Although I can buy appliances with both male and female connectors and can also buy adaptors, is there a normal practise for having male or female outlets on an internal wall or is it just preference? I realise that a male connector will be more prone to damage although if I am connecting flexipipe then it is more suitable. Any suggestions please?? BTW, I live in Thailand.:p

Nobber9999 - Hello there far away friend,Now to try to answer your question, Here in AMERICA we try not to put any type cobnnections inside the wall , but a lot of the time it becomes impossible not to. If you put your connections togreather right then they should last for a long time without any trouble, before you close up the wall complety I would pull a pressure check on the water lines for a couple of days,to make sure there are no leaks.:: GOOD LUCK AND GOD BLESS :: F.B.E.

In the US, piping for plumbing is usually inside the walls. It is the common practice to install a shut off or stop valve where the pipe exits the wall for fixture connection. While this is the usual, it is not always done and an adapeter is installed instead.

These stop valves may be installed using a threaded connection, a soldered connection but most often a compression type connection. These valves or adapters have a reduced outflow port designed to accept the common supply tubing of popular fixtures. This outflow connection is also most often a compression type connection.

This system allows not only a convienant place to turn off the water to service a fixture, it permits easy fixture or valve replacement.

How you do your connections should be determined by the type of fixture connections available and the common plumbing practices in your location.

1/2" male connector is very common. Always place shut off valve before the connector. You can also purchase valve that screws onto your rough pluming on one side and accepts appliance connector on the other side. We call it here "angle stop". In case of gas appliance you definitely want to install shut off valve. All valves should be serviceable therefore accessible to plumber.

What exactly are you installing??

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Originally Posted by nobber9999

Although I can buy appliances with both male and female connectors and can also buy adaptors, is there a normal practise for having male or female outlets on an internal wall or is it just preference? I realise that a male connector will be more prone to damage although if I am connecting flexipipe then it is more suitable. Any suggestions please??? BTW, I live in Thailand.:p

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In the U.S. most of our appliances come with female thread connections. We do not bury our connections inside our walls. We terminate our supplies outside the wall and attach a shut off valve to them. This is only good plumbing practicre so that if a leak develops it will be noticed before it develops into a major spill. Good luck, Tom