Capping the water supply

[rockyroo]

Hi, Merry Christmas everyone

Just wanted to know what the best way to temporarily cap the water supply when you have removed the toilet and sink if there is no shut of valve on the pipe. Obviously will shut the water off from stop cock and then drain hot water, but I will need to leave it a day or two and can't leave them without water. I did see a sort of plastic stopper once but cannot find the name of it, any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers

[Fekin]

Speed fit stop ends, cheap to buy and very very easy to use.

You can get them at B&Q or any plumbing suppliers


For a toilet it will most probably be a 22mm pipe, just measure it before buying one.

You simply push the stop end onto the pipe and it will make a mild click, if that, and that's it, to get it off you just pull the little collar up and remove once done, and can be reused.

[plumbersmate]

Originally Posted by Fekin

Speed fit stop ends, cheap to buy and very very easy to use.

You can get them at B&Q or any plumbing suppliers


For a toilet it will most probably be a 22mm pipe, just measure it before buying one.

You simply push the stop end onto the pipe and it will make a mild click, if that, and that's it, to get it off you just pull the little collar up and remove once done, and can be reused.

me thinks you've done this a lot, fekin

[abskiing]

Offer to fit isolation valves its a good little earner.

abskiing

[simonb43]

Push fittings are good to stop water flow temporarily, but it would be best to fit service valves to origional copper pipes, then fit flexi chrome pipes to them and the taps etc. PS toilets are normally 15mm as are sink pipes. Bath pipes tend to be 22m.

[rockyroo]

Hi, thanks for the advice, went to my local shop, got some grey ones, the guy said that you have to push them on and then unscrew them to get them off, does that sound right??

[Fekin]

Originally Posted by simonb43

Push fittings are good to stop water flow temporarily, but it would be best to fit service valves to origional copper pipes, then fit flexi chrome pipes to them and the taps etc. PS toilets are normally 15mm as are sink pipes. Bath pipes tend to be 22m.

Not done much plumbing, so I could only go on my previous experiance's, and bath and sinks were 15mm and the toilets were 22mm.

[silverfox]

Originally Posted by rockyroo

Hi, thanks for the advice, went to my local shop, got some grey ones, the guy said that you have to push them on and then unscrew them to get them off, does that sound right??

Yeah, same type of thing m8.

Some have to be dismantled to remove them and the internal ring of teeth which is whats left gripping the pipe, needs to be sliced to remove it. Throw away once used.

[devonmark]

as abskiing says, throw on isolater valves
..Mark