Plumbing! (1 Viewer)

[Jim Daniels]

My cold kitchen tap is drip drip dripping, so I need to change the washer.
This is relatively easy, but I have to turn off the water at the mains, and can't figure out how!

I have turned off the two red taps at the immersion tank. This has turned off the bathroom water and the hot water tap in kitchen.
But the cold water tap in the kitchen is still gushin' out, when turned on.

Any ideas? There are no switches or taps or anything under the sink or behind the washing machine.
I'm going mad trying to find it! Its an apartment, and the management company said it should be under the sink.

 

[pete]

it should be under the sink somewhere... possibly behind a kitchen cabinet.

 

[Jim Daniels]

it should be under the sink somewhere... possibly behind a kitchen cabinet.

Thats what I was expecting - I've pulled out the nearest chip board panels, but can't see anything.
It's driving me mad! Has to be somewhere!

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

You're looking for a blue tap if anything.

Try and figure out what's feeding the hot tank and shut that off.

Good luck.

 

[pete]

kitchen sink cold tap is your clean drinking water and should be on a separate connection to every other tap in the place.

follow the pipe.

 

[Jim Daniels]

You're looking for a blue tap if anything.

Try and figure out what's feeding the hot tank and shut that off.

Good luck.

Cheers! Shouldn't be this hard!

 

[Jim Daniels]

kitchen sink cold tap is your clean drinking water and should be on a separate connection to every other tap in the place.

follow the pipe.

Tried that and am running out of space, before it disappears along the floor behind the lower level kitchen presses.
Might have to remove more panels and don't really want to do that though!

I'll have a proper look tomorrow. Its not that serious right now, but I want to get it sorted...

 

[pete]

get a man in

 

[Jim Daniels]

Yeah.

I failed again!

My Dad could do ALL this stuff (plumbing/ electrics) when I was a kid. I should have paid more attention when he made me stand there watching him fix stuff!
I always just wanted to go and listen to Jesus and Mary Chain and read the latest Stephen King.

 

[RayRay]

An apartment you say. Do you have an area that has the big copper cylinder? Most your pipework should go through there. Bang on the hot water for a while then feel round the pipes (watch they can be mad hot) for the cold one and then find a valve on it. Use some common sense with it to trace the right valve. The valve may also not be blue, just a round red or black one is what I'd be looking for.

It should be quite accessible.

 

[therealjohnny]

Can you see any pipes under the sink, or are they hidden behind panels or something?

Mine have valves like these that are operated using a flathead screwdriver.

Modern ones have fancy handles that are really easy to use.


There should be no reason to turn off the main supply.

Or , as Pete says get a man in

 

[theoootini]

lads, you can turn the mains off from outside. there is definitely a stop yoke outside your house on the main inlet pipe.

edit: apartment. nevermind.

 

[magicbastarder]

can you see where the water comes into your apartment?
you'd need to know this anyway just in case you ever have a leak along the feed to the kitchen sink.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

How serious is this drip that we're all freaking out about?

 

[RayRay]

Freaking annoying id say. I had one it the kitchen that i could here in bed. Luckily i had a normal house with the shut off valve under the sink so it was all good.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

My shower drips like a motherfucker, hot water.

But I have heat and hot water included in my rent, so I care not a whit.


Not a whit!!!!!

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

Just stick a cloth beneath the tap where it drips,that should kill the sound.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Just stick a cloth beneath the tap where it drips,that should kill the sound.

Failing that, move.

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

Both solid suggestions.

 

[Jim Daniels]

Under my sink, looks like this - there is no valve as such (that can be operated by screwdriver). Nothing further down below either.

My utility room, where the immersion heater is, looks like this. I have turned off both those red taps and can't find anything else.

Can you see any pipes under the sink, or are they hidden behind panels or something?

Mine have valves like these that are operated using a flathead screwdriver.

Modern ones have fancy handles that are really easy to use.


There should be no reason to turn off the main supply.

Or , as Pete says get a man in