I moved into a new house a few days ago and since turning on the internal mains stopcock I have noticed a leak coming from both the gland nut and further down the base. I managed to stop the gland nut leak by packing it with PTFE and tightening it, but since I've done this, the leak at the base (no idea what this bit is called) has got worse.
I can't find my mobile phone usb lead as I'm still living out of boxes at the moment, so can't upload photos, but I have included a link to a photo that was used on a previous post (apologies to the owner for reusing their photo)...
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa10/peter999_photos/pic1-DSCF5960.jpg
That is pretty much what the stopcock looks like, excluding the tap/valve on the left - just the larger tap on the right with the pipe itself up against the wall. The circular section where it connects to the pipe is where the leak is coming from and I can see a small bit of what looks like a rather worn washer coming through that joint. I'm extending the kitchen in a matter of weeks and all this will be replaced with new a few metres away from where it is now, so I really just want a quick fix for the problem and not something overly complicated.
My main question is...can I (after freezing a section of pipe) attempt to replace the washer? Will this solve the problem? Given that I'll only have about 1 hr tops to work on this after the pipe freeze, I'd like to get as much info as possible on how to go about it and even maybe what sort of washer I need?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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I can't find my mobile phone usb lead as I'm still living out of boxes at the moment, so can't upload photos, but I have included a link to a photo that was used on a previous post (apologies to the owner for reusing their photo)...
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa10/peter999_photos/pic1-DSCF5960.jpg
That is pretty much what the stopcock looks like, excluding the tap/valve on the left - just the larger tap on the right with the pipe itself up against the wall. The circular section where it connects to the pipe is where the leak is coming from and I can see a small bit of what looks like a rather worn washer coming through that joint. I'm extending the kitchen in a matter of weeks and all this will be replaced with new a few metres away from where it is now, so I really just want a quick fix for the problem and not something overly complicated.
My main question is...can I (after freezing a section of pipe) attempt to replace the washer? Will this solve the problem? Given that I'll only have about 1 hr tops to work on this after the pipe freeze, I'd like to get as much info as possible on how to go about it and even maybe what sort of washer I need?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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