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Deepseeker
I have a very old stopcock that will not shut off the flow I followed some advice to spay with WD and worked the valve..now is leaking and still won't shut off, can the valve be stripped back by unscrewing the square nut, and can a replacement be bought anywhere, I assume it would be easier to replace the innards than replace the assembly? it looks like the only 'threaded' part is the square nut, no evidence of a gland nut?
as you can see the feed pipe is lead, and although I have read up on using a Lead Loc coupling there is only about nine inches of pipe coming from the floor and it is half buried in the wall, also read that the lead pipe could be brittle and not advisable to bend away from the wall
to compound the issue the water board stopcock serves the whole terrace
I have a dripping lead pipe upstairs that needs to be sorted which I don't mind tackling but I obviously need to shut off the water and do not want to leave the whole terrace without water should it all go wrong
as you can see the feed pipe is lead, and although I have read up on using a Lead Loc coupling there is only about nine inches of pipe coming from the floor and it is half buried in the wall, also read that the lead pipe could be brittle and not advisable to bend away from the wall
to compound the issue the water board stopcock serves the whole terrace
I have a dripping lead pipe upstairs that needs to be sorted which I don't mind tackling but I obviously need to shut off the water and do not want to leave the whole terrace without water should it all go wrong