cold water pressure too high....

levis2891

hello
were having our bathroom refitted and i have a few issues about what the plumber has done and would appreciate some advice.
the water pressure isn't balanced, the cold water in all taps now is very high. so everytime you turn it on its very noisey, water splurts out and when you turn it off it takes about 30seconds for it to completely close (i mean it drips abit for 30secs).
i've questioned him about it and he said its because the fittings are new....he's newly qualified so i don't think he has the experience to know better (i didn't hire him so its abit frustrating ). clearly the pressure needs to be adjusted but what/where is he supposed to adjust?

also, i've noticed on a few copper pipes that hes used plastic fittings as connectors....is this okay? as i assumed it has to be copper soldered together when joining pipes

penrhyn

Push Fit is fine for copper pipes.
Why don't you reduce the pressure yourself by turning your stop c0ck down a bit?

levis2891

sorry to sound dumb but what does the stopclock look like, is it the red circular handle which i turn?

penrhyn

Possibly, they are sometimes under the sink, its where your cold water supply enters the property. They usually look like an ordinary tap in line with the pipe.




You really need to know where it is as thats wher you would turn your water off in the event of a leaky pipe etc.

Canucklehead

Hi

Turning down the incoming mains water stopcock. (not gate valve as shown) is not the answer as it will reduce flow as well as make it noisy. If you want to do it properly use a pressure reducing valve on the incoming mains water supply.
I hope your hot water is at the same pressure otherwise a shower will be unusable.
Everyone has to learn ,but it sounds like he should be supervised still.

GSR