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Outside stop tap
Tiny1956
Posts: 1 Newbie
What if united utilities can't find an out side tap for my water supply,I have a dripping leak under my kitchen sink and my plumber says he needs an outside tap before he can do anything
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Then you have a problem, it should be in the pavement or maybe your drive0
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Do you mean you need to locate the stopcock (the last bit of that word will probably be replaced with asterisks ☹️).
Update - ooh, it wasn't replaced. That's progress!0 -
Hi Tiny. Plumbers usually have other means at their disposal, such as freezing pipes while they carry out a repair. Where's this leak coming from - is it from the internal stopcock? If not, why can't they shut that one off?
Assuming, therefore, it is, and it's the stopcock itself that needs replacing, then I guess it's a freeze job - unless access to the pipe below it is very restricted?
Once this fuss is over, then find out where your street one is! Where do neighb's have theirs, for example? Draw a line from your kitchen to the most obvious position on the road or pavement - if you really cannot find the street !!!!!!, then you may need to start digging.
If someone turns up with divining rods, then suggest they coat them with vaseline. If they ask why, you show them.1 -
You can write stopcock but not stop !!!!!!. ;-)The_Unready said:Do you mean you need to locate the stopcock (the last bit of that word will probably be replaced with asterisks ☹️).
Update - ooh, it wasn't replaced. That's progress!Tall, dark & handsome. Well two out of three ain't bad.1 -
Have you asked United Utilities? If there isn't an outside stopcock they should fit one.Tall, dark & handsome. Well two out of three ain't bad.0
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I presume you don't have a water meter because that's where mine is. If you don't ask your water company to fit one0
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EssexExile said:
You can write stopcock but not stop !!!!!!. ;-)The_Unready said:Do you mean you need to locate the stopcock (the last bit of that word will probably be replaced with asterisks ☹️).
Update - ooh, it wasn't replaced. That's progress!Or use some of the extended characters on your keyboard using a combination of Alt & Shift to access them...Alt+o øAlt+d ðSeveral alternatives for typing støp¢ðck
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