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HELP! New washing machine has messed up water pressure!
tanmu
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Can anyone please give me some advice......? Our old washing machine broke down, so our landlord plumbed in a new machine. Since then we have had really low water pressure - our showers used to be so powerful that you couldn't have them on full or they'd pop off the wall. Now they are a weak spray that dries up if someone turns on a tap or flushes the toilet. The bath taps run really slowly now too and it took me 20 mins to run a small bath for the kids after football yesterday. This morning I tried to flush the toilet, but as my son had used the downstairs loo and had flushed that first, the upstairs one wouldn't flush at all (when I looked into the cistern, it was barely half full). What is going on??? 
The landlord came back to take a look last night, but seems think that nothing can be done as it is because new machines are cold fill only and this has messed up the pressure - is he right?
The landlord came back to take a look last night, but seems think that nothing can be done as it is because new machines are cold fill only and this has messed up the pressure - is he right?
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we're debt freeeeeeeeeeeee....FREEEEDOM!!! :j
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The fact that newer washing machines are cold fill only has no effect on the water pressure to other things in the property! Fully open the stop c0ck. You do know where the stop c0ck is don't you!:doh: Blue text on this forum usually signifies hyperlinks, so click on them!..:wall:0
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Maybe, maybe NOT ???
Locate the cold water mains tap and open it up!
Can't think of anything else.
Do you have a water meter and is it spinning around very fast??0 -
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The above seems most likely, but I would check the water meter if you have one - I guess it is just possible that your pressure is so high that its forced the inlet valve on the washing machine open, and unknown to you the washing machine is filling with water - but you'd hear that. Unlikely as it is just open the detergent drawer slightly and double check that water isn't running into the machine. If not then its surely got to be the stop c0ck not fully open.Adventure before Dementia!0
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When the landlord came over he turned the stop !!!! almost fully open - though when he left I went to run a bath upstairs and there was no water at all in the taps. I turned it back the other way and the water returned, only to stop again later. So I turned it back the way he did again. Now it splutters a lot when you first turn it on......:heart2::heart2:On ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur :heart2::heart2:we're debt freeeeeeeeeeeee....FREEEEDOM!!! :j:T0
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I think that I should have spelled it stopcock (it's been automatically sensored!):heart2::heart2:On ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur :heart2::heart2:we're debt freeeeeeeeeeeee....FREEEEDOM!!! :j:T0
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It sounds as if the stopcock has developed a fault and is restricting the flow to everywhere in the house. The washing machine will have nothing to do with your problem. The water will have to be isolated elsewhere (outside) so that the stopcock can be dismantled and repaired.0
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When the landlord came over he turned the stop !!!! almost fully open - though when he left I went to run a bath upstairs and there was no water at all in the taps. I turned it back the other way and the water returned, only to stop again later. So I turned it back the way he did again. Now it splutters a lot when you first turn it on......
Did you turn it clockwise or anti-clockwise?:doh: Blue text on this forum usually signifies hyperlinks, so click on them!..:wall:0 -
the landlord turned it clockwise. When the water ran out I tried anti-clockwise, which worked for a bit, then I had to turn it back clockwise....is this a job for a plumber then...landlord seems to think it's just something we'll have to adjust to....:heart2::heart2:On ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur :heart2::heart2:we're debt freeeeeeeeeeeee....FREEEEDOM!!! :j:T0
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You need to turn the stop c0ck fully anti-clockwise!:doh: Blue text on this forum usually signifies hyperlinks, so click on them!..:wall:0
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