- "Why won't you go down to the basement?"- This question is sometimes asked by apartment owners. When I come to change their meters or mixers.
- "What for ?"- I ask them back.
- "But you will remove the meters (mixers), and there is water under pressure. You will flood us. "- And such communication is not my invention, such people exist. These are mainly pensioners, young people, girls. And even some men.
After such a conversation, I do not turn up my nose, but begin to explain to them that taps are installed in every apartment where there is water supply. They can be blocked. In order to turn off the "life-giving moisture" in the apartment Therefore, the idea came to write a small educational program for "dummies"
Why close the taps?
- You are leaving the apartment for a long time, more than 2 days.
- The mixer burst, hoses, water leaks on the floor. You drown yourself and your neighbors.
- Do you want to replace plumbing fixtures, mixer hoses, etc.
Where are the taps?
The taps are usually located in the bathroom or toilet, possibly behind a false wall. If so, then there should be hatches (doors), and there are locking mechanisms in them. If your kitchen is far from the bathroom, then there may also be valves under the sink.
How to close valve-type valves?
Such taps, to shut off the flow of water, must be rotated by the lamb (handle) clockwise. Circular movements are translated into translational ones. Thus, the stem inside the valve crushes the outlet. Water from riser ceases to flow into the apartment. (Riser, a pipe running through your apartment vertically, through the ceiling or floor to your neighbors)
How to close ball valves?
You need to grab the handle and turn it ninety degrees. Thus, you turn the stem which turns the polished ball inside the body. He also closes the passage of liquid to your apartment.
I turned off the tap, but the water still didn't turn off
It is necessary to call the locksmiths from the house management to replace the cranes, usually work on their replacement is carried outis free.
Attention
If it starts to drip heavily from the taps, water almost pours out, then an emergency team should be called. If ngem drips, then put the dish under the tap. Usually, the water gradually stops dripping. But even in this case, do not postpone the call of locksmiths.
Ball valve does not close, instruction -link to the article.
From SW. Timofey Mikhailov