Happy new year all !
So my dad has just tried to turn the cold water off using the stop cock in his house to change a tap washer (no isolation valves) but evidently its not having the desired effect and the stop cock has now started to drip a little.
I'm not surprised consider the stop cock is likely 40+ years old so i'm expecting to make a visit to have to replace for him
I got him to send a photo (see attached)
From what i can see, it looks like a black alkathene pipe (you can just make it out) that looks like it has been housed in some protective pipe cover
So my thought was to :
If so, can anyone confirm just what the size the alkathene pipe is likely to be please so i can get the right one, as my dads eyesight aint great and if i ask him to scrabble around on the floor, he likely wont be able to get back up again !!!
House was built in 1981
TIA !
So my dad has just tried to turn the cold water off using the stop cock in his house to change a tap washer (no isolation valves) but evidently its not having the desired effect and the stop cock has now started to drip a little.
I'm not surprised consider the stop cock is likely 40+ years old so i'm expecting to make a visit to have to replace for him
I got him to send a photo (see attached)
From what i can see, it looks like a black alkathene pipe (you can just make it out) that looks like it has been housed in some protective pipe cover
So my thought was to :
- remove stop cock and trim/tidy up alkathene pipe
- fit a Philmac connector (the ones with push fit 15mm copper on the output end)
- small length of 15mm
- new stop cock
If so, can anyone confirm just what the size the alkathene pipe is likely to be please so i can get the right one, as my dads eyesight aint great and if i ask him to scrabble around on the floor, he likely wont be able to get back up again !!!
House was built in 1981
TIA !