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A friend has an outside tap which is fed from the water supply of a disused outbuilding. The water main rises through the floor of this outbuilding to a stopcock about 18” off the ground. After the stopcock is a four-way junction piece; one outlet of this goes through the wall to the outside tap, one outlet has a small brass tap connected to it, and the fourth output is stopped off with a hex-headed blanking plug. The problem is that the small brass tap does not turn off fully, and so my friend has to keep the stopcock turned off, except when he wants to use the outside tap. When using the outside tap he has to place a bucket under the dripping inside tap and keep emptying it every few minutes!
He does not need the inside tap, and so I removed it to fit a blanking nut. However, the resulting hole has an 8mm thread, and I cannot find an 8mm blanking plug. Admittedly I’ve only looked in B&Q and Wickes, but whilst looking there I noticed that they do not stock many 8mm parts at all.
Does anyone know where I can get an 8mm blanking plug / nut? It would need to have a large flange area around the opening, as the body of the junction piece is about 1” diameter.
He does not need the inside tap, and so I removed it to fit a blanking nut. However, the resulting hole has an 8mm thread, and I cannot find an 8mm blanking plug. Admittedly I’ve only looked in B&Q and Wickes, but whilst looking there I noticed that they do not stock many 8mm parts at all.
Does anyone know where I can get an 8mm blanking plug / nut? It would need to have a large flange area around the opening, as the body of the junction piece is about 1” diameter.