imperial stopcock

[reg7]

I have an imperial stopcock in my garden and the centre spindle needs replacing can I still get imperial as otherwise it will mean digging up the garden and trying to cut the iron or cast pipe to then fit metric. As the other main stopcock turns off nextdoor as well and it will take some time to do I would prefer to just change the centre spindle plus at 70 I am not as agile as I used to be, Thanks Reg7

 

[Bahco]

Hi Reg

Is the stoptap leaking at the spindle or is there another reason why you wish to replace it

 

[reg7]

Hi Bahco,Thanks for your reply,along with a friend of mine who used to be a plummer we dug out to the stopcock he managed to get the centre out but the jumper was broken,he tried to drill it out but made a mess of it so we had to put it back to be able to get water, the property was built in 1939 so the stopcock could that old,I have water now but cant turn it off in an emergency

 

[Bahco]

Might be better to leave it be if it is not leaking and fit a new stoptap where the pipe enters your property.

You may find it a nightmare job if you disturb it.

Strange it being in the garden though.

 

[ChrisR]

If you buy a british made FXF valve you stand a good chance that the thread in the middle will be the same.
Presumably it was a globe valve with a washer?
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http://www.pegler.co.uk/prod/Z_ContentFiles/img/prod/DB_images/10009_a.jpg

 

[reg7]

Hi Bahco, thanks again its an idea to think on,as to it being in the garden being strange I agree but then everything in this property is strange one way or another, I think the builders must have spent to much time in the local pub when they were building it

 

[reg7]

Hi ChrisR, thanks for the reply I will try that, any ideas as to where to try for the FXF as all the plumbing shops I have tried don't seem to have many ideas

 

[jas05]

reg7, you could try the the local scrap merchants.

 

[reg7]

Hi jas05, thank for that idea as well, its worth a try