TimW Wrote in message:
There's a small bit of land behind the house which has in the past had
horse/sheep in it and hence a galvanised drinking trough with a water
supply. The supply comes through black plastic pipe underground and I
don't know where from but I am pretty sure it isn't from my house. Must
be my neighbour but they don't know of any stop cock or anything. There
was a valve with a metal ball on an arm like an old toilet but it was
only filling very slowly. Now the arm has been broken off by some cattle
that got in and the thing is constantly, if slowly overflowing.

I want to keep the trough available for livestock. I have no way of
turning off the water. I don't know if the water is full mains pressure
or if the slow flow is all we will ever get. I don't know if the
existing valve is blocked or not or if it's fixable. I can go to mole
valley or somewhere and buy a new ball valve or similar no problem, but
lets say I cut the pipe with a hand saw and water gushes out. Will I be
able to fit the new valve with water flowing? What sort of fitting is
needed for black plastic pipe? I had an idea that I could cut the pipe
and maybe fit a stop cock with the stop cock open and the water flowing
through, then turn it off, then deal with the trough valve. would that work?

Yes I'd reckon so, though prepare to get wet!

Maybe use a pipe freezer?

Or wait & see if the pipe freezes in winter?

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Jim K


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