets in the bathroom or in the kitchen is very convenient to use a swivel water-saving adapter, which not only helps to save about a third of water when using it, but also directs the jet at the angle you need.

You can redirect flow in the range of 15? regarding the nose of the book. It is suitable for external thread aerators and is made from high quality brass.

The metal transition adapter Hihippo is suitable for any mixers with an aerator, in which the external thread has 24 mm, and which are presented in the Drop catalog.

The advantage of this fitting is that it can rotate 360 ​​?, which is very convenient for large sinks - you can wash any corner with running water, which is impossible to achieve when turning the spout. This nozzle is made in Taiwan and the instruction manual gives a warranty resource for 24 months.

It happens that the spout of the mixer tap is made with an external thread, but all economists are also made with an external thread, which means that there is also no way to do without an adapter.

As a rule, all water-saving devices have a thread diameter of 24 mm, and such mixers on the spout have 22 mm - this is exactly what this combined 2224 mm coupling is designed for. It is noteworthy that such fittings of the Hihippo range may have a different diameter - if necessary, you just need to measure the threaded section of the adapter and spout and buy a suitable fitting.

Sometimes, especially in the private sector, it may be necessary to deliver water in large quantities to a previously unseen place - this may be watering the garden or filling up some kind of tank.

In this case, the adapter for the mixer under the hose is not at all superfluous - with its mediation you can deliver water to any part of your estate, if only there is enough length. When choosing such a fitting, you need to know two parameters - the diameter of the thread on the spout and the internal diameter of the hose - just call these numbers in the store and you will find a fitting of the desired size.

Note. If you need to connect the hose to the spout with an external thread, it is better not to stretch it over the spout, but use the same fitting with a fitting, only screw it with a coupling adapter - their total price is quite small.

Some nuances of editing

• Most often nozzles are sold with a sealing ring., which is made of high-strength rubber or thermoplastic elastomers, for example, it can be the same TM WEIIES, combining the best qualities of rubber and thermoplastics.
• It was not for nothing that such seals were mentioned - the fact is that the installation of adapters of any type in such a case does not need additional reeling with a fum-tape, tow (bonder) and sealing with sanitary paste UNIPACK. But this does not mean that this equipment will completely relieve you of problems - if the gasket is skewed, you simply transfer it and it will become unusable - there will be a leak in this place.
• In those cases when the transitional fitting does not have a sealant or you accidentally damaged it - you can safely use a fum-tape, only it is best to be safe and lubricate the screwed place with a paste of UNIPAK - even with a weak tightening of the threaded connection, this eliminates the possibility of leakage.

Conclusion

As you understand, you can always install any of the adapter adapters yourself, with your own hands, without involving a plumber. Just be careful when packing the joints to prevent the possibility of leakage in the future.