21/03/2026
Internal stop tap seized soild, external stop tap doesn't isolate the houses it feeds and the water company wouldn't come out as its not leaking.
Steel pipe buried in the wall had corroded causing internal wall to be very damp in the kitchen. Dug up outside to find the water mains and found to also be leaking under the ground.
Lifted interal floor and dug down to find the water mains. Cut the pipe live and installed a temporary stop tap to shut the water off. Replaced the mains into the house and installed new stop tap.
Now to alter pipework work and then change the joists above the kitchen due to the damp wall the joists have rotted at the ends