stop cock

Hi, Just moved into a house built in the 60s, turned off the external stopcock, pressed the cold water tank ball cock valve and nothing came out, went downstairs and tried downstairs kitchen tap and it trickled to a stop, tried the bathroom tap and it worked fine (comes from water tank I...

Hello I am having some work done on my property, it is a ground floor flat converted in the 80's from a house. The electrical supply and consumer unit runs into my flat under the stairs to the first floor flat. To the left of the electrics are three existing pipes, a gas pipe which supplies...

Evening all. After suspecting for years that our property never had an internal stopcock when we fitted the bathroom a couple years ago, I recently had the kitchen plinths out to investigate some rodent activity and set some traps and I ended up finding a lead pipe in the far corner which the...

I am thinking of changing my 1980s mcw stop cock. Now would you swap it like for like or can you use a lever ball valve instead.

So….we have brought a property that used to be the village rectory which in 1964 was separated from the adjacent village hall. It was all one property as far as the land registry are concerned prior to this. We were aware that the village hall shared our septic tank for which we are now in...

Hi guys I know this is for the old heating system I've now got a combi boiler but what is it called amd what was or is its function?

Hi The main Stopcock is a bit dodgy so I'm going to get a plumber to change, I was thinking of then getting him to fit an isolator just after this so that if ever I need to turn the water off I can just turn a lever as opposed to winding the stopcock as I would feel more relaxed knowing we had a...

Morning, I need to replace the stop tap shown as the handle has snapped off and its seized anyway. Can I replace the handle and 'insides' or does it need a whole new tap? The pipes look imperial size? Cheers.

Hi Last year did some plumbing and isolated internal stop cock, initially this was seized and my external stop cock was full of soil, I managed to get the internal moving so I could do the job, I contacted Severn Trent regarding the external one and they said they would sort it, they came out...

Hi all! Please excuse the bad drawing, but I've tried to illustrate the various pipes on 3 walls in our dining room which used to be the old kitchen in a house we've bought. The walls were all previously plaster board which we've ripped out. There are two radiators. The left one has pipes coming...

I'm in the midst of a big renovation project which will soon include the relocation of the stop cock to a completely different part of the house. The existing water main comes in to its current location under the wall and through a concrete floor. Will the newly laid pipework have to come...

Hi, In redesigning our new kitchen layout, after much deliberation, we had settled for a layout. Only to find that the rising main would be exactly on the join between the new sink carcass and the integrated dishwasher. Looking at it, it would appear that I have the space to chase a small...

Hi, Currently my internal stop tap isn't working. When it's fully closed it hardly reduces the flow of water. I'm be been told it's likely that the washer had gone. Where would you get a replacement washer from and would I just ask for a 15mn stop tap washer? Any tips for doing the repair...