Hi,
I had a leak under my stop cock valve inside the house. (under the kitchen sink)
I shut off the stop cock inside the house and the water was still, coming out, I shut off the water outside on the mains valve to the house and the leak stopped.
I then undid the leaky valve in the house and put PTF tape on it and did the valve back up, turned the stop cock on and water from the boiler came through with no leak. job done.
However when I tried to turn the water back on from the outside It wouldnt, the tool kept clicking when i was turning the valve in an anti clockwise direction.
Upon taking the screw off and looking at the connection to the valve it seems as though you can only turn it clockwise and not anti as the triangular grooves in it only face one way?
that explains the clicking when im turning it anti clockwise as it is not catching the grooves. It only turns clockwise into the stop position.
Can somebody help me? Im without running water and since I have spent so long fixing this, I dont really want to be caling out a plumber if the solution is a simple one.
Please help
Wallicio.
I had a leak under my stop cock valve inside the house. (under the kitchen sink)
I shut off the stop cock inside the house and the water was still, coming out, I shut off the water outside on the mains valve to the house and the leak stopped.
I then undid the leaky valve in the house and put PTF tape on it and did the valve back up, turned the stop cock on and water from the boiler came through with no leak. job done.
However when I tried to turn the water back on from the outside It wouldnt, the tool kept clicking when i was turning the valve in an anti clockwise direction.
Upon taking the screw off and looking at the connection to the valve it seems as though you can only turn it clockwise and not anti as the triangular grooves in it only face one way?
that explains the clicking when im turning it anti clockwise as it is not catching the grooves. It only turns clockwise into the stop position.
Can somebody help me? Im without running water and since I have spent so long fixing this, I dont really want to be caling out a plumber if the solution is a simple one.
Please help
Wallicio.