Need to hook up hoses to old faucet

[bolsh]

Hi, I live in a really old house from the 20s and I would like to put a washing machine into my bathroom and use the faucet to run water into the machine with the hoses but the faucets are super old and I don't know how to attach the hoses to them. Any ideas?

 

[Jadnashua]

Not going to happen with those old faucets. If they had a screw in aerator, you could probably buy an adapter, but not without one. You may be able to make a connection beneath it at the wall with the shutoffs and a T, but the size of the pipe and the shutoff may or may not be ideal for that use. If the pipe at the wall is 1/2", you could take the old shutoff off, add in a T, then put your old shutoff on one end, and a hose bib on the other side of the T, then easily attach the hoses from a WM, but it's not going to happen above a the sink level with what you have.

 

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[bolsh]

Thank you Jim! What about replacing the faucet altogether? I would like to have the cold and hot kept separate so I can easily attach a hose. Possible you think with a single lever faucet on each side? If so, what kind?

 

[bolsh]

Maybe I could replace each side with two of these? My only question is since this is a more modern single lever mechanism will it work?

 

[Jadnashua]

Most single handle faucets have an aerator, but then you do not get separate hot/cold to your WM. Can't see how the shutoff valves are currently connected to the stubs coming out of the wall, but if you were to add a small section of pipe, then a T, you could put shutoffs with proper hose connections on one end of the T and (I'd use new) shutoffs on the other side of the T, then you could reuse the existing faucet or replace it independently at any time.