probably silly question about fitting new Kitchen sink and water being disconnected.
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on
June 20th, 2009
hi,my kitchen is being redone and they will dismantle the old one tomorrow (everything including floors and tiles.
i know the water will have to be disconnected for them to do it for a while.
but my question is, it is not until the new one is fitted is it. i would imagine there is a way of stoping the water on those taps without stoping it to the rst of the house.
thanks, sorry for the silly question, but single mum without much diy experience.
so this stop ends exist then.i’m a bit happier. well i can do without the cooker has i moved microwave and kitchen stuff in the dinning room but i cannot do without water in the whole of the house.
thanks
i would imagine thats what they do then. i mean the people who fit the new kitchen. they will have to remove the cupboard too ,but then i imagine they will only remove it when the new one is going in.
Emasculated Britain says:
The main stop top (usually located near the front or back door, and supplying the whole house) will be turned off temporarily. If it is just a matter of replacing like for like, in the same place, it won’t be off for long.
In the meantime, you won’t be able to use any water or operate central heating. Draw any water you think you may need before work commences.
June 20th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
O says:
ask them to put stop ends on the sink pipes so you can use bathroom and fill kettle and baby food etc, what about cooker.
June 20th, 2009 at 9:03 pm
syco noodles says:
i hope you have not got builders from hell fitting your new kitchen or you wont have any water or electric for weeks,,
June 20th, 2009 at 9:54 pm
ron says:
It all depends on the plumbing design of your house, there’s a stop cock (Sorry about the asterisks, it’s what they call a male hen) outside the house in the pavement which will turn off the water to the whole house.
Then there’s another one usually in the kitchen under the draining board which also turns the water off to the whole house which is the one they will probably use.
However, knowing the disruption that this can cause, the time it’s turned off is cut to a minimum, especially knowing that you can’t make them a cup of tea, probably no more than a few hours if their any good.
I suggest you fill your bath with cold water for use in your toilet, there’s enough water in the tanks to look after your central heating etc.
June 20th, 2009 at 10:35 pm
john h says:
Yes there is, isolate the cold water where it comes in to the house and the pipe that feed the cold water to the sink unit then can be cut and you can fit a ball-o-fix valve which will isolate the water to cold tap on the sink unit.
Isolate the hot water take off from your hot water cylinder then turn on the hot tap unit any water comes out, you can then do the same procedure as the cold feed to the sink unit. Then you can have water in the rest of the house obviously turning on the valve by the hot water cylinder.
June 20th, 2009 at 11:27 pm
Jon says:
go to MacDonald’s
June 21st, 2009 at 12:25 am