I am trying to bleed the taps so I turned off the cold water mains tap but there is still a considerable flow of water from the tap. It's been running for over 20 minutes with no sign of decreasing. I don't know why the mains tap isn't shutting down the water supply completely. I have a conventional boiler system with a cold water tank and hot water cylinder in the loft. Could it be that the the water is coming from the tank or cylinder. The mains stop tap is working because I have a water meter and the dial seems to stop when the main is off. However when I open the main, the water meter dial is turning really fast even with the kitchen taps switch off, which means it must be refilling the cistern up or something that maybe half drained whilst I had the main off and taps open. Any plumbers have an idea whats going on here? How do I completely bleed the pipes so that they don't freeze overnight in a system like this?
I remember in my mothers house they used to have another stop tap next the hot water cylinder. If my cylinder is in the loft could the tap be up there. If it is then thats a real inconveniunce in the event of a burst pipe having to get up into the loft space each time.
I remember in my mothers house they used to have another stop tap next the hot water cylinder. If my cylinder is in the loft could the tap be up there. If it is then thats a real inconveniunce in the event of a burst pipe having to get up into the loft space each time.