Recent content by mack22

Thanks to one and all for your helpful replies. I became aware of the various Sure Stop models available after having looked on Ebay to see what was on offer, so I checked on the WRAS site re approval, and it would seem that only the very latest type are the ones that are recommended as being...

The trouble with stopcocks as proved by the no working existing ones, is that they seize up over time, I know the old saying about turning them every six months etc, however with a ball valve you have a lever that is almost idiot proof, when in panic raking around under a sink trying to turn the...

I am fitting a new kitchen, this will allow access to the water main pipe work, this has two stop cocks, one original about 1950s seized up, and a later one that is also oldish and again very stiff, as these are under the sink and not easy to get at, I thought of replacing them with a 15mm ball...