Hi,
You know when you start something and wish you hadn't bothered...
I have had to replace our toilet filling valve because of a fault. I should have expected a problem when unscrewing the isolation valve as a load of jointing compound fell out of the fitting. As you can hopefully see from the picture, when the filling valve is fitted the angle is not flush with the isolation valve. Obviously the jointing compound was the builders quick fix which as lasted surprisingly well!
I would be grateful on any views on best way to solve this problem. The easiest thing would be to use a flexible connector. The only problem is that there is only 150mm between the filling valve and where the pipe exits from where it is boxed in. It would probably look a bit messy trying to fit a 300mm connector in the limited space.
I'm not sure whether I could bend the current pipe whilst in-situ, so the only thing I can think about would be to cut the existing pipe back to before the current bend and solder in a new piece bent to the correct angle.
I'm a keen DIYer but not done much plumbing so would perhaps need to do a bit of practice on the soldering first with some Yorkshire fittings!
Any thoughts on any solutions would be very much appreciated.
Many thanks,
Damian
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You know when you start something and wish you hadn't bothered...
I have had to replace our toilet filling valve because of a fault. I should have expected a problem when unscrewing the isolation valve as a load of jointing compound fell out of the fitting. As you can hopefully see from the picture, when the filling valve is fitted the angle is not flush with the isolation valve. Obviously the jointing compound was the builders quick fix which as lasted surprisingly well!
I would be grateful on any views on best way to solve this problem. The easiest thing would be to use a flexible connector. The only problem is that there is only 150mm between the filling valve and where the pipe exits from where it is boxed in. It would probably look a bit messy trying to fit a 300mm connector in the limited space.
I'm not sure whether I could bend the current pipe whilst in-situ, so the only thing I can think about would be to cut the existing pipe back to before the current bend and solder in a new piece bent to the correct angle.
I'm a keen DIYer but not done much plumbing so would perhaps need to do a bit of practice on the soldering first with some Yorkshire fittings!
Any thoughts on any solutions would be very much appreciated.
Many thanks,
Damian
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