Difficulty turning off downstairs hot water

eternallycurious

Hi all,

I am trying to learn how to turn off my downstairs hot water. The red lever downstairs in my utility room under the sink only turns off cold water. So low and behold, I turn off both of the red levers upstairs in the hot press. One lever turns off the upstairs hot water. When I turn off the other level, the hot water downstairs squeaks and puffs a bit but still flows from the taps strongly. What am I doing wrong? Many thanks

Lewis_Benson

There should be only one valve for hot water for the whole house.

Look at the pip coming from the top of your hot water cylinder, it should have a valve on it close to the tank, turning that off will turn off all hot water flow.

TheSunIsShining

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122327303#Comment_122327303

If no valve on that pipe, find the pipe going into the bottom of the hot water cylinder and turn that off.....

Furze99

There can be different systems for heating & supplying hot water, maybe take a photo or two and put them up.