How can I make sure my water is turned off?

Question

How can I ensure the water is turned off at my property before carrying out work at home?

Paul · Accepted Answer

Turn off your stop tap and open up your taps down stairs and let drain. Please remember if cutting into any heating pipes those are on a separate system and will still contain water.

Sam · Answer

Open the lowest cold and hot taps after turning stop tap off and leave until drained.

Kevin · Answer

Turn off.       Mains water stop cock.       Then all water is off    open taps up until water stop running

Christopher · Answer

The smartest way is to if possible  turn off the main stop cock  which is located outside the property most likely it's a water meter so easy to turn. However an older property  maybe it's seized  also in side the property. More  often them not  there should be your main stop cock   most cases it's located under the  kitchen sink    but depends what you intend to do  as there is water inside the pipe's.. taps  bath  basin hot water cylinders etc all need to be drained down   if you   for example just want to change a bath  or  sink  there could be local isolation values near the item   the hot and cold water tanks have gate values  or stop cocks  near them as well

Matthew Martin · Answer

Open the taps in the property to make sure that it's not letting by

Darren · Answer

If you have a combination boiler, you can simply turn it off from the mains stopcock which is either situated in the kitchen usually underneath the kitchen sink or failing that outside of the property under a cap in the pavement.

Jonathon · Answer

Isolate from the water meter in the road & internal stopcock

Corey · Answer

Turn your stop cock (mains water shut off valve) sometimes located under the sink in the kitchen, once turned fully turn your cold tap on and if no water comes out then your COLD water is isolated, however if you have a combo boiler then your hot water will also be isolated so you can carry out work on both hot and cold water pipes

Martin · Answer

Once the stop tap is shut off you open all taps to drain down, once they stop you will know the water is off

David · Answer

Hi turn the stop tap off under the sink then turn the sink are bath taps on if no water is coming out then the water is off

How can I make sure my water is turned off?

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