Recent content by MICK58

thanks softus, that is what I thought, it was just that my local council have just replaced all the pavements outside our property and when I went to turn off the supply from our metered stop valve, it was full of sand and cement and I had to call the fire service to unblock it to turn off the...

Last week I had a dripping tap in the kitchen, I got my son to turn off the water at the stop cock behind the cupboard under the sink. as he turned it, it sheared away from the lead rising main pipe. Q: Is it possible to freeze the rising main, with mains pressure cold water gushing in? :cry: