You touch the kitchen faucet to draw water into the kettle. And his body bursts and water starts gushing out of it, flooding everything around. That's impossible! You will declare. Maybe as much as she can. There is a video in the article, take a look.
What to do in such a situation? When a mixer seems to be working, it turns into a fireman, uncontrollable hose. And damage is done to the apartment and neighbors down the riser.
By the way, do you know the emergency number to call plumbers, electricians? No? Go down to the first floor of your house, there should be an information stand from your UK and rewrite the emergency gang number. Do it right now, otherwise you will forget. Read the article later.
We cut off the water from the bath
If water gushes in the kitchen, and the taps that shut off the water are in the bathroom, then we rush there and turn off the taps. Has the water stopped erupting? If yes, then we exhale and urgently collect water from the floor covering to minimize damage. We are glad if a little water has poured out. Lucky ones.
We cut off the water under the sink
If the water is blocked under the sink, then the first step is to turn off the electricity throughout the apartment. De-energize completely. This is due to the fact that there is a lot of wiring under the kitchen furniture, and water will wet the sockets in any case and thus you can expose yourself to an electric shock. After all, you remember that ordinary water is a conductor for electric current. They turned off the power of the apartment and only after that we climb under the wet sink to look for taps. And you can always highlight it with your phone. After putting a package on it.
How to avoid breakage of the kitchen faucet?
You should purchase only high-quality mixers, at the moment their cost should not be less than 2,000 rubles. Only an experienced plumber should be allowed to install this appliance. Nk take the operation of the mixer to extremes. Is it leaking? Repair or replace.
Video from the author of the article:
The water is not shut off what to do?
If you could not completely turn off the water supply from the broken mixer, then we must call the emergency service, the sooner you call, the sooner they will come and resolve this issue. Be sure to hang the number of the emergency dispatch office of your house management on the refrigerator, so that in an emergency you do not waste precious minutes looking for a phone number. At my request, you have already gone and copied?