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Sorry, another stop-tap dilemma. Below is a picture of my stop-tap. As you can see the joints at either end are pretty corroded. Does this look like a nightmare to change?
I think it's around 50 years old - what are my chances of finding just a new tap body that will fit so I don't need to disturb the rest?
The tap operates okay but I can't close it without the gland nut leaking quite badly. A local plumber repacked the gland for me but it took him over an hour to get a seal on it because it has been cross-threaded in the past and also the nut is almost rounded off.
I haven't dared touched it since then but just about to start refitting my bathroom so going to be need to turn it on and off quite a bit.
I think it's around 50 years old - what are my chances of finding just a new tap body that will fit so I don't need to disturb the rest?
The tap operates okay but I can't close it without the gland nut leaking quite badly. A local plumber repacked the gland for me but it took him over an hour to get a seal on it because it has been cross-threaded in the past and also the nut is almost rounded off.
I haven't dared touched it since then but just about to start refitting my bathroom so going to be need to turn it on and off quite a bit.