Stop !!!!!! leaking new house!

jdsimmons3

Inside stop !!!!!! leaking! Its just dripping we have turned it off and also turned off the outside stop !!!!!! about midnight. however I checked now and it's still dripping but very slowly! No water in house so it's definitely off. Messaged plumbers to which I'm waiting for a reply. Any advice??

Only got the keys on Friday so trying not to freak out

rob7475

it'll still be dripping as there will still be water in that section of pipe as it's probably below the level of any taps you have.

Had the tap been turned off whilst the house was empty? Sometimes if they've not been touched for years, when you try turning them on/off, it can loosen the gland nut or disturb the packing under it. The gland nut will probably just need tightening. Worse case scenario is the stop tap needs replacing - neither are a massive job if you have another way of turning off the water whilst the work is done.

grumbler

Put some cloth around and keep your kitchen or outdoors tap open to stop pressure building up if the outside stopc0ck doesn't work perfectly.

Bendy_House

Don't worry about it. You can even open it up again if you need water - just wrap an old towel around it to catch the worst of the drips.

If you want, you can try drying it fully using paper towel, and then taking some close-up photos from the side of the stopcock to try and capture where the drips are coming from.

That looks like a plastic valve? And in an awkward position? In which case it might be worth budgeting for a remote sure-stop type valve there?

Meanwhile, until t'plumber comes, don't worry about it