Stopcock Question

[BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz]

Calling @PigletJohn if around?

We live in a upper flat (terrace) one flat below us. We have a stopcock for our water.

No water after 9am today so I popped downstairs to see if neighbour also had an issue, and he is having work done on his bathroom so turned his stopcock off, and lo and behold it's a master one that also cuts off our water.

Is it easy to split them out? Makes sense him having one for ours too but it needs to be split.

And also, is it unreasonableto suggest the cost of splitting them is also split between us?

Your neighbour's supply tees off the incoming shared pipe. She should have a stopcock on her tee so that your supply is not interrupted.

It is her responsibility and she should bear the cost.

If she has a plumber on site he could do it with ease.

You should also have a stopcock so you can repair your plumbing without affecting your neighbour.

As you have a shared incoming pipe, then (unless it is very big) you will be in contention for water supply and a combi boiler would be a poor choice for you. The loft tank was designed for installations where the incoming supply is insufficient for immediate demand.

Ok. They have a plumber on site so I will knock and ask they sort a separate stopcock for their property.

We do have one in our property to isolate our own waterpipes.

We have a combi which seems to work fine, nor sure what sort of boiler they have.