stop cock not stopping

bigpete · Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 9:42 pm Post Subject: stop cock not stopping

when I turn off the interior stop cock the hot water taps dont run any water when open. However, all cold water taps run as normal with no visible change in pressure......help, my old bathroom is out and I need to run a new cold & hot water pipe b4 i can put the new 1 in......the wife is goin nutz!!! ohyeah, the outside stop appears to have been tarmacced over by NTL! Is there a way of replacing the inside stop while the feed is still live (or would that just flood the kitchen and make the wife kneecap me?!!)?

wouldbplummer · Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 9:50 pm Post Subject:

are you sure you have that the right way round if youve turned stop tap off you will have no water out of cold taps but you will have hot but only untill you run all your water out of tank then this will stop to.

corgiman · Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 9:53 pm Post Subject:

you will just flood the kitchen, highly unadvisable to do it live

get on to your water company and get them out to find the external stop cock they should be willing

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dal5band · Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 10:07 pm Post Subject:

There must be another stop cock inside - follow the pipes. The one you are turning off is probably a secondary stop cock just for part of the system.

bigpete · Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 10:19 pm Post Subject:

it is definatley the only stop tap, it is about 6 inch above where the pipe comes in to the house thru the floor.

my mum used to have this house about 15 years ago and she has told me that it is the right one. Is it possible that the interiors have corroded? the hot water starts running as soon as i open it again!

what are these fraazing kits that I have heard about and where can I get one from (reasonably priced) and do they work and how do I find out what size diamater fitting do I need an and and and my flamin ed urts!

dal5band · Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 1:10 pm Post Subject:

If your stop cock is turning the hot off, where is the cold coming from ?
Unless you have a cold tank - this may explain the cold in the bathroom.

But the kitchen tap must be on the mains - so where is that connected to ?