Damsel in Distress - Ground Floor Flat, Stopcock Won't Turn!

iquit

mervyn11 wrote: »

My advice......be very careful what you are doing cos if you snap it off you are in the !!!!!!....
Be better turning the water off in the street or next to the meter.....then if it goes pear shaped it might not be your problem.

Thanks, seems a bit much just for my kitchen sink! Will it not affect all the other flats and am I even allowed to do that?

iquit

s_b wrote: »

i had this problem last month and i cannot find the tap in the lane where i live
my stop tap is also on old lead where it comes into the house and this tap has gone very tight
my remedy was to oil it with 3 in 1 and then put a pair of mole grips on the tap so the ends were pointing towards me and carefully opened it a little bit more as already suggested, oil it some more, then carefully shut it off and keep working it as you shut both on and off to get the thread working
this did the job
i really need to fit another stop tap in front of this one though so i can redundanise this one

Gosh, glad I'm not the only one struggling with this.

iquit

My saga continues.

greyteam1959

This might be a bit obvious but........
Never mind the stop tap have you looked under the sink / basin to make sure that there are no in line stop valves on the copper pipe ???

iquit

mervyn11 wrote: »

This might be a bit obvious but........
Never mind the stop tap have you looked under the sink / basin to make sure that there are no in line stop valves on the copper pipe ???

Unfortunately not.

diable

Go to a plumbers merchant and ask then if they can lend you a hand with a !!!! ;o))))

I'll get my coat.............