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I did what I did last night, turned off the mains and also the black cold water valve to the hot water cylinder. We carried on as normal in the house then eventually (throughout the morning), the water stopped. Looks like there's A LOT of water in the pipes. I kind of gave up and forgot the...

I'll give it another go in the morning and will report back. Thanks. 2 mins sounds like quite a long time for taps to stop? In the past, they always stopped nearly immediately.

Do I turn the black cold water inlet valve to off position next to the hot water cylinder (1st original picture) as well?

Here's the mains stopcock

As far as I'm aware, there isn't any other water containers anywhere? Guessing it is a bubble top cylinder then?

It shouldn't be old storage cistern (like a cold water tank in loft?), house is from 2007 and there's no tank in the loft. The only mixer tap is the kitchen tap. There is a pressurised red cylinder (1.2 bars) above the hot water cylinder, I'm guessing that's for building up the pressure? Can...

I just tried this again. Turning off the mains under kitchen sink turned off the cold tap for kitchen (no water out immediately). I also turned the black cold water inlet to the cylinder (shown on picture). Tried a cold water tap upstairs but still getting a lot of water out? Where is this...

I tried that. Turned the main cold water valve under the kitchen sink. Turned the upstairs black cold water inlet to the cylinder as well as the red valve from top of the cylinder. Still getting a lot of water out from hot taps, can't be that much hot water pressure buildup in the pipes?

I thought that too. In the past, I would turn the black cold water inlet valve and that would work. Am I missing something?

Hi all, I was planning on changing the kitchen tap (no isolation valves) but couldn't stop the hot water from the hot water tank (Megaflo heatrae stadia). I have changed bathrooms taps before and have stop hot water to the taps by shutting off the cold inlet to the cylinder (Last year)...

I have added a 4th picture to highlight the crack. There was a couple of drips of water underneath this plastic part. So this is a pressure reducer? If I turn off the cold water lever (just before this section - can see it on picture 1 and 3), it would be safe to undo and change either the...

Hi all, Noticed a small crack and occasional leak by the cold water inlet to the hot water tank and up stairs. I'm unsure what this part is called and if I can just buy a screw for the pipe seperately from B&Q or have to replace the whole black part (unsure of the name). You can see the small...