Turn off hot water

BarraOG

Hi,

I have a slight leak going into the shower mixer on the hot side (not electric shower) and wish to turn off the hot and cold water to investigate the problem. Am I right in saying that I turn off the hot water using the red gate value that enters the cylinder at the bottom?

Thanks for your help!

Idioteque

Yep should be that one. Looking at your set-up you should be fine but sometimes those gate valves get a build up in them and can't close fully.

anheneti

BarraOG wrote: »

Hi,

I have a slight leak going into the shower mixer on the hot side (not electric shower) and wish to turn off the hot and cold water to investigate the problem. Am I right in saying that I turn off the hot water using the red gate value that enters the cylinder at the bottom as shown in the first picture?

Thanks for your help!

No that’s the balancing valve on the cylinder, it should be on the opposite side

CoBo55

It looks to me like it's the top lever valve in the second picture, it looks like it's on the hot water output. Try closing it and see does the hot water stop.

Sleeper12

The photos don't show the feed into the bottom of the cylinder that fills the cylinder. This pipe should have a valve on it & this is how you turn the hot water off. The pipe that is coming out of the top of the cylinder branches off before the leaver valve. Shutting this valve off won't shut off all of the hot water. Most likely the pipe that branches off this is for the shower because this is how you should take the hot feed for a pumped shower to avoid sucking in air. Usually the pipe filling the cylinder is going into the rear of the cylinder. Can you post a photo of the other side of the cylinder

listermint

Sleeper12 wrote: »

The photos don't show the feed into the bottom of the cylinder that fills the cylinder. This pipe should have a valve on it & this is how you turn the hot water off. The pipe that is coming out of the top of the cylinder branches off before the leaver valve. Shutting this valve off won't shut off all of the hot water. Most likely the pipe that branches off this is for the shower because this is how you should take the hot feed for a pumped shower to avoid sucking in air. Usually the pipe filling the cylinder is going into the rear of the cylinder. Can you post a photo of the other side of the cylinder

Is the first image not the feed coming in on bottom left.

Sleeper12

listermint wrote:

Is the first image not the feed coming in on bottom left.

I can't see the first photo on my phone but I think I remember the one on bottom left had a gate valve & this would be the heating coil with another one above it for top of the coil

listermint

Sleeper12 wrote: »

I can't see the first photo on my phone but I think I remember the one on bottom left had a gate valve & this would be the heating coil with another one above it for top of the coil

True actually. Probably the other side or rear

CoBo55

If that pipe before the lever valve is the feed to the shower I wonder is there a valve or gate valve further along it to isolate the shower? It looks to be a very neat installation I'd say there's a valve on it.