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?
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stopcock found after 30 years!
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Any pictures of it mate?
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Does it feel like it will turn? I probably wouldn’t to be fair though.
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.
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.
And make sure you have the right tool to turn the one off in the street.
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Not always one at the street :/
Water board have probably just tarmac over it mate.
Even more reason than to not play with the internal one until you know how to shut it off
I dunno what they were thinking plastering it behind the boiler like that. Cowboys who built the extension.
You 100% there is not another one in the downstairs loo or by the sink somewhere in the kitchen?
Nah just the one in the road I use. It is a pain in the bum cause when I changed the ball valve in the loft I had to go all the way out to the road from the loft to turn the water off.
Our outdoor one was down a hole and didn't shut the water off significantly, got the water board to fit a meter for free which comes with a shut off. No idea how they fitted it without getting soaked though.
In your case op i would just replace that one and replumb it outside of the wall too for that matter! No point leaving something like that in place as you wouldn't use it anyway.
In your case op i would just replace that one and replumb it outside of the wall too for that matter! No point leaving something like that in place as you wouldn't use it anyway.
^^Yes yes...there is an all female plumbing firm called "stopcocks" why not give them a call to see if they like handling a stuck cock.
http://stopcocks.uk/
http://stopcocks.uk/
I couldn’t care less and good luck to them but I can’t help feeling if a bloke set up a company called noflangeplumbers or something there’d be uproar
Turn off in the street and replace. Preferably in a position more useful than that.
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