Hi everyone,
I have a query about two stopcocks in my kitchen. There is one under the sink which turns off the kitchen water, then I have a cold water feed gate valve in a cupboard near my bathroom which turns off the water in the bathroom.
However in the side of my kitchen wall there are copper pipes and I saw another stopcock, so I decided to run the cold water in the kitchen and bathroom then I turned on and off that 2nd stopcock and it doesn't seem to affect the water.
Should I turn that 2nd stopcock off as it doesn't seem to do anything as it may have been used when there was a water tank in the cupboard near the bathroom and perhaps had a lead pipe to it, is there any danger of just it leaving turned turned on?
Lastly if I turn it off then do I need to flush the water taps in the flat at all?
Extra info if it helps:
Thank you for your time and any information or advice would be very much appreciated.
I have a query about two stopcocks in my kitchen. There is one under the sink which turns off the kitchen water, then I have a cold water feed gate valve in a cupboard near my bathroom which turns off the water in the bathroom.
However in the side of my kitchen wall there are copper pipes and I saw another stopcock, so I decided to run the cold water in the kitchen and bathroom then I turned on and off that 2nd stopcock and it doesn't seem to affect the water.
Should I turn that 2nd stopcock off as it doesn't seem to do anything as it may have been used when there was a water tank in the cupboard near the bathroom and perhaps had a lead pipe to it, is there any danger of just it leaving turned turned on?
Lastly if I turn it off then do I need to flush the water taps in the flat at all?
Extra info if it helps:
- Building Circa 1965 (approx)
- Pretty sure flat had lead pipes before council replaced them with copper
- Used to have water tank stored in cupboard near bathroom
- Used to have a hot water cylinder in cupboard near the bathroom
- I live on the top floor flat (2nd floor in a 6 in a block)
- Mains fed water throughout
- Gas combi boiler
Thank you for your time and any information or advice would be very much appreciated.