Rudolph Hucker wrote:

In the winter we turn off the water at the tap inside...

Sounds like a good idea having a separate tap indoors to isolate the
outside supply. Unfortunately ours here is off the water-main outside
just after the water meter / primary stop tap. So if the outside tap /
pipe bursts it would mean turning off the main stop tap and no water at
all to the house until the leak was fixed. Not good planning by whoever
plumbed it.

--
David in Normandy.
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