Stopcock and Mains Repair in Hove
Stopcock seized solid when you need it most, or water bubbling up in the front path? We free or replace the stopcock, find and repair leaks on your supply pipe, and tell you what is yours and what belongs to Southern Water.
- 30 minute call back, day or night
- Same-day fix wherever parts allow
- Gas Safe registered, fully insured
- One accountable team, no subcontractors
- Debit and credit cards accepted
Stopcock or mains problem in Hove? Here’s how we help.
Old stopcocks are often stiff because nobody has turned them in years. We do not force them. We replace a seized valve with a lever valve you can turn by hand.
- Seized and leaking stopcocks replaced
- Supply pipe leaks between the boundary and the house traced and repaired
- Old lead supply pipe replaced with modern pipe
- Separate isolation valves fitted for each flat where possible
- Help finding a stopcock nobody can locate
Stopcocks and supply pipes in Hove
In the Victorian and Edwardian houses around Goldsmid, Westbourne and the Hove station streets, the stopcock is often under the floorboards in the hall, in a cellar, or behind a kitchen kickboard. In the Regency buildings of Brunswick it may be in the basement or the front lightwell. Find yours before you need it. If you cannot, ask us to show you when we visit.
Many houses converted into flats still have a single supply pipe and one stopcock for the whole building. Turn it off and every flat loses water. Where the pipework allows, we can fit a separate valve for each flat, so one leak does not cut off the building.
Older Hove homes, usually those built before about 1970, may still have a lead supply pipe. If yours is lead, we can replace the section on your side when we repair a leak. You can also ask Southern Water about the section they look after.
Southern Water supplies the water in Hove. Generally, the pipe from the stop tap at your boundary to the house is yours, and the pipe from the main to the boundary is theirs. Water rising in the pavement is usually theirs to repair. We tell you which side a leak is on before any work starts.
Here’s what happens when you call
- 1You call us
Tell us what’s happened. We’ll work out whether you need us now or first thing, and talk you through making it safe in the meantime.
- 2We come to you
You get a named engineer and a realistic arrival window, a call when they’re on the way, and we turn up inside the window we gave you.
- 3We fix it
We repair the fault, tidy up, and tell you plainly what went wrong and what it costs to put right for good.
Call now, or get a call back in 30 minutes.
Every minute counts. Our engineers are on call across Hove 24 hours a day.
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Stopcock or mains trouble in Hove? Call us.
We cover Goldsmid, Westbourne, Brunswick and central Hove, and out to Aldrington, West Blatchington, Hangleton and Portslade. We are on Conway Street, so call us for an honest arrival window.
- Hove
- Goldsmid
- Westbourne
- Brunswick
- Central Hove
- Aldrington
- West Blatchington
- Hangleton
- Portslade-by-Sea
- Mile Oak
Stopcock or mains problem in Hove? Common questions
Need it fixed now?
Call us, or request an urgent call back.
Lines answered 24/7 by the team who will attend, not a call centre.