I refitted my upstairs bathroom with new tub, toilet and handbasin. The stopcock sprung a leak in the middle of it; I replaced it with a new one - but now the water keeps flowing from the kitchen taps, even when I've turned the stopcock all the way...
2006-11-04 01:31:48 · 10 answers · asked by Gaviano 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
Assuming that kitchen cold tap is downstream of the new stopcock, the probability is that there is a piece of swarf lodged between the valve seat and the washer. You will have to remove core to check. Nowadays, I always use 1/4 turn valves as replacements for stopcocks as these are more reliable.
2006-11-04 01:38:37 · answer #1 · answered by Clive 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is the stopcock on the incoming cold main?? It should be, but even if it is, if you still have a storage tank in the loft, it will still be full and it will probably supply the hot and cold taps in the bathroom. However the cold tap in the kitchen should be a mains fed one and should stop whent you shut the stopcock. I cant imagine a faulty stopcock, have you fitted it the correct way round, not that it would make much difference when closed, only when open.
2006-11-04 09:57:57 · answer #2 · answered by jayktee96 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What I want to know is , how did you stop the water when refitting the new stopcock, do you have a supplementry one outside down a hole in the garden or the street ?
If so remove it , examine the new stopcock that you fitted ensuring that there is a rubber washer inside, you may have replaced it without the "jumper" and washer
2006-11-04 09:58:43 · answer #3 · answered by xenon 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The water must have been switched off when you fitted a new stopcock,you must have then turned it on again for the taps to work,I cant see the problem.
2006-11-04 09:45:04 · answer #4 · answered by angelo26 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
have you put it in the correct way . find you out side stop tap and turn off if water stops then OK . stop taps do have a correct way of fitting . is it hot water that keeps running as you don't say hot or cold , if cold do you have a top tank in house as that needs to empty first if not sounds like you have it in the wrong way . try that first
2006-11-04 12:05:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may have a bit of solder in the valve, or you may have burnt the hell of of the valve seat when you sweat the joint. I don't know what your level of expertise is, but most people tend to push far to much solder into a joint. Remove the valve stem if you can & check it out. (Don't forget to shut off the water)
2006-11-05 05:58:35 · answer #6 · answered by david g 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
something stopping the seal from seating right! i would suggest a 1/4 turn valve more reliable! no dodgy seals.
2006-11-07 14:23:54 · answer #7 · answered by David S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes but you turned it allthe way to the left....you should turn it all the way the right! either that or the new valve is bad or something blocking the closing of it..inside it
2006-11-04 21:49:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is the ballcock the same size? Maybe try some more pipe tape to stop the leaking.Check your gaskets.
2006-11-04 09:36:18 · answer #9 · answered by Skeeter 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Bad valve seat. BuY a new one. Valve assy that is.
2006-11-04 16:09:10 · answer #10 · answered by WHY? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋