Hi All
I've done a lot of small plumbing jobs this week, just changing taps, sinks etc.
In each case I've had to turn the water off at the mains & drain the cold water tank to get the hot & cold off.
None of the tap feeds had service valves. If they had it would have saved time, but think about the waste of water. I reckon I've just poured away
600 litres of perfectly good water - in an area subject to hosepipe bans.One customer saw the sense & got me to fit service valves, the rest said no.
Is it required under building regs to fit them on new builds?
I wonder why it isn't a requirement to fit them to all new installs & all alterations?
How much water do we waste every year doing stuff like this?