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I fitted a new sink and tap into my garage yesterday which meant I had to shut off the water to fit new isolation valves. The cold was no problem as the stopcock was right next to the sink. However the hot side did give me issues.
I bunged the supply from the main tank as well as the vent - in the past this has proved enough to cut off the hot water and indeed in the 1st floor bathroom the hot tap did stop running. However, downstairs the hot tap in the kitchen ran (albeit slower than normal). This also mean that where I had to remove the old tap hot water was still flowing. I managed to get the valve on by working quickly but would like to know what could cause this.
I should point out that I used the bunging method successfully 4 weeks ago to put isolation valves on the ground floor cloakroom so don't think it is a system layout problem.
Any advice would be gratefully received - cheers!
I bunged the supply from the main tank as well as the vent - in the past this has proved enough to cut off the hot water and indeed in the 1st floor bathroom the hot tap did stop running. However, downstairs the hot tap in the kitchen ran (albeit slower than normal). This also mean that where I had to remove the old tap hot water was still flowing. I managed to get the valve on by working quickly but would like to know what could cause this.
I should point out that I used the bunging method successfully 4 weeks ago to put isolation valves on the ground floor cloakroom so don't think it is a system layout problem.
Any advice would be gratefully received - cheers!