On Sun, 06 Jul 2003 10:10:40 +0100, Andy Hall
wrote:

On Sun, 6 Jul 2003 08:51:44 +0000 (UTC), "Sean Delere"
wrote:

One note is it ok to cut off the existing copper pipework and replace
it further back with plastic pushfit to the new bathroom suite ?

No problems doing that. It makes life so much easier in the future if you
have a service valve for every piece of kit.

Congratulations on the fence and good luck with the bathroom.

Sean


One thing to watch out for with service valves is that they do reduce
the bore of the pipe quite a bit.

This may not matter too much with mains fed taps, but on low pressure
will slow the flow down a lot.

A good alternative with full bore is to use lever ball valves. They
do completely seal off (unlike gate valves which also tend to stick).



.andy

Thanks for the comments guys. :-)

And the pointers Andy, helpful as always.

Just have to decide now which neighbours offer of ladders to take up.
:-))

Mark S.