Leaking stop cock behind wall

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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
 
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Spraying stuff onto it will only end up with a puddle later on.
do it right.
 
Even stuffing the gland wont hold for ever. Unfortunately it's worn/old and the only way to repair it long term is to replace it.
 
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Have you tried tightening the nut ?

.....I hid in shame for days but can now report that yes - simply tightening the gland nut worked. Took ages to get a spanner in there and find the nut, totally blind and only able to get one arm in the hole, but thanks for the advice.
 

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