Hi,
id like to share a problem i had today, and get some advice.
I was helping my sister put in a shower in her new house. we couldnt find the internal stoptap so loked outside for one. We found one that looked in good condition and was clearly marked as belonging to her house. It was only a foot below the surface and very tidy looking so i was able to reach it with my hand. I assumed that id have to turn it clockwise but it wouldt budge in that direction so i turned it approx one full turn in the opposite direction. this had no effect on the flow. I gave it one more full turn, upon which it came out in my hand. Naturally this resulted in water going everywhere.....eventually I managed to get the tap back in by screwing it in anti clockwise......and am now sat here very confused by it all. I really thought that if i turned it the wrong way then, like a standard stop tap, it would just stop turning....after id put it back in i was only able to manage the two complete turns before again meeting strong resistance.....so im back at square one..just a lot wetter and very very scared of stop cocks.....
Can anyone shed some light as to what happened...I have plans to alter the location of my own internal stop tap, but am terrified that the stopcock outside will do the same....what is the norm? has anyone else ever completely unscrewed one before?
Please dont just tell me to get a plumber, i'll prob do that anyway, but would like an insight as to how on earth i ended up so wet today!!!
Cheers
id like to share a problem i had today, and get some advice.
I was helping my sister put in a shower in her new house. we couldnt find the internal stoptap so loked outside for one. We found one that looked in good condition and was clearly marked as belonging to her house. It was only a foot below the surface and very tidy looking so i was able to reach it with my hand. I assumed that id have to turn it clockwise but it wouldt budge in that direction so i turned it approx one full turn in the opposite direction. this had no effect on the flow. I gave it one more full turn, upon which it came out in my hand. Naturally this resulted in water going everywhere.....eventually I managed to get the tap back in by screwing it in anti clockwise......and am now sat here very confused by it all. I really thought that if i turned it the wrong way then, like a standard stop tap, it would just stop turning....after id put it back in i was only able to manage the two complete turns before again meeting strong resistance.....so im back at square one..just a lot wetter and very very scared of stop cocks.....
Can anyone shed some light as to what happened...I have plans to alter the location of my own internal stop tap, but am terrified that the stopcock outside will do the same....what is the norm? has anyone else ever completely unscrewed one before?
Please dont just tell me to get a plumber, i'll prob do that anyway, but would like an insight as to how on earth i ended up so wet today!!!
Cheers