Rust from iron supply pipe

[JohnD]

This is in a 110-year old house in London.

The cold water cistern is a bath-shaped fibreglass one, pale blue, so it shows the dirt I changed a noisy ball valve at the weekend for a Torbeck. The supply pipe is steel but has a copper stub on it. There is a very rusty old iron vent pipe from the cylinder hanging through the cover. At the bottom of the tank is rust-looking sediment.

The tank would have been fitted about 25 years ago.

I don't know if this is likely to have come from the supply pipe, or fallen off the vent. I am wondering if rust particles are liable to block the Torbeck.

 

[corgiman]

you should not fit a plastic "torbec" in a cold water storage cistern mate, cant think of the reg at the moment but am sure that plastic ballvalves should not be fitted in tanks, sure one of the others will either agree or call me a moron.

even if I am a moron I would not fit a torbec to combat a noisey ballvale, a nice equilibrium ballvale will do the job much better

as for the rust probably sediment from the water, dont worry about it

 

[JohnD]

Equilibrium ballvalves seem to be very expensive? and uncommon?

 

[corgiman]

Equilibrium ballvalves seem to be very expensive? and uncommon?

thats as maybe but its still the professional way to do it IMO

 

[JohnD]

but I'm an amateur bodger

 

[corgiman]

but I'm an amateur bodger

yeah sure you are

but if the plastic heap of wotsit breaks bet your customer wont take that for a reason for their new indoor water feature

lmao

 

[JohnD]

my old mum

I have no customers... not a plumber... a DIYer.

p.s. the valve is apparently BS1212 part 4, don't know what that is.

 

[corgiman]

BS 1212 refers to all Ballvalves

part 4 refers to the tobec plastic type

go on treat your mum to a nice 45 eq ballvalve

dont want to be a bodger all your life do ya

mind you I have made a nice living being one for twenty odd years

lmao

 

[JohnD]

maybe I'll start saving up

I saw one on the web at about £27, is that typical?

 

[corgiman]

sounds cheap to me

 

[JohnD]