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StephenH
Hi,
I have a problem with a cloakroom hand basin hot water tap - it needs attention, maybe a new tap... no matter... I think I can sort that. Unfortunately when the house was built and the pipework was installed (25yrs) the builders omitted to put stop valves under the taps (which I believe is now the regs?). Again, no matter....I can correct that. What is the the matter is that there doesn't seem to be a stop valve of any sort on the outlet to the hot water tank. There's one for the inlet. The outlet, at the top of the tank is split with a T-joint, one end going up to the roof tank which I guess is the expansion. The other end disappears into the flooring. Now I don't know if this was the general practice back then (maybe now?), or the builder pulled a fast one but to my none plumbing mind I'd have thought it a lot easier to have a outlet stop valve. Still, I can't see one.
Okay, so what is the technique to use. Do I simply turn off the cold inlet to the ho****er tank, turn on the hot water tap in question and let the system drain through? Or is there some other obvious 'doh' I'm missing? I will be fitting a stop valve under the tap I shall be 'attending to'.
Many thanks for your time.
I have a problem with a cloakroom hand basin hot water tap - it needs attention, maybe a new tap... no matter... I think I can sort that. Unfortunately when the house was built and the pipework was installed (25yrs) the builders omitted to put stop valves under the taps (which I believe is now the regs?). Again, no matter....I can correct that. What is the the matter is that there doesn't seem to be a stop valve of any sort on the outlet to the hot water tank. There's one for the inlet. The outlet, at the top of the tank is split with a T-joint, one end going up to the roof tank which I guess is the expansion. The other end disappears into the flooring. Now I don't know if this was the general practice back then (maybe now?), or the builder pulled a fast one but to my none plumbing mind I'd have thought it a lot easier to have a outlet stop valve. Still, I can't see one.
Okay, so what is the technique to use. Do I simply turn off the cold inlet to the ho****er tank, turn on the hot water tap in question and let the system drain through? Or is there some other obvious 'doh' I'm missing? I will be fitting a stop valve under the tap I shall be 'attending to'.
Many thanks for your time.