Replacing A Old Kitchen Tap With New Ones

[tandh]

i'm looking to replace my old kitchen tap with a nice new "hose" style one. i've had a look on ebay and found some i like, but how do i know that they will fit my old connections? my house is very old, the downpipe for the toilet goes into the floor of the bathroom rather than the wall, and we had to call a plumber to fit some new bath taps as the connection was different. i don't really want to get a new tap and then find that it can't be fitted.
thank you in advance for all and any help :-)

[PankySmooch]

You can buy new fittings to adapt

[tandh]

Brilliant, thank you so much my lovely :-)

[Canary42]

When you say your house is very old, are the pipes perhaps lead or iron - in my DIY experience these are more difficult to handle adaptors to. But the new tap certainly can be fitted with appropriate adaptors as PS says.

[tandh]

i'm not sure, the house was built after ww2, my ex was able to fit the bathroom sink tap ok but we had to call a plumber to do the bath as i'm not 100% sure why but my ex couldn't do it. i have just brought a really lovely hosepipe one from ebay for only £25 and it does say it can fit all connections, so hopefully a plumber won't be needed but i'll just have to wait till it comes to see. thank you so much for your answers :-)

[tandh]

yeah i think the last bit was the problem we had with the bath. and yes it is a rubbish white plastic sink that all the food sticks to. i think i am going to need a plumber as i've been thinking about it and i wanna move my sink to another part of the kitchen

[The Builder]

tandh, the house most likely isn't old enough to have any lead pipework. Even if it did, it won't be in the bathroom, or under the kitchen sink.

Pre 1970s, copper plumbing was Imperial rather than in today's metric measurements. Simple copper adaptors are easily available (15mm on one end, and 1/2" on the other.)

There's nothing that should throw you. I guess your ex gave up when he couldn't get the fittings to marry up.

There is one point that might come up, though. This applies if you have a gravity supply of hot water. (Big copper cylinder in the airing cupboard.) You need to make sure the new tap is right for a low pressure (gravity) system.

If you have a combi boiler, then there's no problem.

[tandh]

thank you all so much for your answers, i'm so happy it will be easy to move, the window over my sink now looks directly into my neighbor's kitchen! be a lot nicer to be able to look out over the garden. @ the builder, yes you're right, i remember now you said it, the plumber ended up soldering the pipes together, which means he can't be that good if there's adaptors available. i am getting a new combi boiler after doing the winter without heating, i'm so excited for my new kitchen and sexy taps, thank you so much xx:-)xx