Lack of mains pressure after turning roadside tap off and then on again.

[Deleted member 89766]

The mains pressure into the house was fine until I turned off the outside tap / valve on the roadside to do some work inside.

It's a newish looking valve which has a plastic handle. It only takes a quarter turn between on and off with no effort.

Is it usual for this type of valve to give problems? I'm in the UK and the valve is most likely the property of the council.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

No not normally can you undo it any more ?

 

[Deleted member 89766]

No, it's basically a quarter turn maximum in either direction.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Normally the plastic valves are like normal stop taps

Best to phone the water board up

 

[quality]

use a bit of force by moving it only a 1/4 turn its probably just lift the valve seat of the body

 

[Harvest Fields]

Turn it back off open the bath cold tap and turn it back on again. It May just have a bit of muck stuck in it. If not call the water board out.

 

[Deleted member 89766]

Great advice from everybody, thanks. I should have said that the water pressure is now down to little more than a trickle.

I've had it on and off a dozen times with various taps running at the same time but no difference.

 

[Harvest Fields]

Great advice from everybody, thanks. I should have said that the water pressure is now down to little more than a trickle.

I've had it on and off a dozen times with various taps running at the same time but no difference.

Where is the one inside the house?

 

[Deleted member 89766]

I'm renovating the property and the only taps are the kitchen sink and the garden tap - both of which are at a trickle.

 

[Harvest Fields]

I mean the inside stop tap. There should be one inside the property as well as the one in the street/road

 

[Deleted member 89766]

Yes there is but it needs to be moved for an extension to the property. In advance of moving it and in case something went wrong I wanted to double check that I could turn the water off from the road outside.

 

[Harvest Fields]

Is that one fully open? Can it be turned?

 

[Deleted member 89766]

I haven't touched it yet, in fact it might even be seized so will have it replaced when work gets properly underway.

 

[Harvest Fields]

I haven't touched it yet, in fact it might even be seized so will have it replaced when work gets properly underway.

I have had it where that has been the issue before. Try turning that one off and on again

 

[Michael1960]

The mains pressure into the house was fine until I turned off the outside tap / valve on the roadside to do some work inside.

It's a newish looking valve which has a plastic handle. It only takes a quarter turn between on and off with no effort.

Is it usual for this type of valve to give problems? I'm in the UK and the valve is most likely the property of the council.

I have had a few instances where the internal stopcock has failed once isolated outside. Usually the reason for turning off outside is the internal one has failed. The waterboard can tell you straight away if the fault is outside, usually the guys that float around in the caddyvans trouble shooting come out quite quickly, you can crack on and change the internal one then.

 

[dan_the_plumber]

Is hot pressure down or hot and cold?
If cold. Jiggle the stop tap on and off. If Hot clean line strainer in combi boiler (gas safe)