Hi


Water stopcock inside a house is seized. No movement by hand, just a
little with a tool.

No stopcock in the street, either never was one or it has since been
paved over.

Cant even get access to the supply pipe outdoors, as the interior pipe
disappears into the concrete floor inside the building, which way it
goes from there is anyone's guess, and its structures or hard standing
in every direction.

Where does one go from here?


NT

On Mon, 5 Mar 2007 19:13:22 UTC, wrote:

Water stopcock inside a house is seized. No movement by hand, just a
little with a tool.

No stopcock in the street, either never was one or it has since been
paved over.

Cant even get access to the supply pipe outdoors, as the interior pipe
disappears into the concrete floor inside the building, which way it
goes from there is anyone's guess, and its structures or hard standing
in every direction.

Where does one go from here?

The way I went was to call in the local water company and avail myself
of their fixed price "We'll fit you a nice new lever valve" service!
£79.99 (about 3 years ago) and it took the guy over 3 hours. Parts
included.
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Hi


Water stopcock inside a house is seized. No movement by hand, just a
little with a tool.

No stopcock in the street, either never was one or it has since been
paved over.

Cant even get access to the supply pipe outdoors, as the interior pipe
disappears into the concrete floor inside the building, which way it
goes from there is anyone's guess, and its structures or hard standing
in every direction.

Where does one go from here?

I just phoned Yorkshire Water when this happened to me and they came and
installed a stop tap in the street for free.

Adam

wrote:
Hi


Water stopcock inside a house is seized. No movement by hand, just a
little with a tool.

No stopcock in the street, either never was one or it has since been
paved over.

Cant even get access to the supply pipe outdoors, as the interior pipe
disappears into the concrete floor inside the building, which way it
goes from there is anyone's guess, and its structures or hard standing
in every direction.

Where does one go from here?


NT

Buy a freezer pack and a new stop tap, freeze the pipe below the old one,
chop it off, affix new tap, then connect back up, with a small section of
pipe to take the place of the old tap and your done.

On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 19:44:34 +0000, Phil L wrote:

Buy a freezer pack and a new stop tap, freeze the pipe below the old one,
chop it off, affix new tap, then connect back up, with a small section of
pipe to take the place of the old tap and your done.

And hope to hell you can do it before the ice plug thaws!

John Stumbles wrote:
On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 19:44:34 +0000, Phil L wrote:

Buy a freezer pack and a new stop tap, freeze the pipe below the old
one, chop it off, affix new tap, then connect back up, with a small
section of pipe to take the place of the old tap and your done.

And hope to hell you can do it before the ice plug thaws!

3 hours + in my experience....thought the bugger would never thaw out!


A note to the OP:
If you go down this route, make sure there is no water running through the
pipe prior to freezing, flowing water doesn't freeze too well! - this means
dripping showers and taps, also toilet cisterns, outside taps, ponds, header
tanks etc, basically everything that uses water should be checked to see
that it's not demanding water from the main supply.

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Water stopcock inside a house is seized. No movement by hand, just a
little with a tool.

No stopcock in the street, either never was one or it has since been
paved over.

Cant even get access to the supply pipe outdoors, as the interior pipe
disappears into the concrete floor inside the building, which way it
goes from there is anyone's guess, and its structures or hard standing
in every direction.

Where does one go from here?

Time for a water meter?


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John Stumbles wrote:
On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 19:44:34 +0000, Phil L wrote:

Buy a freezer pack and a new stop tap, freeze the pipe below the old
one, chop it off, affix new tap, then connect back up, with a small
section of pipe to take the place of the old tap and your done.

And hope to hell you can do it before the ice plug thaws!

I've used freezers a couple of times & had to wait at least half an hour for
a cup of tea!

These freezer kits are good if you follow the instructions.


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The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257

On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 22:38:39 GMT, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:

John Stumbles wrote:
On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 19:44:34 +0000, Phil L wrote:

Buy a freezer pack and a new stop tap, freeze the pipe below the old
one, chop it off, affix new tap, then connect back up, with a small
section of pipe to take the place of the old tap and your done.

And hope to hell you can do it before the ice plug thaws!

I've used freezers a couple of times & had to wait at least half an hour for
a cup of tea!

Fill up the kettle before starting work next time..

On Mar 5, 7:13 pm, wrote:
Hi

Water stopcock inside a house is seized. No movement by hand, just a
little with a tool.

No stopcock in the street, either never was one or it has since been
paved over.

Cant even get access to the supply pipe outdoors, as the interior pipe
disappears into the concrete floor inside the building, which way it
goes from there is anyone's guess, and its structures or hard standing
in every direction.

Where does one go from here?

NT

Is it a lead supply? If so, might be time for a free lead replacement.

A

On 5 Mar, 21:51, "Phil L" wrote:
John Stumbles wrote:
On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 19:44:34 +0000, Phil L wrote:

Buy a freezer pack and a new stop tap, freeze the pipe below the old
one, chop it off, affix new tap, then connect back up, with a small
section of pipe to take the place of the old tap and your done.

And hope to hell you can do it before the ice plug thaws!

3 hours + in my experience....thought the bugger would never thaw out!

A note to the OP:
If you go down this route, make sure there is no water running through the
pipe prior to freezing, flowing water doesn't freeze too well! - this means
dripping showers and taps, also toilet cisterns, outside taps, ponds, header
tanks etc, basically everything that uses water should be checked to see
that it's not demanding water from the main supply.

Ongoing dribbles plus no noticeable plumbing skills means I wouldnt
dare try the freezer approach.

I'll do a 2nd reccy for any signs of a concreted over access point,
then call in the water co. Or a handyman... not often i do that these
days.

Thanks everyone!


NT