Am I officially an adult now?
Device is a long silver tube (obscured) with the pressure gauge on the left hand side.
It's connected directly to the mains water stopcock under the kitchen sink.
Mostly want to know what this is so I understand what the gauge is telling me - i.e. is that the incoming mains water pressure or is that draw / does the red pointer tell me the incoming pressure is above normal? Or does it tell me anything of use at all?
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I am renting a ground floor flat on tory, in a block of 4, 2 up 2 down. My boiler needs replaced but the gas company need access to the stopcock, which no one has any clue where it is. We have checked the bathroom and kitchen. Does anyone know where they tend to be located in these flats. Cheers.
Hi, can anyone help - pics from under my kitchen sink and also under the expansion vessel for my boiler:
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Thank you
Excuse the noob question, have no clue about plumbing.
I have a flat, and need to replace an electric shower and stop a tap from dripping so need to turn off the water. When I went to do that I found the stopcock was seized (and broke part of the knob off when trying to turn it...) I know I'm now going to have to get a plumber in to replace it, however due to it being a flat I don't really know how things usually work with turning off water. I thought each flat may have its own external water supply, but after speaking to my management company they said that there's only one outside and it would turn off the water for 16 different flats.
They said a plumber can freeze the pipe to replace a stopcock without having to turn it off. Is this actually possible? If so I'm assuming more expensive than just turning it off outside?
I don't actually live there myself, do don't know the neighbors either so can't exactly ask 16 people to coordinate a time to turn off the water to fix my issue... Whole thing sounds like a nightmare and I don't know what to do. Planning to call a plumber tomorrow, but would like to have a better understanding first.
I live in a Victorian mid terrace house which only has an external stop cock that covers multiple houses, is there anyway to get one fitted just to my own?
Just curious if they shutdown water to the whole street or if they replace the stopcock while the water is running onto the street?
Actually happened today. Still heaving when I think about it. Woman didn't seem fussed at all.
Would it be normal for ground floor taps to continue running (until the pipes empty), once the mains stopcock into the building has been isolated?
I would have thought that the water would stay in the pipes (like holding your finger over the top of a full straw) when you open a tap, unless there is a vent somewhere in the system.
I'm asking because we have another issue and I'm wondering if it's related. Thanks
Recently bought a mid Terrance Victorian era house and can't for the life of me find the stopcock, any suggestions where to look?
My water shutoff stopcock has started leaking from the gland. I tightened the gland nut as hard as I could and just managed to get the leak to stop. Additionally, somehow they've installed this so that the horizontal pipe it sits next to interferes with turning it.
With the leak now stopped, is this something you'd recommend getting changed in the long run or would you just leave it? Is this a relatively quick job for an experiemced plumber? Sorry - basic question...I have no plumbing experience!
Please ignore the egg cup hanging from the tap...I used it to check the seep had stopped.
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Decided today was the day for a new kitchen tap, so properly delved under the sink for the first time. 1930s semi, heating / hot water is all off a combi boiler, though there clearly has been an old tank based system in the loft previously.
The cold water pipe emerges from the floor, goes up 30cm and then branches -- all very old looking pipework. One branch turns back downwards, goes through a stopcock, and then goes back under the floor. The other branch then supplies the tap and dishwasher.
The main stopcock definitely seperate (under the boiler).
Why does this exist, and what does it do? It was turned on this morning. It is now turned off, and everything (including the outside tap) still seems to work.
The part that really puzzles me is that when it's been really quiet in the kitchen you've been able to hear the sound of water flowing through pipework for as long as we've lived in the house (4 years). Turning this stopcock off stopped the sound. There has never been evidence of this water exiting anywhere. I'd always presumed it was someone in the bathroom / heating or something previously, but there clearly is at least some flow through this -- though to what?
Any ideas?
Anyone have any tips on replacing this? From sizes, to tricks to anything?
I have a 3/4" female to 15mm coupler in brass. The bolt at the bottom is exceedingly stiff. Any help would be great!
Hi,
I have a stopcock in my garage that appears to be jammed. When I turn the spindle (A), the entire body rotates (A & B, stopcock opens). It appears to be jammed and stuck with some kind of gunk.
What are my options here? Am I correct in thinking only the spindle (A) should spin, and not the hexagonal bit (B)?
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Hi All -
I need some advice:
I want to install a unvented cylinder and at the moment I have a vented cylinder i.e. runs off a gravity tank. The new unvented cylinder will runs off the mains. The plumber looked at my stop cock valve and said the pipe is too small and it's 15mm and you need around 22 to 25mm for the unvented cylinder. He also said I need to change my pipe that runs underground from my house to the water mains.
Can someone explain if they have an unvented cylinder and if they have experienced this. I have googled this and there is a lot of info, but most of it is going over my head.
My understanding is:
Change the pipe that's runs from your house to where the water mains is - change it to 22-25mm or higher. To do this - you need a groundsworker qualified builder. Then change the pipe to 22mm from your stopcock to your unvented cylinder. Your plumber can do this? I am assuming you need a 22mm pipe because 15mm pipe has less flow?
Many thanks and appreciate it!
I live in a one bedroom flat on the second story, and our water heater sprang a leak, its not flooding but enough to leave a large puddle if left overnight. (landlord has been notified, but can't get a plumber out until tomorrow as it's late here)
I thought about turning our internal stopcock off overnight so we don't wake up to a puddle in the morning, is this safe to do, and will I have to flush the system in the morning before using water?
Sorry if it's a stupid question, any help would be much appreciated! Many thanks!
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When viewing I couldn't locate a stopcock under the sink. On the property information form the owners say they do not know where the stopcock or water meter is. Our surveyor located the meter out in the street, but could not find a stopcock inside the property.
Seems super odd to me that it cant be found, and to be honest it's a little unsettling. Any thoughts on this? Am I crazy for thinking this is an important thing?
Likewise the HBR came back pretty negative, which I understand they tend to do. But the long and short of it is, "The property is considered to be a reasonable purchase provided that you are prepared to accept the cost and inconvenience of dealing with the various repair/improvement works reported."
As a first time buyer this feels huge. Am I crazy again, or is this par for the course with buying a house? IE You have to do lots to make it your home.
I greased the glass stopcocks of the burette i was using with the vacuum grease i use for my glass joints but it got stuck half way through the titration. I've seen people use vaseline instead would it work better or maybe something else?
