isolation valve

Hi all - I have a water softener with a bypass/isolation valve, but it is plastic and old, and has a crack in it, so needs replacing. I've been given a new metal one which I'd like to fit myself. However out of the box, none of the fittings seem to be tight after screwing it together. I can just...

Hi what would be the best way to remove an olive from an old isolation valve which is stuck on our toilet water pipe? Was tempted to carefully use a junior hacksaw Also once off I bought a Lever isolation valve as it was a nightmare trying to turn the old one off once it started dripping with...

Had to repair toilet cistern water feed due to bodged pipe perforation "fix" (by plumber when the bathroom was installed many years ago) giving up the ghost. As it entailed replacing a section of pipe I thought it worthwhile putting in a 15mm ballofix isolation valve at the same time. I had...

Trying to install a tap in my kitchen I'm a complete DIY Novice, I've cut the copper pipes and fitted isolation valves on. The tap tails I got with the tap are 400mm in length which are way too big, smallest I can find is 300mm so I went and got them but then realised I couldn't fit them onto...

Hi I've bought a Smiths HL1000 fan assisted radiator to fit into the kitchen. The combi boiler is also in the kitchen and the 22mm flow and return pipes are right there to tee off. The radiator has 15mm stub pipes in & out. It's like a plinth heater but goes up high on the wall. There's two...

hi all, We have a detached garage which I want to install an electric shower to wash the dogs in using a huge (old school art room) Belfast sink which we are putting in. Grey water is sorted as going into nearby drain. We have installed 25mm mdpe pipe 800mm underground insulated in 110mm pipe...

Hi all, We're having tiling done in our 2 bathrooms soon & the tilers mentioned the taps have no isolation valves. Included a pic of what its currently looking like I'm in two minds whether its worth adding them or not? I was just going to turn the hot & cold water off them add a blank nut...

Hiya, I bought a garden tap kit from toolstaiton, and it comes with this (pic below). So, does any one knows what the purpose of this looks like isolation valve for? Or it's not an isolation? Could i just by pass it? Thanks!

Hi, Old house we moved in to seems to have a faulty 15mm Isolation Va lve but because of the way pipes are, theres a problem. No extra pipework to allow me to chop out pipe and fit new valve as all pipes lengths tightly routed. ONLY OPTION IS to unscrew current nuts at ends of existing...