Need a new stopcock. Two problems.

Frederick Williams · 2011-11-20T14:51:59+00:00

The mains water enters my property thorough an iron pipe. The stopcockis leaking slowly, maybe so slowly that I could leave it and do nothing,but I'd rather get it fixed. A plumber tells me that he cannot replacethe stopcock _because_ the pipe is iron. Really? Why?There is a second problem. The pipe is so near an external wall, thatinstalling a new stopcock will be very difficult. Maybe a few brickswould need to be removed and replaced when the job is done. Is thiscommon in old (1893) properties?