Water Mains Tap Clockwise

Use a spanner to turn the nut clockwise to tighten it.

Water mains tap clockwise. Turning the valve clockwise will close it reducing or stopping altogether the amount of water passing through your pipes. Once you ve found the valve turn it clockwise to shut off the water supply. If you are unable to turn the tap to the close position clockwise try turning it anticlockwise first to break the seal then back clockwise to the close position. Turn the stop tap clockwise or to the right to turn the water off and anti clockwise or to the left to turn it on.

The old head gear had the cold and hot water turned on by turning the tap anticlockwise and shut the water off by turning the tap clockwise. Follow the steps below if you can t shut off your water. Then turn on all of the faucets in your home to flush out any remaining water in the pipes. If anti clockwise is correct why do i keep getting lots not a trickle of water coming out of my hot water taps in the bathroom as i have currently left both of the valves in the.

Turn it on and off slowly never force it. You should be able to operate the valve yourself. To turn your water back on simply turn the valve anti clockwise. Do you know whether the purpose of these two pipes that come out of the bottom roof tank is to take water to be heated.

It may take a few minutes for the water to stop altogether. Turning the valve clockwise will close it reducing the amount of water passing through. Turn off the water supply to the stopcock do this by turning off the stopcock that s outside your home drain the pipes by running the kitchen tap. If you can t find the valve inside it may be outdoors near the main water pipe that leads into your home.

Grip the body of the tap with water pump pliers. To turn your water back on simply turn the valve anti clockwise turn it on and off slowly never force it. If you over tighten or use excessive force you may damage the stop tap. If this doesn t stop the leak the next step is to seal the nut with ptfe tape as follows.

The quirk is or may not be the cold water is turned on by turning the tap clockwise and the hot water by turning anti clockwise. Go carefully because some of our stop taps only require a quarter of a turn so don t over tighten them. If you over tighten or use excessive force you may damage the stop tap. It s worth checking the stop tap is working properly by turning it on and off two to three times a year.