Recent content by gentlepersuader

Thanks Alex. The water stopping is not my concern, it's about it sitting stagnant in the pipe. Obviously a water leak is a big problem but that is the case for any plumbing job.

I take your point. I was planning to sight it really close to the tee so it's a short length. I've decided to go with your advice though and I'm just going to add a double check valve at the tee and then flush regularly.

Thanks Denso. I did wonder if that's the simple solution. The reality is that I would probably forget to isolate and drain it anyway, just trying to do it "properly".

I am teeing off my below ground water supply pipe (25mm) to run a supply into the garage which is separate from the property and will eventually be converted to an annex. The run is about 5 meters and will be unused for weeks at a time. My thought was to install a boundary box, stop tap and...