HELP!!! My farking hot tap wont turn off at the kitchen sink and water rates are set to rise!!

[LadyOfTheFlowers]

What can I do? It's hard to get a grip on it as it's red hot, so to speak! lol
Ive just run a bowlful to wash up and it wont turn off. It's not blasting out but running enough to cost me a lot of money. I know I will need a plumber but...arrgghh!
Should I try and catch it all in a bucket?

stopcock? that will at least stop the water coming out.

Look under the sink and see if there is a little screw thing on the spur for the hot tap (think dh calls them conductors??). If there is you can use a screwdriver to turn it and it will cut off the water to that tap only.

ah yes! good plan! i was panicking!
dh hascome home early in the nick of time a hit the bityou turnwith a rubber mallet, now it will turn off. (wtf?!)
guess the threads are gone in the turny bit?

LotF - you are impressing me with your grasp of technical language

Isn't it normally washers that wear out?

Glad you have been saved by the mallet!

lol millarkie nd califrau - i usedto love adrian mole!

dh is a mechanic, he hit it with a mallet as a joke as everyone says mechanics hit everything with hammers. but it worked! lol

what is it called, the turny bit? handle?
i honestly dont know!