- Joined
- 20 Jan 2003
- Messages
- 30
- Reaction score
- 0
- Country
Hi, am trying to change bathroom basin and taps. There is no stopcock to be found inside the house (only been here a year and never had a need to look before), no isolator valves on basin pipes and, having taken off bath panel, not on bath taps either.
So I've pulled up the trap in front of my drive. There's a plastic white thing with a blue lid (bit like a car screenwash container) and the usual stopcock tap. Am able to reach it easy enough and have turned it clockwise (and anti- just to make sure) until there's a definite stop.
But the water is still on in my house. It's a mains-fed system, no tank, so why won't it turn off? I left it running upstairs and downstairs for a good five minutes. How long does it take to drain?
So I've pulled up the trap in front of my drive. There's a plastic white thing with a blue lid (bit like a car screenwash container) and the usual stopcock tap. Am able to reach it easy enough and have turned it clockwise (and anti- just to make sure) until there's a definite stop.
But the water is still on in my house. It's a mains-fed system, no tank, so why won't it turn off? I left it running upstairs and downstairs for a good five minutes. How long does it take to drain?