I realise this is a pretty dumb question, but how do I turn off the cold water supply to the bath (upstairs bathroom)?
As far as I can see the tank in the loft feeds the hot water, the shower pump, and also cold water to the upstairs basin and bath in the bathroom and the downstairs cloakroom.
(Upstairs and downstairs toilets are fed from the main along with kitchen cold water and appliances).
I have a broken bath filler tap that needs to be replaced. I have contacted a plumber but would also like to know how to turn off the supply to that tap if necessary.
Query: My loft tank has 6 pipes connected: (pics attached)
Pipes 1 and 2 at the top - the inflow pipe and the overflow.
Pipe 3 in the middle - another pipe connected at the side of the tank with a tap (gate valve?) on it. I don't know what this is.
At the bottom: 3 pipes connected. Two with taps one without. I think the two with taps are (a) for the hot water and (b) (with a red circular tap handle) the feed for the shower pump. I once had to temporarily turn water off in the kitchen downstairs and did this by turning off the main stop cock downstairs and all the taps coming out of the loft but have never turned off cold water to the bath upstairs.
I've looked under the bathroom sink and taken the bath side panel off. There's a pretty good view of the pipes there and I can't see any isolation valves on the pipes.
Could it be that the cold supply for upstairs is the pipe without the tap? Does this mean that to turn it off I would have to turn off the main stopcock downstairs and drain the tank completely ? That seems a bit odd.
Sorry for long post, any advice much appreciated. I attach pics of the pipes on the tank
As far as I can see the tank in the loft feeds the hot water, the shower pump, and also cold water to the upstairs basin and bath in the bathroom and the downstairs cloakroom.
(Upstairs and downstairs toilets are fed from the main along with kitchen cold water and appliances).
I have a broken bath filler tap that needs to be replaced. I have contacted a plumber but would also like to know how to turn off the supply to that tap if necessary.
Query: My loft tank has 6 pipes connected: (pics attached)
Pipes 1 and 2 at the top - the inflow pipe and the overflow.
Pipe 3 in the middle - another pipe connected at the side of the tank with a tap (gate valve?) on it. I don't know what this is.
At the bottom: 3 pipes connected. Two with taps one without. I think the two with taps are (a) for the hot water and (b) (with a red circular tap handle) the feed for the shower pump. I once had to temporarily turn water off in the kitchen downstairs and did this by turning off the main stop cock downstairs and all the taps coming out of the loft but have never turned off cold water to the bath upstairs.
I've looked under the bathroom sink and taken the bath side panel off. There's a pretty good view of the pipes there and I can't see any isolation valves on the pipes.
Could it be that the cold supply for upstairs is the pipe without the tap? Does this mean that to turn it off I would have to turn off the main stopcock downstairs and drain the tank completely ? That seems a bit odd.
Sorry for long post, any advice much appreciated. I attach pics of the pipes on the tank