Replacing bath/tap....Hot water stopcock

[JayKay70]

Hi all,

I am trying to turn off the taps to the bath as i want to replace bath and tap, i have isolation valve's for both hot and cold (see picture 5)....the cold water isolation valve works great, the hot water one does not fully stop the hot water coming from the tap.

So it looks like the only option is for me to turn off the hot water going too the bath but for the hell of me i cannot locate it.

I have looked under the kitchen sink and cannot find any stop cocks (i think that is what they call them).....which leaves me with just one more room, the boiler room.

I have attached some pictures (1 too 4) for you's to look at to see if you can guide me in some way.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

All the best

Jay

 

[snowhead]

Red handled valve at the top back of the cylinder

 

[JayKay70]

Red handled valve at the top back of the cylinder

That is what i thought, it is fully turned clockwise but when i try and turn it anti-clockwise it only turns about a inch and nothing happens?

 

[JayKay70]

Sorry had a brain fart, clockwise is for turning it off, anti-clockwise is for turning it on.....Gave it a bit of welly and it turned clockwise and the hot water is now off....

Many thanks for your help.

 

[snowhead]

When you open it up leave the valve as found, not fully off so it will turn either way.
It helps when it's not been turned for years, to be able to rock it back and forth to free it, like now.

 

[Welder]

One other thing. When you turn it back on, turn it all the way open till it stops turning then turn it BACK one complete turn. This minimises the chance of it calcifying in the fully open position as there is a bigger gap.

 

[JayKay70]

Thanks all for the tips, much appreciated.