New bathroom fitted recently, mixer telephone tap put on the bath. Hot tap has never rung as fast as the cold, bnut this morning it has gone to a trickle. No muck in tap and washer is fine. Pipe work is three quarter inch. Our combination boiler makes an odd noise when the tap is run. Basin and kitchen taps are fine, and the boiler sounds normal when they are run. Any ideas?
2006-11-22 01:12:46 · 9 answers · asked by deebradley2000 3 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Lousy tap
Doesn't matter how much you pay or where you go today's taps are rubbish. I had the same problem and it is caused by two things- Bad Design plus Bad Assembly.
The knob you turn on the outside obviously turns left or anti-clockwise as you start to open it.
At the same time a further thread inside the bit that's going up lifts the part with the washer on it.
When it was assembled the first one you turned didn't leave enough room for the second one to move up inside it.
Call the plumber back and tell him the tap needs stripping and reassembling.
Its not your boiler's fault.
2006-11-22 01:34:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you where to disassemble the valve assembly from the pipe... You would find that the pipe has a reduced size opening, caused by chemical deposit. Or a peice of scale has wedged in the opening before that valve. Galvanized pipe does that.The scale may be stuck in an elbow? Tap the piping while running the water and see if it will free up??? May be time to have the plumber back.
2006-11-22 04:54:52 · answer #2 · answered by Lamont 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
water presure ! put a piece of hose pipe from your cold tap to the hot tap and turn the both taps on slow leave them run for a minute or so that should solve the problem
2006-11-22 01:25:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
awful faucet would not rely how plenty you pay or the place you bypass in the present day's faucets are rubbish. I had a similar difficulty and that's led to by utilising 2 issues- undesirable layout plus undesirable assembly. The knob you turn on the outdoors for sure turns left or anti-clockwise as you start to open it. on a similar time a greater thread interior the bit that's going up lifts the area with the washer on it. while it exchange into assembled the 1st one you became did not bypass away adequate space for the 2nd to go up interior it. call the plumber lower back and tell him the faucet needs stripping and reassembling. Its not your boiler's fault.
2016-10-22 13:19:03 · answer #4 · answered by mcsweeney 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
could be a faulty tap from a bad batch. could be that the screw in the tap is expanding with the heat and restricting the flow. are you running any other water at the same time , flushing the toilet , washing machine
2006-11-22 07:55:59 · answer #5 · answered by Michael 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you got another tap / dishwasher etc running this could reduce the flow of your tap
2006-11-22 01:16:22 · answer #6 · answered by CoNfUzEd FaIrY 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its your water pressure , the plumber should have checked that b 4 he left
2006-11-22 02:05:50 · answer #7 · answered by PAULA C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
have the boiler decalcified.
2006-11-22 01:15:24 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
water pressure ... get it cheaked out :D its not as bad as you may think
2006-11-22 01:15:19 · answer #9 · answered by vikki b 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋