Turn Off Mains Supply to Edinburgh flat.

[Mark Jamieson]

Hi.

I live in a flat in Hutchison in Edinburgh. We are currently installing a new kitchen, most of which we are doing ourselves. The kitchen sink is being moved from one wall to another. The existing cold water pipe to the kitchen sink therefore needs to be shortened. There is a stopcock or stopvalve on the cold water pipe below the sink, however there is no stopcock further down the pipe to turn the water off. The 15mm kitchen sink pipe runs round the kitchen walls and into a cupboard where it Tees into a large diameter pipe. This pipe comes up from the floor and straight through the ceiling with no other valves. Do I need to turn off the water to the whole block of flats to turn off the mains water to my kitchen stopcock in order to remove it and place it further down the pipe. From the left circle to the right circle in the picture. All the other piping after the stopvalve will be removed, it's some terrible piping running through the wall to an electric shower.



There is one strange pipe outside our flat door with a weird hole on it which looks like it takes a key? Does anyone know if this is the mains to the flat?



I hope that all makes sense. Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.

Mark

 

[Killy Bing]

get a plumber trained, qualified and insured, your insurance company wont pay out when you flood the flat below from a abit of DIY !!!

and you wont appreciate the hike in premiums either

 

[galaxy_plumbing]

where does your water pipe enters your flat? you could install aladdin isolator there and shut whole flat but as said get a plumber to do any work as he is insured so it would be covered if anything goes wrong

 

[PlumbBobBob]

excellent suggestion martin. get a plumber to fit one of these Aladdin's EasyFit Isolator no need to turn mains off to fit it either.

 

[smtplumbing]

hi mark i no the flats in edinburgh well is this a ex council house as there are lots up there which are council houses which have been bought, depends where you are take it you in a flat rather than the high flats

The pipe our side in the stairwell is the gas

 

[tamz]

If the stopcock isn't above the front door or near there look in beside the cold tank probably above your bathroom.
Your second picture is the lateral valve for the gas. Leave it alone.

 

[Mark Jamieson]

hi mark i no the flats in edinburgh well is this a ex council house as there are lots up there which are council houses which have been bought, depends where you are take it you in a flat rather than the high flats

The pipe our side in the stairwell is the gas

Hi Mate, Thanks very much for the reply. I'm in the 6 in a block flats, not the high rises.

I will leave the Gas pipe alone, thanks for pointing that out.

We found the main stopcock outside the back door to the flats. There aren't any for each individual flat apparently. The mains pipe runs in through the floor in the boiler cupboard and straight through the ceiling. There is one Tee coming off it which runs directly to the kitchen sink. There is a stopcock where it meets the sink.

There is another cold water pipe in the cupboard with a stopcock on it. However we think this is from the cold water tank as it only turns off water to the bath, toilet and bathroom sink.

We are going to turn the water off to the flats, move the stop valve, then turn the water back on.

Thanks for your help.

 

[smtplumbing]

the ones down hutchison road are like that but some of the house have stopcocks i no alot of the council ones do as we had to fit them within the house any more problems give us a shout