I live in a communal block of flats which has tanks that supplys water into
each flat.

There is a stopcock which used to feed water into a local tank within my
property for hot water based in the kitchen. This was turned off and capped
off when I replaced my old boiler to a combi.

The stopcock has now started to leak lightly around the nut which i'm
concerned about as I want to box the pipes in.

Would this have to be replaced or is it as simple as tightening the nut? If
the latter is it clockwise / anticlockwise?

If it needs replacing then the water supply from the tanks to the rest of
the block would have to be turned off although i'm not sure how to tell if
the the correct water supply has been turned off as there is no way to test
this in my property.

Any help would be appriciated.

TIA

P

Pedge used his keyboard to write :
Would this have to be replaced or is it as simple as tightening the nut? If
the latter is it clockwise / anticlockwise?

The gland nut...

You could try tightening it a little, after working the stop tap back
and forth to make it a bit more free on the shaft. They tighten
clockwise, but do not go more than a 1/4 turn.

No guarantee that it will work, or that it is not already as tight as
it will go, but certainly worth a try.

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Harry (M1BYT) (L)
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Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Pedge used his keyboard to write :

Would this have to be replaced or is it as simple as tightening the
nut? If
the latter is it clockwise / anticlockwise?

The gland nut...

You could try tightening it a little, after working the stop tap back
and forth to make it a bit more free on the shaft. They tighten
clockwise, but do not go more than a 1/4 turn.

No guarantee that it will work, or that it is not already as tight as it
will go, but certainly worth a try.

If that doesn't work try repacking it - unscrew it completely, with the
stop tap fully open (honest, it won't explode on you!!) then pick out
whatever crud you can see down the exposed internal thread. Then obtain
about 8" of plumbers' PTFE tape from B&Q
(http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...15527&ts=61355), twiddle
it around so it's like a length of twine, then wind it fairly loosely
around the shaft of the tap, below the gland nut. Then retighten the
gland nut so it forces the PTFE stuff down the hole underneath it,
forming a seal at the bottom (easier to do than explain!)

David

Lobster wrote in
:

Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Pedge used his keyboard to write :

Would this have to be replaced or is it as simple as tightening the
nut? If
the latter is it clockwise / anticlockwise?

The gland nut...

You could try tightening it a little, after working the stop tap back
and forth to make it a bit more free on the shaft. They tighten
clockwise, but do not go more than a 1/4 turn.

No guarantee that it will work, or that it is not already as tight as
it will go, but certainly worth a try.

If that doesn't work try repacking it - unscrew it completely, with
the stop tap fully open (honest, it won't explode on you!!) then pick
out whatever crud you can see down the exposed internal thread. Then
obtain about 8" of plumbers' PTFE tape from B&Q
(http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...15527&ts=61355),
twiddle it around so it's like a length of twine, then wind it fairly
loosely around the shaft of the tap, below the gland nut. Then
retighten the gland nut so it forces the PTFE stuff down the hole
underneath it, forming a seal at the bottom (easier to do than
explain!)

David




Ok, will give this a go. Hopefully it won't explode and flood my flat and
upset my downstairs neighbours :-)

Thanks