kitchen rebuild necessitates replacement of ugly and poorly installed stop cock. How do I control supply side of cock and are there more modern and attractively designed alternatives to the traditional stop cock?
whats tools do I need to repair stop cock its concreted in 6 x 6 ins also 1 foot below grown
peter tallen
September 2013
>How do I control supply side
isolate mains water stopcock in street.
check first before removing existing stopcock of pipe sizes each side of stopcock.
is it 15mm copper both sides or 22m
or your main in may be 20mm or 25mm blue mdpe pipe
>more modern and attractively designed alternatives
fit a full bore lever isolation valve, which are within regs and don't leak or seizen up. compression fitting both ends.
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