quick question on new basin taps...

deejaybee

Hi all,

Just bought some new taps for hand basin in ensuite..

I am assuming the black washer fits on top of basin ? ie under tap ? -not underneath with locknut..

The little instruction drawing isn't very clear.

My other issue is no stopcock ( 2nd floor flat ) - spoke to another owner - confirmed that he had problem with shower not turning off, his plumber couldn't find a stopcock in flat either and had to use the one in water meter "hole" outside building. So that's a bit of a pain, but not a show stopper...

southcoastrgi

yes it does, get some top hats to put on underneath before you put the nut on

deejaybee

What are top hats ? Ta

lstar337

While you have the water off, can you fit a stop !!!!?

Would be a bit safer to have one I think. Also some isolation valves for the taps.

southcoastrgi

Just google, top hats for taps

deejaybee

lstar337 wrote: »

While you have the water off, can you fit a stop !!!!?

Would be a bit safer to have one I think. Also some isolation valves for the taps.

Yep thinking of doing that.

Any recommendations for decent stops and isolation valves ( or are they the same thing ? )

Ta

lstar337

deejaybee wrote: »

Yep thinking of doing that.

Any recommendations for decent stops and isolation valves ( or are they the same thing ? )

Ta

Sorry, not a plumber.

lstar337 wrote: »

While you have the water off, can you fit a stop !!!!?

Not sure how all those exclamation marks got in there!!!!!!

Ebe_Scrooge

Isolation valves are what you fit to each individual tap :

http://www.screwfix.com/p/15mm-isolating-valve-pack-of-10/32802

They're dead handy, and mean if you need to change a washer or something you can just shut off the water to that particular tap, without disrupting the rest of the household. For the amount they cost, I like to have them on all taps, toilet cisterns, etc.

A stop-tap is what you normally have on the main incoming supply - something like this :

http://www.screwfix.com/p/pegler-stop-!!!!-15mm/15440

You'd usually have just one that shuts off the supply to the whole house.

Both are very easy to fit if you have some basic diy experience - once the water has been switched off, of course !

( Oh, and the word that comes after "stop" is a rude word according to the auto-filter thing on this site, so it gets replaced with exclamation marks. It's the same word as a male chicken )

deejaybee

Thanks Ebe, that's really helpful thanks !

I will be able to fit them ok, I was a pipefitter in a previous life, so ok on soldering, compression etc. I was fitting pipes on new-build trains though, so have the skills but never got involved with domestic plumbing much ( had been renting for a while before this place, so any issues then the LL got plumber in )

I am not sure where the rising main would enter the flat, presumable either under the kitchen sink ( their are little drain-off valves on the hot + cold pipes going to sink - like those fitted to rads, but don't think you can shut off flow with them )

Other possibility is the closet where combi boiler is situated, will have to clear out the vacuum cleaners, drying clothes, and rest of bricabrac, and have a good look around.

lstar337

Ebe_Scrooge wrote: »

( Oh, and the word that comes after "stop" is a rude word according to the auto-filter thing on this site, so it gets replaced with exclamation marks. It's the same word as a male chicken )

Lol, oh yeah. Funny, it didn't even occur to me when I wrote it, or when I spotted the exclamation marks.

Whoever set up the auto-filter must be total male chicken! :rotfl:

Ebe_Scrooge

lstar337 wrote: »

Lol, oh yeah. Funny, it didn't even occur to me when I wrote it, or when I spotted the exclamation marks.

Whoever set up the auto-filter must be total male chicken! :rotfl:

LOL, it's a common thing where innocent words contain a potentially rude word. The town of Scun thorpe often gets censored because of letters 2-5, and a few years ago when there was that awful thing in Morcambe Bay with the coc kle pickers, a lot of sites automatically censored the headline.