Recent content by ngrayson

To all those who commented a big thank you. It helped to clarify my thinking. :D In the end, as I expected, the stop cock could not be undone. When I started the removal process, the solder (from the original installation) had run down all of the pipes so in the end, I had to remove the...

OK, many thanks. One last question. Since I wont know until I have the job apart whether or not the pipe needs and insert. Do they, its not the newer type of hep, its been on there for at least 10 years.

Its a pushfit straight coupler looks like a hepworth slimline. Its marked HBP 22 but I cant find anything that matches that as a part number in the net to know for sure. I have plenty of compression, solder and pushfit and copper and 22mm plastic pipe and can make good the top side. I have...

Soldered one end to only 1 inch of copper before the joint to the plastic.

Guys, thanks for the suggestions. If all goes to plan, then its stop cock apart, new washer and job done. I'm someone who like to anticipate how to resolve it if it goes wrong and that includes changeing the stop cock. The issue is though that the feed is plastic and converts to copper about...

Forgive me if I break any rules but this is my first posting. I have searched for what I need but cant find anything so here goes. So here is my problem. The stop cock no longer turns off the water even though its turning OK (and does reduce flow marginally) so I suspect the washer. I can...