Check your Stop 'male chicken'

Posted October 15 2014

I get a weekly update from Martin Lewis' Money Saving Expert.

This tip from the latest screed moneysavingexpert.com on

'The Winter MoneySaving Checklist
The top 10 essentials to insulate you and your wallet'

made me smile:

"Find out where your stop 'male chicken' is. (If I used the correct term, this'd be in your spam box). Everyone should know where their stop-thingy (rhymes with lock - the mains water off switch) is. Frozen pipe bursts create an average £7,000 of damage, made worse if you can't find the off switch as your home floods. Be prepared. Find out How To Turn Your Water Off. "

Go to the article (link above) to get good advice and a video on where to find 'IT'.