Hi,

I've sorted out the leak on the washing machine valves I posted about last
week (thanks to everyone who replied). Now I've got another problem.

The stopcock itself has a smallish leak - perhaps enough to lose half a pint
of water per day. It's quite low down so it's difficult to put a large
enough container underneath it so I'm getting a fairly wet stone floor in my
kitchen, causing the carpet next to it to become fairly damp towards the
edge.

My father advised turning the pressure right down to reduce the effect of
back pressure (e.g. around a quarter turn from the 'off' position), which
I've tried without success, unfortunately - the only effect was to reduce
the water pressure to the taps around the house.

There is another stopcock/tap immediately after the water meter and I think
that this one is pretty much 'full on'.

Any ideas on how to best deal with this?

Cheers,
John.