Any negative experiences? I was thinking of fitting one to make turning off
the water a bit less fraught - I have had the stuffing gland leak on my
existing tap despite replacing the seal and keeping it lubricated.

John coughed up some electrons that declared:

Any negative experiences? I was thinking of fitting one to make turning
off the water a bit less fraught - I have had the stuffing gland leak on
my existing tap despite replacing the seal and keeping it lubricated.

I've seen a lot of positive experiences cited on various forums, but it's a
new device, so test of time and all that.

Did you mean you're having trouble with the gland on your stopcock? Or that
your stopcock is hard to get at when your tap goes?

Unless it's question of accessibility, how about a full bore lever valve?
Bit easier to operate and less to go wrong?

Cheers

Tim

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John coughed up some electrons that declared:

Any negative experiences? I was thinking of fitting one to make turning
off the water a bit less fraught - I have had the stuffing gland leak on
my existing tap despite replacing the seal and keeping it lubricated.

I've seen a lot of positive experiences cited on various forums, but it's
a
new device, so test of time and all that.

Did you mean you're having trouble with the gland on your stopcock? Or
that
your stopcock is hard to get at when your tap goes?

Unless it's question of accessibility, how about a full bore lever valve?
Bit easier to operate and less to go wrong?

Cheers

Tim
A bit awkward - and it would be good to make it easy for the person that
says"Which way should I turn it?" when I am doing a plumbing job and don't
really want to climb down from the loft.

On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:22:28 -0000, "John"
wrote:

Any negative experiences? I was thinking of fitting one to make turning off
the water a bit less fraught - I have had the stuffing gland leak on my
existing tap despite replacing the seal and keeping it lubricated.

A full bore quarter turn lever valve at £2.50 wins hands down with me.

John wrote:
Any negative experiences? I was thinking of fitting one to make
turning off the water a bit less fraught - I have had the stuffing
gland leak on my existing tap despite replacing the seal and keeping
it lubricated.

I've fitted a few and they work fine. Only downside is that they come with
those poxy pushfit connectors. I'd prefer good old compression.

BTW you need a fair amount of movement in the pipework to get them in.



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