Locating the internal stoptap

[richardhsmith329]

Having fun trying to locate the stop tap in the house.

Brief history - built 2000, extended 2010. The water meter now sits inside the house (in a new porch area, enclosed in an accessible cupboard). The old kitchen would have been behind the meter and this is where the stoptap was. Can't now locate the stoptap and I need to change a cartridge on a dripping kitchen tap (that'll be another thread no doubt!).

Narrowed down to thinking either one of the taps around the meter does it, or a random piece of metal on what looks like the water inlet pipe.

Any thoughts from the assembled experts before I start hunting outside for the external one?

 

[ShaunCorbs]

In the wall meter has your stop tap already pre installed on eg as you see the black right hand one (one with the slot)

the wire is the main water earth bond

 

[moonlight]

It looks like you have a key way on the right of the meter to isolate the water.

ShaunCorbs beat me to it

 

[richardhsmith329]

Thanks both for the quick responses - does that mean a turn of that will do it?

 

[moonlight]

Thanks both for the quick responses - does that mean a turn of that will do it?

1/4 turn, so it is across the pipe rather than inline.

 

[moonlight]

If it is the hot you may need to isolate else where. Do you have a combi or an unvented cylinder. If you do cold off will isolate both. If you house is fairly new do you not have isolation valves under your sink?

 

[richardhsmith329]

If it is the hot you may need to isolate else where. Do you have a combi or an unvented cylinder. If you do cold off will isolate both. If you house is fairly new do you not have isolation valves under your sink?

It's the cold tap that I'm trying to replace the cartridge on.

We have both a boiler and a cylinder.

There are no valves under the sink in the 'new' kitchen'. Under the Utility (old kitchen pipework), the tap feeds have a tap on each, but only the red one seems to cut off the supply to the mixer tap that's fitted in there.

 

[moonlight]

It's the cold tap that I'm trying to replace the cartridge on.

We have both a boiler and a cylinder.

There are no valves under the sink in the 'new' kitchen'. Under the Utility (old kitchen pipework), the tap feeds have a tap on each, but only the red one seems to cut off the supply to the mixer tap that's fitted in there.

Unvented cylinder? or do you have tanks in the roof? Cold off then, fix your tap 🙂.

 

[richardhsmith329]

Unvented cylinder? or do you have tanks in the roof? Cold off then, fix your tap 🙂.

Unvented - there's nothing in the roof.

Next challenge - working out how to get the tap apart! (a Methven Deva Metropolis with no apparent screws).

 

[RayW]

With that type of tap you first unscrew the rod that protrudes from the shroud (may need pliers and a cloth). Then in the hole you will see a grub screw that you remove to release the shroud. Then it's a spanner onto the cartridge.