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Spark Guard
hi
I live in a 5 storey ex-council block. the apartment's water mains is leaking and the pipework is too short to freeze. access the manifold for the floor would require scaffolding. so, it looks like I need to shut of the water to the building for a few minutes while we swap my apartment's main tap for a new one. I have a plumber is happy and ready to do this
the managing agent will sent out letters to all the apartments but says I need to arrange to switch off the water mains myself. the water main is a conventional tap, much like a brass garden tap but, it is about 40mm diameter on the horizontal section where the shut off tool would need to grab it and about 600mm down in a 150mm square hole. I've tried to paste an image below, but, it is not super clear:
the tap looks kind of like this but it is big: https://2ecffd01e1ab3e9383f0-07db7b...x800/a0001bbd-7b05-4a59-83cb-137f48dc7ac9.jpg
I can't find a water mains tap to shut it off- the biggest I can get would fit a tap with a diameter of about 25mm and I need about 40mm plus
thanks in advance
I live in a 5 storey ex-council block. the apartment's water mains is leaking and the pipework is too short to freeze. access the manifold for the floor would require scaffolding. so, it looks like I need to shut of the water to the building for a few minutes while we swap my apartment's main tap for a new one. I have a plumber is happy and ready to do this
the managing agent will sent out letters to all the apartments but says I need to arrange to switch off the water mains myself. the water main is a conventional tap, much like a brass garden tap but, it is about 40mm diameter on the horizontal section where the shut off tool would need to grab it and about 600mm down in a 150mm square hole. I've tried to paste an image below, but, it is not super clear:
the tap looks kind of like this but it is big: https://2ecffd01e1ab3e9383f0-07db7b...x800/a0001bbd-7b05-4a59-83cb-137f48dc7ac9.jpg
I can't find a water mains tap to shut it off- the biggest I can get would fit a tap with a diameter of about 25mm and I need about 40mm plus
thanks in advance