Thanks for joining me in this video, I'm going to show you how to install a conversion tap
So we've got this space in the garage that we want to convert into a laundry
Where I'm sitting at the moment was a tub and it's about to be replaced
We've got the hot and cold taps for the laundry trough laundry tub
We want to put a washing machine next to it
But that means we're going to need to get a plumber to come and install another set of hot and cold taps
There's a water supply for the washing machine alternatively we can just use one of these conversion units or conversion taps
So how that works is we replace this tap with one of these
this will control the washing machine this tap controls the tub and
Then there's the feet of the washing machine. So a pair of these conversion taps cost around $100 from the plumbing store
I'm going to show you how to get these installed. First up, we need to turn the water off to the house
Houses water shut-off valves are usually located at the front of your property,
A quarter turn clockwise will turn the water off to the entire house
To help stop the flow of hot water turn off the cold water supply found near hot water cylinder as well
So now we can empty the line
So the only reason I'm taking these taps off now rather than waiting for this
splash back to be tiled...
Is because see how close I have to get that spanner
to the wall now to get to that nut?
I think once we add 8 or 10 mm for our tiles, it's going to be really tricky to get in there
So I thought we'll install these now and that way
If we need to take them off at least we're going to be right out here with the spinner
This is missing its rubber off the end, I think it still must be in there. Oh, yeah, I can see it
So we've taken the hot tap out replaced it with the hot tap put your collar on
fiber washer and tap washer there
Because of the fibre washer we don't need to replace any thread seal tape
then make sure these text turned off and we'll repeat with this one
Make sure your taps open before you install it, put your fibre washer on
Nice and straight make sure you don't cross thread it
Once you're happy that your tap is nice and tight now close the tap
Because we're reusing that same
spout I guess you call it. I am going to just replace the thread sealing tape on that
Just to make sure we don't get any leaks, I don't know how many of that is, what was that maybe 7, 8.
Make sure your taps are turned off and then let's go put the water back on
now you can remove the air that's been trapped in the pipes
I just turn the taps on until there's a steady flow of water coming from them
So here we are now with our laundry tub installed back in place
We were able to connect our water supply lines to these conversion taps, and we've turned it on
We've connected our washing machine waste pipe to the tub and we've tested it out it works perfectly
There's no leaks
I
Found this project pretty easy actually to change these taps over to conversion taps
If you found this video helped you with your project give it a thumbs up. I appreciate that
I would have liked to have shown you a video with the finished product
You know with the backsplash tile and so on but there'll have to be another video. We'll see on the next one