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Thanks. I know what you mean. It’s on the top floor too!
I avoid working in flats now. Existing work can be old or just badly done and I don’t want to risk my reputation on other people’s work that could flood several flats.
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Thanks. I know what you mean. It’s on the top floor too!
Really? Ok. Thanks. I’ll try a couple out once I’ve taken the old stopcock off. It’s in a block of flats that was probably built in the 60s/70s. Just out of interest, are you aware of the tapered/chamfered (one one side) olives that I’m referring to? Logic would suggest that the 2 matching edges (ie 22mm edge into the 22mm stopcock fitting) go together despite this being the opposite way we use rubber tapered washers in plastic compression waste fittings.
If the copper is 1/2” in the flat. A new stop tap will not fit as it will be 15mm
15mm copper will not connect straight to 1/2” copper. You will need an old to new connector.I know. I’ll be reducing from 22mm to 15mm to connect to the 1/2 inch copper.
NoAre you saying the black pipe will be 1/2”?
The black pipe is the incoming mains which then reduces down to either 15mm or 1/2 inch copper. Having mulled all this over, I’m considering abandoning the replacement of the stopcock and fitting a new 15mm stopcock further along.Are you saying the black pipe will be 1/2”?
If you do this and you have 1/2” pipe you will need 2 x old to new connectors and some copper pipe.The black pipe is the incoming mains which then reduces down to either 15mm or 1/2 inch copper. Having mulled all this over, I’m considering abandoning the replacement of the stopcock and fitting a new 15mm stopcock further along.
Thanks for the help. Much appreciated.If you do this and you have 1/2” pipe you will need 2 x old to new connectors and some copper pipe.
15mm copper will not connect straight to 1/2” copper. You will need an old to new connector.
15mm copper will not connect straight to 1/2” copper. You will need an old to new connector.
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