Leaking stop valve

[tamz]

A plumber would be a better person to fix it and fit the correct fittings than a builder imo

 

[ADM360]

Is it normal to use HDPE up there!! it all MDPE round here, has the builder used the right stopcock!! don't know if there is much differance between HDPE and MDPE but it might!! needs an insert!

 

[Whn1]

Whos betting on the builder using no insert and squeezing the guts outta the olive?

 

[ADM360]

Whos betting on the builder using no insert and squeezing the guts outta the olive?

"Gorilla'd it" as we used to say, as you needed to be a Silverback to get it undone!!!

 

[Whn1]

And when you finally do the olives squeezed a 22mm pipe down to 15.

 

[Joncpi]

It definately does need an insert. Also when you take it off check the seat inside where the olive sits/seals against. As these stopcocks are mass-produced I have occasionally had some with badly machined seats, i.e slag inclusions or whatever in the metal and so there is a mark across where the olive is supposed to seal. Obviously it will not, you have to replace the whole stopcock. If there is no insert in the poly pipe, you will need to cut off the olive and put the insert in first then use a new olive. You may have a problem in getting a new olive. I think BES does them 32mm, but 32mm is not that common 25mm is more normal size.

 

[Whn1]

Also has the poly been cut square? I don't think the pipe inserts very far into these stopcocks.


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