Hi all.
Got a weird one.
House which was converted from flats. There are two stop cocks - one where you'd expect on ground floor, another half way up the house which shuts off top two floors of water only.
This second stop cock is only accessible through a wall mounted hatch (and you have to reach under a shower tray to get to it). You can just about reach it with one arm if lying face down on the floor...
It's leaking, drop every 5 seconds, having got an iphone camera in there I can see it is from the gland / stuff box. There is no way I can get PTFE round it. To do proper work on it would mean cutting through a tiled wall, or taking a built in shower out.
I'm thinking of shutting off water, letting it dry, then spraying it with something, or using epoxy (bearing in mind it will be a one handed, blind job).
Any ideas of good products? Loads of mixed reviews.
Thanks
Got a weird one.
House which was converted from flats. There are two stop cocks - one where you'd expect on ground floor, another half way up the house which shuts off top two floors of water only.
This second stop cock is only accessible through a wall mounted hatch (and you have to reach under a shower tray to get to it). You can just about reach it with one arm if lying face down on the floor...
It's leaking, drop every 5 seconds, having got an iphone camera in there I can see it is from the gland / stuff box. There is no way I can get PTFE round it. To do proper work on it would mean cutting through a tiled wall, or taking a built in shower out.
I'm thinking of shutting off water, letting it dry, then spraying it with something, or using epoxy (bearing in mind it will be a one handed, blind job).
Any ideas of good products? Loads of mixed reviews.
Thanks