J
jonathen
Hi all,
I've recently had to buy a new washing machine. When I removed the old one, I found that the ancient hot valve/tap thing that the hot water pipe connected to was leaking. So I replaced it with a similar one - it's a self-bore valve with a turn-tap on the top - so it's kind of T shaped - looks like this one:
http://www.choiceful.com/disprod.php?pId=21040&zanpid=1170378530907756546
I attached it fine and no more leaks. But then the new washing machine came and lo and behold, it appears new machines no longer use the hot feed! So now I have a defunct valve sitting there with no pipe connected to it. This is probably fine, but it makes me nervous of possible leaks in the future.
Is there something I can get to screw to the pipe-end of the valve to seal it off, or if not, what can I do to securely seal the hole in the copper pipe? A friend suggested a Y shaped connector to connect both hold and cold to the single cold connection on the machine, but I don't want to do that - I want to cease using the hot and seal it off.
Any suggestions would be appreciated
Jon
I've recently had to buy a new washing machine. When I removed the old one, I found that the ancient hot valve/tap thing that the hot water pipe connected to was leaking. So I replaced it with a similar one - it's a self-bore valve with a turn-tap on the top - so it's kind of T shaped - looks like this one:
http://www.choiceful.com/disprod.php?pId=21040&zanpid=1170378530907756546
I attached it fine and no more leaks. But then the new washing machine came and lo and behold, it appears new machines no longer use the hot feed! So now I have a defunct valve sitting there with no pipe connected to it. This is probably fine, but it makes me nervous of possible leaks in the future.
Is there something I can get to screw to the pipe-end of the valve to seal it off, or if not, what can I do to securely seal the hole in the copper pipe? A friend suggested a Y shaped connector to connect both hold and cold to the single cold connection on the machine, but I don't want to do that - I want to cease using the hot and seal it off.
Any suggestions would be appreciated
Jon