Replacing bathroom basin taps

mel.b · 03-11-2013 02:31PM #1

I need to replace my bathroom basin taps and have got the new taps here. I want to have a go at it myself :eek:

I know i need to turn the water off. I went outside and located the water meter but couldn't see a stopcock there to turn off? Is it enough to turn off the stop cocks in the hot press & under the sink and drain the attic tank?

The house is detached, in an estate built in the mid 2000's

ART6 · 03-11-2013 05:16PM

mel.b wrote: »

I need to replace my bathroom basin taps and have got the new taps here. I want to have a go at it myself :eek:

I know i need to turn the water off. I went outside and located the water meter but couldn't see a stopcock there to turn off? Is it enough to turn off the stop cocks in the hot press & under the sink and drain the attic tank?

The house is detached, in an estate built in the mid 2000's

A procedure that I have adopted in the past is to plug the outlet from the storage tank with a wine cork (having first drank the wine to obtain the cork). Then open the lowest taps (in the bath) to drain the system and work away.

Avns1s · 03-11-2013 05:18PM

The stopcocks you require for your hot and cold bathroom taps should be in your hotpress adjacent to your copper cylinder.

Crazy Eye · 03-11-2013 07:53PM

mel.b wrote: »

I need to replace my bathroom basin taps and have got the new taps here. I want to have a go at it myself :eek:

I know i need to turn the water off. I went outside and located the water meter but couldn't see a stopcock there to turn off? Is it enough to turn off the stop cocks in the hot press & under the sink and drain the attic tank?

The house is detached, in an estate built in the mid 2000's

if you have isolation valves fitted on the hot and cold supplies under the basin then simply use a flat head screwdriver and turn them to the off position . no need to go and turn off stop cocks and water to the house or the bathroom itself .
turn off the isolation valves then open the taps to let out what ever water is then in them and take the taps off the basin . its very easy and simple to do .

Crazy Eye · 03-11-2013 08:08PM

slightly more detailed video on what to do . hope this helps you out some way .

mel.b · 03-11-2013 09:37PM

Thanks so much, will give it a go

Replacing bathroom basin taps

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