Finding mains water shutoff valve

Walter Bishop

We have a leaking pipe upstairs (next to the water tank), currently leaking about 3 litres per 12 hours, I want to shut off the water and empty the tank etc so I can try some of the spray resin stuff to stop it but am unsure on finding the mains water valve.


There's nothing under the kitchen sink, but in the hot press under the stairs (bathroom is on ground floor) there are four pipes with valves.


One is going into the hot water tank so it's a balance valve, one is the shower feed, and the other two are on pipes that rise from the concrete floor. I'm assuming it is one of these.


Should I just turn these both counter-clockwise, run the taps etc. to empty the tank and see what happens? Or am I risking some sort of damage if I try this.


Appreciate any help.

xl500

Walter Bishop wrote: »

We have a leaking pipe upstairs (next to the water tank), currently leaking about 3 litres per 12 hours, I want to shut off the water and empty the tank etc so I can try some of the spray resin stuff to stop it but am unsure on finding the mains water valve.


There's nothing under the kitchen sink, but in the hot press under the stairs (bathroom is on ground floor) there are four pipes with valves.


One is going into the hot water tank so it's a balance valve, one is the shower feed, and the other two are on pipes that rise from the concrete floor. I'm assuming it is one of these.


Should I just turn these both counter-clockwise, run the taps etc. to empty the tank and see what happens? Or am I risking some sort of damage if I try this.


Appreciate any help.

Normally you turn a Valve Clockwise to close it

Cerco

Do you have a water meter outside? This would make it easy for you, so as to avoid turning off valves unnecessarily.
Otherwise put photo or two and some of the plumbers on here might assist you identify the correct valve.

Walter Bishop

No water meter, they didn't get to us it seems. Will post a pic later.

Walter Bishop

OK a couple of pics here. The two valves of which I hope one may be the water shutoff are just about visible behind the silver connectors in one pic (those are for the shower when that was put in about 8 years ago, everything else obviously much older). Right hand side of that pic you can just about see them.


Other pic shows the pipes those valves are on going into the floor.

tricky D

Check the cupboards beside the sink (where it shouldn't really be) and make sure to check behind pans or other stuff.

Idioteque

I genuinely mean no offence here, but from not being able to turn the water off, to saying counter-clockwise to turn a valve off, to having an ongoing leak, to using spray resin to fix it....I think you'd be best off to get a plumber in just to make sure it's done right and you have peace of mind it's fixed.