Capping off cold water pipe

peter212693

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Evening all,

I have a dish washer I’m going to be removing from my kitchen soon. There is a cold feed to it which I will need to cap off after removing it. I’m useless at soldering so soldering a cap on will not work :o

Am I right in thinking that using an isolating valve and then a blanking cap (as below) will work as a permanent solution? Or is there a better way? I’m tempted by a push fit cap end but I don’t know if I could trust this long term.

http://www.screwfix.com/p/15mm-full-bore-isolating-valve/46860
http://www.screwfix.com/p/compression-blanking-nut-15mm/55441

Thanks for your help
 
Just use a little BOSS White and all should be good.

Daft question, does the dish washer not screw into a ball valve which you should be able to cap off (or is that whats in your original post)
 
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If the current ball valve seals leave that in, I have the same under my sink which was the hot water to my old washing machine, new one is cold fill.
 
turn off mains at stopcock open cold kitchen tap to drain down, remove washing machine valve (towel below to catch a cupful of water) and fit a 15mm compression blank to the open ended pipe.

Al
 
You dont even really need the brass end just make sure the little blue tap is off and all should be ok, at least my hot ones has been like that for years and never had any trouble
 
Seconded. Since washing machines moved to the cold feed only systems, the hot water feed has been left disconnected with no cap (with little red tap in off position) at all the houses I have rented to date (total of 7+ years). Never had any problem with leaks.

Slade2 said:
You dont even really need the brass end just make sure the little blue tap is off and all should be ok, at least my hot ones has been like that for years and never had any trouble
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Out of interest guys, my dishwasher advises to turn of water supply to the washer after use. Does this mean I need to close the valve when im not using it? Seems like a bit of a nightmare...
 
No not at all, it will only fill and empty as required. I think that is meant for periods when you know you might not use it for a while.
 
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