On 27/11/2012 10:38, polygonum wrote:
On 27/11/2012 10:14, wrote:
I've just moved into my new house and I can't find where the water
services come into the house - specifically, where the stop-cock is.
The previous owner was a buy-to-letter and isn't taking my calls. How
on earth do I find it, without employing a plumber (not that I've
anything against plumbers, just against spending money unnecessarily!)?

It's not under the kitchen sink.

Thanks.

Probably somewhere on the ground floor (though if you have a cellar, it
could come in there).

You might be able to follow your ears when a tap is running or cistern
filling?


Ring your water company. You need (and I'm pretty sure you are entitled
to) a stopcock in the road. How else could you deal with the failure of
your own internal one? Thames Water quote 60 days but usually drop round
a lot sooner to assess the situation. Most recently they came to my
son's house the following day and reinstated the original. I thought it
would be key operated but it turned out to be a conventional tap handle,
so I could easily have whacked that trying to dig a foot of soil out.
Turns very sweetly now and has a nice vintage flap too.