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I've just got back into plumbing after a long abscence ( I know I'm a glutton for punishment) and I installed a new bathroom suite which went fine.
However, I went to turn on the cold water via a gate valve I had closed on the storage tank and it refuses to open. The spindle and the handle turn but the valve will not open. There is no stand pipe in the tank or any way to drain the tank down as the valve won't open so I'm faced either with the option of changing the valve live for a new one or getting a pipe freezing kit. Any ideas to get the valve to open? I've loosened the packing and checked the tank inlet for obstructions and even blown through the pipe but nothing helps. I don't fancy the live option and the pipe freezing kit gives me the heebeegeebees so any alternative would be a great help.
However, I went to turn on the cold water via a gate valve I had closed on the storage tank and it refuses to open. The spindle and the handle turn but the valve will not open. There is no stand pipe in the tank or any way to drain the tank down as the valve won't open so I'm faced either with the option of changing the valve live for a new one or getting a pipe freezing kit. Any ideas to get the valve to open? I've loosened the packing and checked the tank inlet for obstructions and even blown through the pipe but nothing helps. I don't fancy the live option and the pipe freezing kit gives me the heebeegeebees so any alternative would be a great help.