On 12/06/2011 12:04, Java Jive wrote:
> On Sun, 05 Jun 2011 21:32:14 +0100, Java Jive<(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
>> Or even just: "Change the washers to stop the taps dripping".
>
> ...
>
>> To change a washer in any other cold tap, you have to turn off the
>> main and throw away all the water in the header tank.
>
> Actually, I've just re-examined the stop-cocks, and there is one to
> isolate the bathroom cold-taps
>
>> To change a washer in any hot tap, you have to throw away all your hot
>> water as well.
>
> This is correct. There is a stop-cock to the HW tank. But if I close
> it right down the hot-taps in the bathroom still run full on.
>
>
In that case, do what I suggested earlier. Reach down into the cold
header tank and bung a cork in the outlet which feeds the hot cylinder.
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Cheers,
Roger
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