Outside Tap Installation in Royston
Royston gardens run from tiny town-centre yards off the High Street to the substantial plots around Therfield and Barkway, and the right outside tap configuration depends entirely on which you've got. An outside tap is one of those things you don't think about until you haven't got one. Washing the car with a bucket, dragging a hose through the kitchen, filling the paddling pool from the bathroom tap — it's a hassle. Getting one fitted is a quick job that makes life easier all year round.
Royston's typical Victorian-plus-new-build mix means your plumber tees off everything from lead-and-copper period supplies to modern push-fit plastic, depending on what the property has. Your plumber tees off your internal cold supply, drills through the wall, and fits the tap with a double check valve (backflow prevention — it's a water regulations requirement). It's a tidy job that doesn't disrupt your day.
Most Royston outside-tap jobs end up on a kitchen wall or garage side, but the larger plots out toward Barkway and Therfield often want longer runs to reach a vegetable patch or greenhouse. Most Royston properties suit an outside tap on the kitchen wall or garage side. For bigger gardens, we can run the pipe further to a tap on a boundary wall or outbuilding. An indoor isolation valve is always fitted so you can shut off and drain the run before winter, plus pipe lagging where it crosses any unheated voids inside the property.
Hertfordshire winters can still catch out outside taps in Royston that haven't been properly drained down, particularly on the town's exposed chalk-ridge position. Cambridgeshire winters aren't the harshest in the country, but cold snaps still catch out outside taps that haven't been properly drained down. Water sitting in the spout can freeze, expand, and split the brass body or the copper pipe behind the wall — usually first noticed when the next thaw produces a leak inside the kitchen wall. Your plumber always fits an isolation valve on the indoor side of the run so you can shut off and drain the supply before December, plus pipe lagging on the indoor run where it crosses unheated voids.
For larger Royston gardens around Meridian Gate or Therfield, we can run the supply further down the side of the property to put the tap closer to where it's actually needed — near a vegetable patch, greenhouse, or boundary wall. We can also fit a hose union connector on the spout so a garden hose clips on without an adaptor, and double-tap blocks for properties that want one tap for the hose and a separate one for filling watering cans.
