As the weather is no longer so cold I wanted to turn on the outside tap again which I had isolated in November by turning off its internal stopcock.
That stopcock is stuck shut. It sits in the a (former)c fitted with compression fittings on an old copper pipe which I believe is of half-inch imperial size.
Couple of questions:
1. Any tips on freeing it up? (WD40 and gentle tapping I tried already, though will give another go tonight)
2. Could I just replace the insert of the stopcock on the imperial copper pipe with an insert for a 15mm stopcock, or won't that fit?
3. Recently we got a combi boiler conversion done. The fitters soldered just next to the tee supplying this stopcock. Could the heat have caused it to get stuck? (Wish I had checked before they came!)
Many thanks.
That stopcock is stuck shut. It sits in the a (former)c fitted with compression fittings on an old copper pipe which I believe is of half-inch imperial size.
Couple of questions:
1. Any tips on freeing it up? (WD40 and gentle tapping I tried already, though will give another go tonight)
2. Could I just replace the insert of the stopcock on the imperial copper pipe with an insert for a 15mm stopcock, or won't that fit?
3. Recently we got a combi boiler conversion done. The fitters soldered just next to the tee supplying this stopcock. Could the heat have caused it to get stuck? (Wish I had checked before they came!)
Many thanks.