Re: Slightly OT: Frozen stopcocks

i agree and think the 1/4 turn ones are superior
Bill Noble wrote:
"Michael Koblic" <mkoblic@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:gs3n75$c85$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I discovered that no less than 5 stop-cocks feeding the bathroom sinks and a toilet in the house are frozen open. Before I commit to calling a plumber and/or replacing the stop cocks I would like to try and release them. Internet and personal enquiries about how to release them have been less than fruitful.



don't fix, replace. most newer ones have mixed plastic and brass parts and a build up of calcium deposits causes them to be imobile, then when you try and turn them the plastic shears and they are worthless anyway. Just change them. If you want to prevent this in the future, turn them off and back on yearly. And to change, just turn off water main to your dewlling wherever it enters - there is (at least on every building I looked at) at least two master shutoffs - one upon entry to the building and one at the curbside meter


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