Tap extension

[user 33329]

Hi
I am fitting a new basin and the tap distance is too much for the existing connections. I have not seen this sort of connector before, can anyone suggest how I disconnect the existing pipe? Alternatively is there a very short extension I can put into this somehow? The other end of this plastic pipe is a threaded connector for the tap tails but it’s a few inches short
Thanks in advance and thank you for admitting an amateur DIYER in.

Regards
Ted

 

[havasu]

Is that PB pipe?

 

[user 33329]

Not sure what PB pipe is, sorry.

 

[havasu]

It looks very familiar to the PB Pipe lawsuit 25 years ago.

https://www.forbes.com/home-improvement/plumbing/guide-to-polybutylene-pipes/

 

[Twowaxhack]

What country are you in Tedd ?

 

[havasu]

Country:United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland


State/Region:England


City:London

 

[user 33329]

Yep, UK, Oxfordshire. Pipe went in more than 10 years ago and just want to get that plastic pipe out and put a longer one in but don't want to risk that connection as there is nothing to stop the water if it breaks.