How to

install your
internal
fixtures &
fittings
A guide to help you install
plumbing, appliances and fittings
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 Why do I need to lay
Your water my pipework in a certain way?

connection • The Water Supply (Water Fittings)

Regulations 1999 are a legal
• We must complete a check on
the external pipework you have

journey
requirement to keep water laid to make sure that it’s safe to
quality safe. connect your water supply.
• They include information on • We’ll work with you to make sure
how underground pipework your external pipework meets
and internal plumbing must be regulations.
We’re on hand every step of the installed and maintained. And
way in your new water connection journey. are similar in nature to Building
Here’s a guide to help you complete Regulations and Gas Regulations.
Step 4A: Complete fixtures & fittings
Who can install my
Your
task
Our
task
Completed plumbing and applications?
• We advise that you appoint
a reputable contractor who
Check your progress in
Your 5 steps to completion is familiar with the Water
Regulations standards to
lay your pipework.
• You can find a list of approved
contractors at watersafe.org.uk
Apply Evaluate Construct Check Complete

Quick information
A B C If you use one of our approved
contractors, we can move straight
Complete fixtures Arrange a fixtures Complete
& fittings check fixtures check to Step 5A: Fit water meter.
Just send us the certificate
provided for your project.

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Your fixtures Pipework Insulation

and fittings
checklist
Use this checklist when installing your fixtures
and fittings or show this to your contractor
completing the work for you.

All pipework must be clipped Hot and cold water pipework

l and supported. must be insulated in all

Pipework and fittings must

l unheated areas, including
garages and outbuildings.
comply with Regulation
l 4 of the Water Fittings
Regulations.

Important information
If you have difficulty with any of these requirements,
call us and we’ll be able to help you either over the
phone or by coming to see you. If you’re unsure,
please don’t install any external pipework.

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Stop tap
Your internal stop tap
must be easily accessible.
l drained of water for repair
Please don’t box it in or
obstruct it in any way.
In flats and apartments, there
l
should be a stop tap within
each property as well as in the
meter cupboard in the main
communal area.
Drain off valves
Drain off valves are used
to allow systems to be
l and maintenance without
excessive amounts of water
being wasted.
They should be placed at all
low points sufficient to drain
l the system, close to places
where the drained water will
not be a nuisance.
Cold water cisterns Cold water cisterns
Cold water cisterns must Toilets must have a Type AG
have an accessible service l air gap in the cistern.
l valve, including those that
are concealed.
An isolation valve must
l be fitted and be easily
accessible on toilets.
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 Shower hose Cylinders Boilers Appliances

Flexible shower hoses must Cylinders must have safety After the heating circuit has An inline double check
have retaining clips to devices fitted correctly. been fully charged, you must valve must be fitted to all
stop the shower head from l For example, a tundish in an remove the temporary filling l domestic washing machines

l reaching the toilet

(and bath or shower
unvented hot water system. l loop.
All manufacturer back flow
and dishwashers to prevent
backflow.
depending on where it’s prevention must be installed It is important that this is a
being installed.) correctly on the supply side. double check valve and not a
l single check valve. The double
check valve should not be
built into the appliance.

Suitable backflow prevention

should be installed on water
l softeners and mains fed
fridge freezers.
Some toilet filling
valves also require this.

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Outside tap

Outside taps must have a

double check valve fitted
l inside the thermal envelope
of the building.

A service valve must be

fitted upstream of the
double check valve.
l Do not use products where
the double check valve is
built into the outside tap.

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For further information
Please contact our water connections team
if you have any further questions about
how to install your fixtures and fittings.

Call: 0345 60 66 087

Email: connections@anglianwater.co.uk