HELP! New washing machine has messed up water pressure!

tanmu

when I get home from work I shall do just that!!! will update so as I have tested - thanks!

House_Hunter

A quick one from experience, the little brass seat for the stopcock valve can very easily get damaged. Especially if it hasn't been used for a while and then is rammed shut....its very common for stopcocks to be shut and then when re-opened not function correctly.

I personally play with mine every couple of weeks to keep it loose and free moving...

I have to ask the question though? Why on earth did he need to turn the stopcock off anyway? Most washing machine adapters have there own isolator built in (i.e. the little blue or red for hot flips switches) to avoid you ahvign to do that...

espresso

House_Hunter wrote: »

I personally play with mine every couple of weeks to keep it loose and free moving...

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

punknzippy

House_Hunter wrote: »

A quick one from experience, the little brass seat for the stopcock valve can very easily get damaged. Especially if it hasn't been used for a while
they get stuck shut or slightly open , try gently tapping it on the top with the nearest tap turned on (so you know if its worked or not).... sometimes it helps it move back to fully open

I have to ask the question though? Why on earth did he need to turn the stopcock off anyway? Most washing machine adapters have there own isolator built in (i.e. the little blue or red for hot flips switches) to avoid you ahvign to do that...

some people are just over cautious whers the fun in doing a job if you dont make any mess to clear up :rotfl:

tanmu

have turned the stopcock all the way anti-clockwise, yet no luck. Water pressure is still very low and as soon as a tap is turned on or a toilet flushed, the water stops flowing in the shower.....Landlord says he has spoken to a plumber and nothing can be done!!!!

Wookey

Is a chance that the valve spindle is broken, if the valve was seized up and forced open or closed the brass can snap, this is more likely to happen on gatevalves rather than stopcocks though. If the house is fairly new there may also be a non return valve fitted just after the stopcock, these can clog with dirt and will restrict the flow. Best course of action if you can DIY is to isolate the water outside in the street and remove the stopcock and replace it with a new one, also remove and check the non return valve (if fitted) is clear and working.

tanmu

we are most definitely NOT DIYers...besides if we did anything ourselves, and there were more problems, I suspect we'd be liable....

Wookey

You need to get your landlord round then, something as simple as a disintegrating stopcock washer can block a NRV. Check the pipework just above the stopcock for a brass compression fitting about 3" long, if there is one there then ask him to get it checked out and when you have him or his plumber there then get the stopcock checked out as well.

tanmu

I asked him to get a plumber out but he said he'd only have to pay call out for them to tell him what he was already told over the phone - that nothing can be done about it.....he's going to call the agency and see if they can move us out!!! This seems drastic to me - and he's not talking a temp move out either, he means a permanent move out. Am I wrong in feeling that that's a bit oveboard? WHat's us moving out going to solve? He'd still have a problem with the water and any new tenants would just call him back about the same thing

totalsolutions

OK, you have NO water flow, (say a trickle) but you do have PRESSURE, that is when the water levels refill, then pressure returns, open a tap the pressure drops fast, back to a trickle.

It's not hard to replace, just look around a plumbers merchants for parts and costs, very low really. Got a friend / family member to do it?