Ciao gente
Piccola domanda idraulica. Vivo in un bell’appartamento altbau, il posto ha una lavatrice nel bagno collegata alla rete elettrica come mostrato in foto. La connessione di destra ha iniziato a perdere e ad allagare il bagno. Ho contattato il proprietario ma devo chiudere l’acqua.
La valvola qui (la parte superiore in plastica bianca e il fondo metallico) è progettata per essere ruotata? Non riesco a spostarlo con la mano ma forse ho bisogno di un paio di pinze? IL "rubinetto" è anche difficile da spostare.
Molte grazie!
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Turn the tap.
Left one is waste water line, right one is supply.
Where exactly is the leak? What part of the connection?
> Is the valve here (the white plastic top and metallic bottom) designed to be turned? I can’t get it to budge via hand but maybe I need a pair of pliers? The “tap” is tough to move too.
That’s the connector, not a valve. In fact there is no valve in the photo you shared. You simply need to switch off the water supply by using the handle; you’ll need to turn it to the left.
Turning the plastic connector to the left is how you disconnect the tube from the faucet. There’s a rubber seal inside, and it’s quite likely that it got brittle over time and started leaking, it’s a rubber o-ring inside of the plastic. You can get them for like 10 cents in every DIY shop.
Either try with pliers or use a towel, if it’s leaking and your fingers are wet it’s easy to slide out of your grip. When using pliers, be careful not to use too much power or you might crack the plastic.
So the thing with the blue dot on top is supposed to close off the water supply. If anything else still leaks, you have to close your main water supply
The part with the blue dot is supposed to be a faucet to turn the water on the right side off.
If it’s not turning don’t force it! Because those taps are used so rarely, they can calcify and if you force it it’ll just worsen your leak.
Ask me how I know.