Got home last night to find the hot water tap in the kitchen would not turn off completely. Luckily, I had spare tap cartridges - so a cheap and easy fix, you would think.
Turned the isolation valve in the cupboard below the sink, only to be sprayed with water from the screw on the valve. This thing had never been turned in 20 years and must have perished.
Turned the water off at the mains and proceeded to remove the valve, to take to the store for a new one. Bloody thing would not come off on one side - typical !!!
So it cost me £1.85 for a new isolation valve and £25 for a blow torch and gas to get the old valve off
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