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Bit of a tricky one. The stop tap in pavement is very old and does nothing. Water co says 10 months to come out and replace!!! The stop tap inside the Victorian house is under an access panel in floor inside front door as the tap is in void under ground floor. The pipe from under garden is lead and enters the void under front door through the stone foundations that hold up the front elevation of the house. There is 2” of lead pipe through the hole in the foundation wall, then it joins (sweated joint) to approx. 4” ofcopper 15mm pipe before it enters the stop tap.
The gland on the stop tap is trickling water, but the gland nut is seized and so is the nut that turns to remove the tap’s head. So, we need to replace inside stop tap, with no way of isolating with the outside stop tap.
If I buy a freeze can from merchants/Screwfix/Tool Station, is only 4” of copper pipe enough to get the freeze jacket on pipe and freeze it? If there is a slight trickle which means slight flow in the pipe, will it freeze, or does the water need to be at complete standstill?
Or shall I just snatch it and change the stop tap live? :rolleyes2: Any water should just soak into the earth below foundations.
Note: When we turn off the leaking inside stop tap, the trickle from it's gland slows, but doesn't stop.
The gland on the stop tap is trickling water, but the gland nut is seized and so is the nut that turns to remove the tap’s head. So, we need to replace inside stop tap, with no way of isolating with the outside stop tap.
If I buy a freeze can from merchants/Screwfix/Tool Station, is only 4” of copper pipe enough to get the freeze jacket on pipe and freeze it? If there is a slight trickle which means slight flow in the pipe, will it freeze, or does the water need to be at complete standstill?
Or shall I just snatch it and change the stop tap live? :rolleyes2: Any water should just soak into the earth below foundations.
Note: When we turn off the leaking inside stop tap, the trickle from it's gland slows, but doesn't stop.
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