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How do I turn off hot water to upstairs hot water taps
There is no hot water coming out of the hot tap for the bath but the hot water tap for the sink does have hot water coming out of it. I have checked the tap and it is not bunged up with limescale. To check to se if other parts of the tap are not gunked up I need to take the tap apart but I can't work out how to cut the hot water off to the tap, help the missus is bending my ear!!!
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How do I turn off hot water to upstairs hot water taps
"DIY Numpty" wrote in message news There is no hot water coming out of the hot tap for the bath but the hot water tap for the sink does have hot water coming out of it. I have checked the tap and it is not bunged up with limescale. To check to se if other parts of the tap are not gunked up I need to take the tap apart but I can't work out how to cut the hot water off to the tap, help the missus is bending my ear!!! It might help if you gave some details of the kind of system you have. Combi, traditional boiler with an immersion tank etc. There will either be a shut off valve in the line to the tap or one that stops cold water getting into the bottom of the immersion tank which therefore stops hot water getting out of it. Follow the pipework. -- The internet. It's not a big truck. It's a series of tubes. Dave Baker |
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How do I turn off hot water to upstairs hot water taps
On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 19:33:58 +0100, DIY Numpty
wrote: There is no hot water coming out of the hot tap for the bath but the hot water tap for the sink does have hot water coming out of it. I have checked the tap and it is not bunged up with limescale. To check to se if other parts of the tap are not gunked up I need to take the tap apart but I can't work out how to cut the hot water off to the tap, help the missus is bending my ear!!! If you have a combi boiler just turn the water off at the mains. If you have a cylinder in an airing cupboard and a tank in the roof, you should see a large pipe coming down and into the bottom of the cylinder with a large valve in it with a circular tap on it. Turn that off. (If you can. They are usually crapped up) |
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"EricP" wrote in message ... On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 19:33:58 +0100, DIY Numpty wrote: If you have a cylinder in an airing cupboard and a tank in the roof, you should see a large pipe coming down and into the bottom of the cylinder with a large valve in it with a circular tap on it. Turn that off. (If you can. They are usually crapped up) these gate valves (i think thats their name) always gunk up and leak when fully off so, are they a servicable item or for the money, is it easier to just change it ? -- Vass |
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On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 19:33:58 +0100, DIY Numpty wrote: There is no hot water coming out of the hot tap for the bath but the hot water tap for the sink does have hot water coming out of it. I have checked the tap and it is not bunged up with limescale. To check to se if other parts of the tap are not gunked up I need to take the tap apart but I can't work out how to cut the hot water off to the tap, help the missus is bending my ear!!! If you have a combi boiler just turn the water off at the mains. If you have a cylinder in an airing cupboard and a tank in the roof, you should see a large pipe coming down and into the bottom of the cylinder with a large valve in it with a circular tap on it. Turn that off. (If you can. They are usually crapped up) If you're really stuck, then regardless of what system you have then if you just turn off the water at the mains and open the taps, then eventually they'll all run dry either sooner or later. Best not to do it if you've got a full tank of hot water on board though, as it's a bit of a waste! David |
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On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 19:33:58 +0100, DIY Numpty wrote: There is no hot water coming out of the hot tap for the bath but the hot water tap for the sink does have hot water coming out of it. I have checked the tap and it is not bunged up with limescale. To check to se if other parts of the tap are not gunked up I need to take the tap apart but I can't work out how to cut the hot water off to the tap, help the missus is bending my ear!!! If you have a combi boiler just turn the water off at the mains. If you have a cylinder in an airing cupboard and a tank in the roof, you should see a large pipe coming down and into the bottom of the cylinder with a large valve in it with a circular tap on it. Turn that off. (If you can. They are usually crapped up) Make that 'always' crepped up. Useless things. Spray with WD40, remove wheel & use mole grips or similar. -- Dave The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk 01634 717930 07850 597257 |
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On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 08:50:28 +0100, "Vass"
wrote: "EricP" wrote in message .. . On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 19:33:58 +0100, DIY Numpty wrote: If you have a cylinder in an airing cupboard and a tank in the roof, you should see a large pipe coming down and into the bottom of the cylinder with a large valve in it with a circular tap on it. Turn that off. (If you can. They are usually crapped up) these gate valves (i think thats their name) always gunk up and leak when fully off so, are they a servicable item or for the money, is it easier to just change it ? Change it for a "quarter turn full bore lever valve". They are very cheap and work. |
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On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 09:33:14 +0100, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote: Make that 'always' crepped up. Useless things. Spray with WD40, remove wheel & use mole grips or similar. I said that last year in here and 6 people turned up that have had them for 30 years and they always work perfectly, so I got kicked to death. ) |
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On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 13:42:32 +0000, EricP wrote:
Change it for a "quarter turn full bore lever valve". They are very cheap and work. But a tad longer than gate valves and sometimes the gate valve's compression fittings have a different thread so not always straightforward to replace. (Also factor in no play in the pipes, 3/4" pipework etc ...) Still worth doing so though. |
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"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message ... EricP wrote: .... If you have a cylinder in an airing cupboard and a tank in the roof, you should see a large pipe coming down and into the bottom of the cylinder with a large valve in it with a circular tap on it. Turn that off. (If you can. They are usually crapped up) Make that 'always' crepped up. Not if you have a monthly routine of house maintenance, which includes operating valves and stopcocks and servicing any that don't work easily. Colin Bignell |
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"The Medway Handyman" wrote in
message ... EricP wrote: ... If you have a cylinder in an airing cupboard and a tank in the roof, you should see a large pipe coming down and into the bottom of the cylinder with a large valve in it with a circular tap on it. Turn that off. (If you can. They are usually crapped up) Make that 'always' crepped up. Not if you have a monthly routine of house maintenance, which includes operating valves and stopcocks and servicing any that don't work easily. Most of my customers don't even know where the stopcock is, let alone have a routine. -- Dave The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk 01634 717930 07850 597257 |
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