Garden Tap

Ruski

Cy is thinking of gate valves....

Russ

cyclonebri1

Ruski wrote: »

Cy is thinking of gate valves....

Russ

Well that's all I could "borrow" from work:o:o


Must admit, I was actually thinking of what I know as fullway valves, my industrial heritage shows through again.

Now about that £50 drill Russ.:p

Ruski

Yeah Cy - I have to admit, having given it much consideration, that a mains corded SDS drill is absolutely the very best tool for screwing down all that decking :D:D

Now let's just watch England get a bettering and share a beer :beer:

Russ

Avoriaz

Have you got a relative or friend with basic DIY skills and some tools who could help you sort this out. It is an easy DIY job.


1: Find a local plumbers merchants who have stock of that same tap but don't buy one yet.

2: Start in the morning so you have plenty of time.

3: Turn off the mains stopc0ck.

4: Attempt to loosen the tap with mole grips or some other tool. It should eventually come loose with a bit of persuasive force. If it does then turn the tap both ways a few times. If it moves easily then fine. If not see above re greasing etc. Turn the water back on and see if you can close the tap without any drips appearing and open it for full flow. If yes then the job is done.

5: If something breaks or the tap is beyond sorting, get a new tap from the plumbers merchants and fit that instead.

6: If you can't get a tap you could still proceed but have a compression fitting stop end that you can fit so as to allow you to turn your water back on. That will give you time to find another suitable tap over the coming days.


Good luck.

cyclonebri1

Ruski wrote: »

Yeah Cy - I have to admit, having given it much consideration, that a mains corded SDS drill is absolutely the very best tool for screwing down all that decking :D:D

Now let's just watch England get a bettering and share a beer :beer:

Russ

No, come on, I never said that a mains drill was the best tool for fixing decking, I said a screw driver was sufficient for a one off job, but when that OP wanted a drill for hammering, ie masonary, then it really has to be a corded drill for amateur/occasional use.

Well, typing after the event you certainly got the latter bit right, I really didn't think they could screw (mains or cordless) that 1 up:D:D

itisme

Thanks Avoriaz

Thanks for taking the time to explain each step in detail.

Someone has given me a number of a plumber, he will ask the plumber to watch over me while trying to turn it on, and will only charge me if their is a problem. he's on his holiday at the moment so will have to wait till he returns.
many thanks

rum1

You can buy a freeze kit to freeze the pipe,cut the pipe and then fit an isolation valve you can get push fit ones for a diy job cheaper than calling a plumber. Then you can sort out the tap

cyclonebri1

Given the OPs pipework is hidden behind the sink unit they won't want the hassle of ripping that out to fit an isolation valve, as earlier provided the tap is correctly insulated it will be fine, and given that the stop cack works fine there is no need to complicate things be trying to use freeze kits, they aren't without issues anyway for the inexperienced.