Hi thanks for everybody's help with my soldering the job went great in the end. I just had to calm down a bit, ease up on the blow torch but I couldn't do it without your tutoring cheer! but its not over yet. My next plumbing odyssey is a leaky close coupled toilet any clue's Q are gate valves designed to totally stop the flow of water? If they don't why not? Confused of East Sussex
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- Thread starter Harbourwoodwork
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Gate valves really belong in the age of steam (enter stage right F. Dibnah esq).
They don't have a washer, but rely on a sluice gate system which may, or may not seal completely.
Best to use a full bore Balofix type with an off/on lever, but for a loo a small bore will do fine. You can get service valves which have an end that screws directly onto the fill valve.
John
They don't have a washer, but rely on a sluice gate system which may, or may not seal completely.
Best to use a full bore Balofix type with an off/on lever, but for a loo a small bore will do fine. You can get service valves which have an end that screws directly onto the fill valve.
John
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