Leaking Exterior Tap?
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Right DIYers, I've got a leaking exterior tap, part of the joint seems to have split, I've got the kit to replace it, seems fairly straight forward, screw old leaky one off, screw new fresh tap on. Problem is I can't turn the water off anywhere!
The tap cold feed on the otherside of the wall is behind kitchen cabinets, had a look at it today and it is a straight take off from the cold feed copper pipe that goes on to the kitchen sink and bathroom in the next room, theres no seperate off switch for the outside feed. The main cold feed comes straight out of the floor further along the wall with no tap either.
Any suggestions? I'm not sure if the pressure would small enough for me to undo the old tap and fit the old one without turning the water off but I doubt it.
Help?! Leaking tap is doing our back yard no favours.
The tap cold feed on the otherside of the wall is behind kitchen cabinets, had a look at it today and it is a straight take off from the cold feed copper pipe that goes on to the kitchen sink and bathroom in the next room, theres no seperate off switch for the outside feed. The main cold feed comes straight out of the floor further along the wall with no tap either.
Any suggestions? I'm not sure if the pressure would small enough for me to undo the old tap and fit the old one without turning the water off but I doubt it.
Help?! Leaking tap is doing our back yard no favours.
There should be a stop tap where the supply enters your building. Usually under the kitchen sink. This will isolate the supply into your property.
Issue with outside tap or not make an effort to find it and ensure that it works. The last thing you need when something springs a leak is to not know how tto stop it quickly.
There should also be a stop tap in the pavement. This may just serve your flat or several. Again, find it and make sure it works. If it doesn't contact your water supplier who will fix it for free.
Whilst you have the water turned off to fix your outside tap fit an isolating valve inside before the supply to the tap. Allows you to turn it off for future maintenance without distrupting all your other outlets along with enabling you to turn it off in winter.
The tap you fit should have a check valve (non return valve) built it.
Issue with outside tap or not make an effort to find it and ensure that it works. The last thing you need when something springs a leak is to not know how tto stop it quickly.
There should also be a stop tap in the pavement. This may just serve your flat or several. Again, find it and make sure it works. If it doesn't contact your water supplier who will fix it for free.
Whilst you have the water turned off to fix your outside tap fit an isolating valve inside before the supply to the tap. Allows you to turn it off for future maintenance without distrupting all your other outlets along with enabling you to turn it off in winter.
The tap you fit should have a check valve (non return valve) built it.
There will be a stopcock somewhere. Meter cupboard? If you can't find one, look in the street and turn your flat off there.
If that is still not a goer, open all of the mains fed taps in the house to take as much flow and pressure off as possible, then having prepared the new tap with PTFE, quickly take the old one off and screw the new one in. Put plenty of PTFE on the threads so you can have a water tight fitting and a tap that is also upright when finished!
If that is still not a goer, open all of the mains fed taps in the house to take as much flow and pressure off as possible, then having prepared the new tap with PTFE, quickly take the old one off and screw the new one in. Put plenty of PTFE on the threads so you can have a water tight fitting and a tap that is also upright when finished!
Gingerbread Man said:
If that is still not a goer, open all of the mains fed taps in the house to take as much flow and pressure off as possible, then having prepared the new tap with PTFE, quickly take the old one off and screw the new one in. Put plenty of PTFE on the threads so you can have a water tight fitting and a tap that is also upright when finished!
Do this, but make sure you have the proceedings videoed.dirkgently said:
Gingerbread Man said:
If that is still not a goer, open all of the mains fed taps in the house to take as much flow and pressure off as possible, then having prepared the new tap with PTFE, quickly take the old one off and screw the new one in. Put plenty of PTFE on the threads so you can have a water tight fitting and a tap that is also upright when finished!
Do this, but make sure you have the proceedings videoed.Flintstone said:
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