**SOS*** hot tap won't switch off
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Can anyone help? Turned on tap to run a bath. Only trickle from hot tap. Thought it was just taking its time to come through. Turned tap more. Flowed normally. Turned off. Won't. When it turns to the off position its still running out. Relatively slowly, but enough that bath abandoned and plug out now.
Fatal tap malfunction? New taps? Emergwency plumber?
Fatal tap malfunction? New taps? Emergwency plumber?
TPAC said:
LotusACBC said:
live in a house? go do the basement and find the pipe that leads to the bathroom, there ought to be a handle to cut off the flow of water midway through.
No basement. House. Upstairs. Immersion heater in one of bedrooms. ??LotusACBC said:
live in a house? go do the basement and find the pipe that leads to the bathroom, there ought to be a handle to cut off the flow of water midway through.
Unfortunately I think the OP may be on the older side of the pond, in which case the plumbing is rather different. 
Sounds like the tap washer has gone or the threads have furred up.
Red Firecracker said:
LotusACBC said:
live in a house? go do the basement and find the pipe that leads to the bathroom, there ought to be a handle to cut off the flow of water midway through.
Unfortunately I think the OP may be on the older side of the pond, in which case the plumbing is rather different. Sounds like the tap washer has gone or the threads have furred up.
I would agree with the tap washer. Take the handle off? turn it the rest of the way with a wrench?
gti tim said:
bath panel - the front of the bath - fancy plastic or wood. Remove this and look for a metal piece on the pipe for the hot tap. Should have a flat screwdriver slot in it. Turn this and it should stop the water!
If you don,t have a scredriver slot (eg older systems)look for the taps in the airing cupboard , one will control flow to the hot water system , it may take a few minutes to stem the flow , also turn your boiler off if you do this to be on the safe side , if you don,t want the kerfuffle on a Sat night let the tap run and fix it tomorrow. Don,t worry its only the washer in the middle of the tap barrel 3/4 inch bath size , you can even just take it off the stem and turn it around as a temporary fix.
There may be two taps , one will be from the header tank in the loft as well , if you don,t have a valve/tap then you have to stop the flow in the header tank (ballvalve) in the loft up there , this will be filling if the bathroom tap is flowing , I know this is stressful by now...
Edited by RedexR on Saturday 4th October 18:37
If there is a cylinder in the airing cupboard, find the pipe that goes into the bottom at the lowest point. Follow it up towards where it goes through the ceiling and there should be a valve on it, probably with a red wheel on it. Turn it clockwise to isolate the hot, then go looking for a valve nearer the bath tap so that you can turn the hot water back on for all the other outlets.
If you don't have a cylinder, turn off the main stopcock (probably under the sink in the kitchen).
If you don't have a cylinder, turn off the main stopcock (probably under the sink in the kitchen).
Edited by Ferg on Saturday 4th October 18:33
Ferg said:
If there is a cylinder in the airing cupboard, find the pipe that goes into the bottom at the lowest point. Follow it up towards where it goes through the ceiling and there should be a valve on it, probably with a red wheel on it. Turn it clockwise to isolate the hot, then go looking for a valve nearer the bath tap so that you can turn the hot water back on for all the other outlets.
If you don't have a cylinder, turn off the main stopcock (probably under the sink in the kitchen).
Three of those. One large. Two smaller?If you don't have a cylinder, turn off the main stopcock (probably under the sink in the kitchen).
Edited by Ferg on Saturday 4th October 18:33
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