External Stopcock

[Chris Sanders]

I want to upgrade my heating and hot water to a pressurised system and my plumber says we have 2.5 bar of pressure but flow rate not good enough as we have 15mm pipes. We probably need to upgrade the mains pipe but we can’t find the external stopcock (live in a village) and having spoken with Thames Water they showed no interest in helping. Anyone have a suggestion?

 

[HERTS P&D]

Ask your neighbours where theirs are and try to work out where your one is.

Andy

 

[dilalio]

Get a water diviner man.

 

[Bod ...]

Get a water diviner man.

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[dilalio]

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UK water firms admit using divining rods to find leaks and pipes

Calls for regulator to stop companies passing cost of using discredited medieval practice on to customers

www.theguardian.com

 

[Exedon]

Certainly in the 3 water board area's I work in they will all come out - locate and clear external stop taps.
At end of day it's there stop tap! Maybe try telling then you think you have a leak on your service they normally move quickly to stop water wastage.

 

[Nige F]

I want to upgrade my heating and hot water to a pressurised system and my plumber says we have 2.5 bar of pressure but flow rate not good enough as we have 15mm pipes. We probably need to upgrade the mains pipe but we can’t find the external stopcock (live in a village) and having spoken with Thames Water they showed no interest in helping. Anyone have a suggestion?

e mail the C E O

 

[Chris Sanders]

Ask your neighbours where theirs are and try to work out where your one is.

Andy

Tried that and they don't know. One had Thames Water out and they spent an hour looking and couldn't find. I think telling them I might have a leak is good idea. Our spetic tank man said he can find....for a fee. As pipes are metal they can trace the pipes out and find out where they go.

 

[dilalio]

Tried that and they don't know. One had Thames Water out and they spent an hour looking and couldn't find. I think telling them I might have a leak is good idea. Our spetic tank man said he can find....for a fee. As pipes are metal they can trace the pipes out and find out where they go.

Just say you need to know where it is in case of an emergency...
You have a leak and you're away... Nobody can get access into your house to turn the internal stopcock off!
Or... Your internal stopcock is leaking and needs replacing, which needs access to the external stopcock.

 

[CBW]

UK water firms admit using divining rods to find leaks and pipes

Calls for regulator to stop companies passing cost of using discredited medieval practice on to customers

www.theguardian.com

I saw a united utilities man using them, I hadn’t seen them before, and didn’t know what they were called.

 

[Graeme000]

It won't be a priority visit but they will definitely attend and help locate it. It is their asset.
If they can't find it they will end up excavating and fitting a new valve

 

[Hugh Jaleak]

Get a water diviner man.

It's worked for me several times. Dont knock it if you haven't tried it!

 

[Justin Passing]

They'll ask you why you think you have a leak and is it just so you can get a new pipe?!

Do you have a lead pipe from the road? If so, you may be able to get it replaced with plastic if you replace all your internal house pipes to the latest regs. Used to be called a "lead free conversion"or something like that. I had 3 done in renters.
YOU can't connect a pipe to their tapping off the main, they have to do that anyway. They can be helpful, depends on which water co etc.

A competent person can always find a metal pipe - it only takes a C.A.T. and a Genny. Water people often don't have the Genny so they fail. (you can hire them). Plastic is harder!

 

[dilalio]

It's worked for me several times. Dont knock it if you haven't tried it!

I'm not mate. Seen it done several times to.

 

[Hugh Jaleak]

I'm not mate. Seen it done several times to.

I was aiming my comment at the Doubting Thomas's Buddy. Used it myself to trace drains on more then one occasion, dont ask me how it works as I couldn't tell you but there is definitely something in it!