stopcock found after 30 years!

[Simon Hunt]

My mum has just had a new boiler fitted and we found the stopcock sticking out the plaster behind the old boiler. I have been looking for it for ages so it was quite nice to finally find it. Do you think it is safe to try and turn it after putting some wd40 on it and leaving it for a while?

 

[Harvest Fields]

Any pictures of it mate?

 

[Simon Hunt]

Any pictures of it mate?

 

[Simon Hunt]

Picutre

 

[Harvest Fields]

Does it feel like it will turn? I probably wouldn’t to be fair though.

 

[JCplumb]

If it was in my house I'd try it but only if I had a free afternoon and there was a local merchant open or I already had all the parts I might need.
In a customers house I wouldn't touch it unless I was there specifically to fix it.
The only reason I'd touch it in my house is I know how to fix it if it leaks/breaks/falls off/explodes/opens a wormhole to hell and looking at that pic I'd say at least one of those things is likely.

 

[Riley]

Yep also familiarise yourself with the boundary stopcock it could be a lifesaver

 

[Harvest Fields]

And make sure you have the right tool to turn the one off in the street.

 

[Old Account]

Not always one at the street :/

 

[Harvest Fields]

Not always one at the street :/

Water board have probably just tarmac over it mate.