Thanks, ill take a look. I found the outdoors tap which shuts it down at least. It connects to a pipe going under the bricks (and I presume to the a c ...

Thanks all for your advice. Unfortunately most of it seems to be underground so I cant even find any shutoff valves. All I can see are the 2 photos th ...

Btw, the rubber gloves worked a treat ! Im slightly suprised for some reason but pretty impressed, thanks !

Thanks, thats good advice about the family ! So, just checking, but the order is to close each tap starting with the one closest to the mains tap firs ...

Thanks !I was mostly wondering what the order was for getting rid of the air in the pipes. Once you've turned off the mains water and ran all the taps ...