Recent content by Eltel12

Don't think I'll be buying gas then. Would an electric heater need to have a fan to heat 24'x12' adequately?

The garage is built onto the side of the house with a door between the 2. I'm looking for something fairly shallow and wall mounted to save on space.

Are gas heater still available then? I've only really seen electric ones but would prefer the cheaper gas alternative.

When you say rock hard, Do you mean seized solid to the tap?

When you say not perfect, In what sense are they not perfect?

I suppose I could add a radiator from the house but not sure if I want the extra hassle. I've only just put 90% of the pipe work under the floors as they were above the floor before. tbh i'd probably use it 10 hours a week on average so an electric heater may be the easier choice.

It does look like an old heater tbh. The reason I need to heat the garage is I work on my cars in there often, I'm a typical bloke who loves spending time in the garage. I'll also need it warm for when I avoid the wife :lol: I was looking at the electric heaters in B&Q the other day, Are...

In my garage I have a Valor tropic trend gas heater, It is a complete waste of space as it heats nothing past 100mm in front of it. What would be more economic to replace it with gas or electric?

I'll look into that. From looking at the stopcock it appears the gland nut has seized to the tap shaft and when the tap was disturbed it's unscrewed the nut. I'm hoping I can free the nut off and stop the leak.

Thanks again John, I will attempt this, First off the full kitchen unit, worktop and sink need removing to give me access. I'll try freeing up the seized nut first to stop the leak. If no luck then the tap part will need removing. Fingers crossed :lol:

Cheers John, I think i'll leave it a week before attempting this, I have 3 rooms to decorate in my own house and can't afford to waste a day messing with this. I just hope removing the tap part is possible without damaging anything else. If I do manage to free out the tap, Is it a sealed...

Cheers :wink: I can turn the water off from outside not a problem, But it shuts the row of houses off not just the one house. Is it possible to fit a blank in place of the stopcock so I can turn the water back on whilst refurbing my stopcock?

I'd love that option to be available. I shall try and take a picture of the tap. What I assume to be the gland nut appears to be round so I can only get mole grips on it. The nut is seized onto the tap. When turning the water on the nut comes out causing the leak. With the water off the leak...

Thanks for the reply John. As you say I'd have to turn the water off on the street, so removing the guts the. Trying to find the same or similar type of fitting is out of the question. Seems best option is fitting a lead lock. How hard are they to fit and select the correct lock?

Hi guys, I have a bit of a problem with the stopcock at my mums house. When open it leaks and when closed it doesn't shut the water off fully. It looks like it's lead before the stopcock and copper after it, either side of the stopcock is covered so I assume it's soldered in. The stopcock...