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no stop valve on water supply to bathrooms

  • 23-02-2021 3:19am
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 886 ✭✭✭


    so i had to change the inlet valves on my toilets. have one in the ensuite upstairs and one in the bathroom downstairs. however there doesn't appear to be any stop valve on the pipes feeding these loos (or the taps for that matter). i had to drain the water tank to below the outlet levels before the water would stop running and i could change the valves. i turned off the cold water inlet into the house and there is another pipe in the hotpress labelled "to cold water taps in ensuite and bathroom" but turning that off didn't stop the water flowing to the taps or the loos anywhere. it was still draining from the water tank.

    there wasn't anything i could turn off on the pipes leaving the water tank in the attic either.

    is it normal not to have a stop valve supplying the taps and the loos? the house was built in 2011 and i'm wondering if the plumber messed up? surely it can't be right that i have to drain the water tank to change the loo valves or even the tap valves (other than the kitchen sink). or is that normal practice?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,056 ✭✭✭con747


    One of these on it? https://www.screwfix.ie/p/isolating-valve-15mm-10-pack/32802 or something similar, or just pipe from tank to toilet/sink? If so I never seen that before. Not a plumber by the way!

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 886 ✭✭✭bb12


    con747 wrote: »
    One of these on it? https://www.screwfix.ie/p/isolating-valve-15mm-10-pack/32802 or something similar, or just pipe from tank to toilet/sink? If so I never seen that before. Not a plumber by the way!

    nope no isolating valves to be seem anywhere

    i guess i'll probably have to get a plumber in at some stage to install some. or least maybe put a valve on the pipe leaving the water tank.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,056 ✭✭✭con747


    bb12 wrote: »
    nope no isolating valves to be seem anywhere

    i guess i'll probably have to get a plumber in at some stage to install some. or least maybe put a valve on the pipe leaving the water tank.

    Easy job if your DIY inclined and YouTube videos in abundance to show you how if needed. Good luck with it anyway.

    Don't expect anything from life, just be grateful to be alive.



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