"Elder" wrote in message
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Moved into a house in February which still has a functional outside
loo.
But the water fittings in loo were weaping somewhere.

Tried to turn off water in the loo, but the stop tap was seized for
hand
turning.

I left it until I had some time to deal with.
Tried turning it with a stilson and the drip turned into a woosh
from
the joint above.

In the end I just opened up the joint and there was no olive, but
plenty
of old PTFE. I stuck in a spare olive I had tightened down and at
least
the leak is now sorted.

Plan was to turn off water, cut pipe and fit garden tap, and remove
loo
and turn into shed.

But I have one old broken off stop stap on the old lead pipe.
One seized stop tap on the lead to copper adaptor.

Can't see any other way to turn off the water except possible the
whole
house supply and unfortunatly the house indoor stop tap is now
behind
the washing machine.

Apart from it being a wet and messy(physically and aesthetically)
way,
is there any reason why I can't cut off the pipe above the seized
stop
tap, get wet while it gushes again and fit a 15mm push on stop tap
or
isolator valve to the stub of pipe?

I can then turn it off and remove the rest of the system at my
leisure
and stick on the garden tap once I have the room.

Thoughts? Can't afford a plumber but don't fancy messing with the
old
soft lead piping that looks to be very short at the ground level,
and a
push on stop tap would do the job.

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Borrow a pipe freezer - makes life so much easier - reminds me must
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