what would the problem be
2006-12-01 23:36:42 · 12 answers · asked by suewhale52 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Dear oh! deary me ,all these far fetched American answers.
All you have is a simple air lock in your hot system, follow these instructions. turn off all taps in the house, if you have two taps in the kitcken we will work from there if not then go to your two bath taps, first you will need a small length of garden hose 2ft. or so,
you will need to fit a push on rubber tap connector to each end of the hose ,the type with a jubilee clip to tighten, once fitted on both hot and cold pipes open the hot tap, now slowly open the cold tap and keep increasing till wide open, holding hoses so they dont fly off, keep running mains cold pressure for a couple of mins;then turn off cold tap, remove hoses and open up hot tap you will hear gurgling in pipes and water should run if not,then repeat prosess with hoses till back pressure pushes all the air back to your header tank in the loft.
2006-12-02 01:01:57 · answer #1 · answered by Sparky 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry to contradict many of the above answers but it may not be an airlock. I'm assuming that you have turned the stopcock on fully as you have not mentioned a reduction in cold water pressure. I'm also assuming that you have a conventional open vented hot water system (50 gallon tank in the loft), if this was drained when you did the work in your bathroom it is possible that either -
a/ the ball valve has stuck and is filling the tank up too slowly - check the ball valve is moving freely, if not change the ball valve
b/ Some debris is either blocking the cold feed from the tank (actually in the tank) or has gone into the cold feed and is blocking it at the first tee on the system.
2006-12-04 04:35:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
OK try the following
1. Turn the mains valve fully.
2. clear the air lock.
3.check the pressure.
4. check the water level of the boiler(combination boiler)
5. check the expansion tank ib the loft( old style heating)
6 fianlly fit a cut off suplly valve in the bath to avoid future problems.
2006-12-02 06:53:48 · answer #3 · answered by **tomtom 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just a simple air lock if you have a mixer tap then using a coin bag ( as they are usually fairly strong) place over the mixer spout and hold tight with one hand open the hot tap and then open the cold, the cold as it is at mains pressure will force into the hot and push the air back to the cylinder 10 -15 seconds should do it remove bag and let hot tap continue to run closing cold off. Another way is to remove washer hoses from supply taps and using one hose connect hot and cold taps together, then open hot and cold taps to do the same as described.
2006-12-02 05:41:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try changing the o-rings or seals in each hot water faucet.
They were probably in bad shape originally and by turning off the water it dislodged them causing them to move because of their bad condition. You'll probably find that they're just about disintegrated. Once they do the hole in the center that the screw goes through has become elongated and causes the seal to not seat properly thereby blocking the water supply. While you're there replace the cold water seals as well.
2006-12-01 23:48:47 · answer #5 · answered by Ruben E 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Open a hot tap,then go into the loft and put your finger over the end of that thin copper pipe over the water tank to stop air getting in.Hopefully,you should hear the hot water start to flow after a short while.
2006-12-01 23:45:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
did you turn off from the street? if yes you need to check you fully turned on,there a pain caused not used a lot,if you never turned off from the mains etc,say from you stop valve etc,its not fully on cause low hot water means low cold inlet? hope this helps
2006-12-02 02:34:17 · answer #7 · answered by nigel the builder 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hello there could be several problems. did you turn the main valve completely on .or make sure you opened the pressure release valve on you water heater to let all the air out of the tank,or make sure there is no debris in your faucet filters just unscrew Faust where your water comes out and check to see if there is any debris. on all faucets in your home.
2006-12-01 23:52:05 · answer #8 · answered by timothy c 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make sure that you have opened the main stopcock fully, or the jumper may have stuck half opened inside, or possibly the washer has disintegrated and is blocking the waterway.
2006-12-02 00:17:31 · answer #9 · answered by jayktee96 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can only think you must have an air lock so need to drain the boiler and start again. Good Luck!
2006-12-02 04:28:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋