Easily Locate and Access Your Stop Tap

This video will show you how to Easily Locate and Access Your Stop Tap

You each property as an external stock, tap located on the service pipe. This is used to turn off the water supply. It’s, not relocated in the public highway in the footpath. In some cases, the property might be on a joint supply, so it won’t, have a stopped-up lid located outside.

So if you have a good look around on the footpath forever, a plastic or a metal lid without the letter, W or water on the top beneath this cover, the stop tab is housed, and sometimes you’ll, find a meter inside as well.

You’ll, also find a plastic lid which is just to protect against frost. There are a number of different stop tabs here are the most common ones. This stop tap is located underneath the square plastic lid and to turn the water supply off.

Here. It’s, a quarter of a turn anti-clockwise off and quite a return clockwise on the stop taps, lock it and leave the round plastic lids require in a clockwise motion approximately now time to turn off an anti-clockwise to turn back on very similar to How a kitchen tap operates, stop taps located underneath the square metal lid the normally made of metal themselves due to the depth.

You would normally operate various stop tab key and to turn off will be clockwise and to turn back on anti-clockwise again similar to a kitchen tap

If you have a serious issue and your stop tap is seized of stuck or dripping, you will need gto contacgt a plumber. Try WD40 first to loosen it but dont break it.

Also check and information on United Utilities Website

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