Hello everyone.
I hope you can help me out of a hole with this one. My “simple” task was to change the taps on my kitchen sink.
The problem I have is, I can not turn ALL the main water supply off. I know where the stopcock is, and it works perfectly well. I turn that off and it shuts off all of the water upstairs. I can drain down the hot water/immersion tank to stop the hot water BUT the only tap I can not stem the flow of is the one tap I need to change!!
I have checked under the sink, in fact everywhere to seek out an additional isolation valve, but alas nothing. I have left it running for ages thinking I needed to drain the tank. I have even closed off the ball valve in the tank to stop it refilling. Rather strange, but I am beginning to think there is another mains supply to the house?
I think maybe a little history about the house may help?
The house was originally a detached property, I believe built in the 1920's. In the 1970's the current owner decided to split it into a pair of semi's and build identical extensions to the sides of each semi to house the kitchen and second bedrooms.
There are a couple more anomalies. I have a tap in the garden to the front of the house about 5 meters away, this also continues to run. The main supply I mentioned earlier is at the rear of the house and within the property (a small lean to extension/conservatory) although underground with a regular old cast iron type hinged cover.
If you managed to find the time to read through all of this, thank you. If you manage to read through all of this and give me a solution. Thank you very much and there could be a box of chocolates heading your way.
Kind regards
Buster
I hope you can help me out of a hole with this one. My “simple” task was to change the taps on my kitchen sink.
The problem I have is, I can not turn ALL the main water supply off. I know where the stopcock is, and it works perfectly well. I turn that off and it shuts off all of the water upstairs. I can drain down the hot water/immersion tank to stop the hot water BUT the only tap I can not stem the flow of is the one tap I need to change!!
I have checked under the sink, in fact everywhere to seek out an additional isolation valve, but alas nothing. I have left it running for ages thinking I needed to drain the tank. I have even closed off the ball valve in the tank to stop it refilling. Rather strange, but I am beginning to think there is another mains supply to the house?
I think maybe a little history about the house may help?
The house was originally a detached property, I believe built in the 1920's. In the 1970's the current owner decided to split it into a pair of semi's and build identical extensions to the sides of each semi to house the kitchen and second bedrooms.
There are a couple more anomalies. I have a tap in the garden to the front of the house about 5 meters away, this also continues to run. The main supply I mentioned earlier is at the rear of the house and within the property (a small lean to extension/conservatory) although underground with a regular old cast iron type hinged cover.
If you managed to find the time to read through all of this, thank you. If you manage to read through all of this and give me a solution. Thank you very much and there could be a box of chocolates heading your way.
Kind regards
Buster