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Is this a photo of a water isolation valve?
My shower bar valve mixer hot/cold dial has ceased up. I am trying to isolate the water supply in our house so that I can remove the shower bar mixer and have a look. I have found the stop valve under the kitchen sink and a bunch of valves next to our internal hot water boiler. Most of the taps in the house have stopped flowing water yet when I removed the shower bar mixer water came gushing out. I have turned off all valves that I could see except for these strange looking things in the attached photo. Is someone able to confirm if the grey plastic fittings near the top of the photo look like water isolation valves and if I should turn them with a screwdriver to isolate the water to my shower?
1 Answer
- Anonymous10 months agoFavourite answer
The stopcock under the sink should isolate the water supply. Assuming you have a combi boiler i.e., no tank in the loft. If there is a tank in the loft you will need to isolate it in your airing cupboard where the hot water cylinder is located. The valves in the pic isolate the shower pump. You can turn the slots 90 degrees if you wish but as I said the whole house will be isolated from under the sink if you have a combi boiler. The water from your shower unit was just residual.