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the mains pipe inside my house can't be more than 300mm deep so i doubt it's at the right depth from my front door to OSV

Thanks all. What I'm struggling with is that the footpath outside my door is a public pavement. My boundary effectively ends at my front door as I have no front garden/path to speak of. I could dig a 750mm+ trench inside my property up to my front door but I couldn't reach the outside stop...

Thanks. What I’m struggling to understand is how anyone could access the bit of pipe from my front door to the outside stop cock without digging up the pavement? Or can you upgrade pipe to an outside stopcock without having to do that The hole where the outside stopcock is is tiny—I’ve no idea...

so my understanding is that Thames Water are responsible for the bit from my door to the stopcock, but inside the house it's my responsibility. i can't see how a plumber could access the pipe outside my house under the pavement? the plumber tried to fix it with 4 clamps but he didn't have the...

ah yes there what looks like a tap which I suppose is the internal stopcock but it's not accessible and i can't seem to turn it!

Sounds promising. Do you have a name?

the stopcock is literally outside our front door and the pipe going to it from my house is under pavement so i can't dig anything... Thames Water have a lead pipe replacement scheme which means they'll do the bit outside the house but i have to get a Thames approved plumber to upgrade the pipe...

so we don't actually have an internal stop cock... only the one just outside the front door. i'm considering getting a stopcock installed just inside the front door, with a mat over a removable section of the subfloor to provide access to it i'm with Thames Water and they do have a scheme but...

i'd say pinhole leak

thanks all for the advice. seems like the plumber couldn't be arsed! the leak seems to have fully stopped dripping now, so maybe it was just residual water. might complain to Aspect because i paid £150 for the privilege of being left in exactly the same situation i've got another plumber...

Plumber has left saying he can't do a temporary fix because the water can't be fully stopped and that lead pipes aren't regulation so a temp fix isn't appropriate. Said we need to speak to Thames Water who can replace the stopcock and replace the lead pipe with a modern one. Is that my only...

No water whatsoever from the kitchen tap. We think it's a lead pipe. Nextdoor neighbour had to repair his too

Update! depsite the stopcock being fully turned off and having no water in the house, the leak, which is on the mains water supply about 1m from the stopcock, is still leaking but only a little bit... does this mean the stopcock is knackered? got a plumber round but he's saying it can't be...

Thanks John. I tightened screw a bit then went a few turns clockwise with the spanner and it’s stopped :) Thanks so much!!

I’ve found the plastic key/spanner! But turning seems to have no effect. Which way should it go?

I've turned it clockwise 12+ times. Not sure how one quarter turn would work? In which direction?

Water pipe under floorboards leaking. Stop cock under cover outside house but don't know how to turn off. The screw keeps turning clockwise and anticlockwise inde

Thanks for all your help. I've taken a few more photos and explored underneath the floorboards too. Could anyone help me identify the cables? As people have said I think my best bet is to just box it off but I'm not sure what this errant little cable is doing?

I've just had a new wood front door installed but because they had to build up the frame onsite they've had to install it as "untreated hardwood", meaning that "the undercoating and painting will need to be done after installation". We plan to paint it properly at a later date but I want to...

The terrace house I've moved into has large cables (not very well) hidden behind some trunking which stops at the skirting board. This is right by the front door and I'd like to chase these cables into the wall. My concern is that there are too many cables/they're too thick to be chased into...