On Jun 12, 12:04 pm, Java Jive wrote:
On Sun, 05 Jun 2011 21:32:14 +0100, Java Jive
wrote:

Or even just: "Change the washers to stop the taps dripping".

...

To change a washer in any other cold tap, you have to turn off the
main and throw away all the water in the header tank.

Actually, I've just re-examined the stop-cocks, and there is one to
isolate the bathroom cold-taps

To change a washer in any hot tap, you have to throw away all your hot
water as well.

This is correct. There is a stop-cock to the HW tank. But if I close
it right down the hot-taps in the bathroom still run full on.

so freeze the fecker with pipe freezing spray?

Consider where and whether ycba to fit an iso valve when frozen or
wing it with just the tap repair...

Jim K