Hi guys hope you can help, I've just bought a new fill and flush system for my only upstairs toilet and I have turned off what I believe is the only supply tap in our kitchen near our sink. The kitchen tap stops straight away so I then went upstairs to find the sink, bath and toilet supply still had flow (reduced output compared to normal) so I left all the taps running for 5 mins but they didn't stop and when I returned to downstairs the kitchen had flow again for a second or too. Should I be looking for another valve or could this just be a tank in my loft that needs to empty? My c/h boiler is downstairs in the kitchen too if that matters! Thanks guys!
Phil's probably right, but a sure way to tell is go up to the tank and see if its filling, if it is, there's another stop tap somewhere,
Hate those tank fed bathrooms, always catch you out. Just as a matter of interest are your tanks fitted with bylaw 30 kits if not do not drink the cold water when you clean your teeth.
I have two tanks one little one about the size of a old school 15" tv and a massive one wearing a 70's trend puffa jacket, lol so guess I do?
The little one is for your central heating system, the big one is your feed to the cylinder tank, this will also supply cold water to all the other cold taps in the house. When you shut your main stop tap off it should stop the supply feed to this tank, a simply way to check it does is to turn it off and then push the ball valve in the big tank down a little, if no water runs into it, it is working and has stopped the supply feed. Now you could turn the taps on and empty the tank or you could block off the outlet pipes and this will then just drain down the pipes from the tank to the cylinder/cold taps, not a lot of water, so should take seconds to drain.
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