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Must admit I was pleasantly surprised, :D but then the first visit didn't really add any value. Suppose there's a bit of swings and roundabouts, if we'd found the stop cock durng the first visit, he'd have made a bit more. And he was working "round the doors" as we say up north, ie he was...

Hi All So ..... Water board man arrives, and says we do have our own stopcock, so we look all over and.... eventually find it in our back yard, under an old butlers sink that was being used to grow herbs in. So he turns it off, we call the plumber who was on standby (very good of him)...

Hi Guys Quick update, thanks for your replies, really appreciate them. So having ascertained that even Garth wouldn't be able to turn this stop cock off, cleaned off the plaster and paint, back to the housing nut, and called in reinforcements. Plumber had a quick look, measured the...

Hi Guys, Just checking over a rental property I own, usual stuff, Door & Window locks Ok Smoke Alarm Test ok. StopCock ........Ah Won't budge, Tried the easy stuff, bigger spanner, WD40. Checked in the street, Water Board Stop, only every 3 or 4 houses, none near mine...