Just moved to a new house: Slow Heating, Poor Water Pressure

farazfastian

Hi Guys,

I never thought that i'm gonna miss such basic things before agreeing on buying this house. In this cold weather we've got two major problems:

1) Heating - it takes at least 2-3 hours to make house warm but it doesn't go that warm plus there's no radiator in the kitchen and stairs. Also most of the radiators are noisy, like you can hear the water flowing sound which is very irritating during the sleep

2) Water Pressure - There's no pressure in shower before i used to shower in just 5 mins now it takes at least 15 mins. After flushing the loo it takes ever to fill the tank again and you keep hearing the water filling noise coming out of the bathroom for good 10 mins

I was speaking to my friends and they all saying thats what happens in the house because you were living in the brand new flat for a long time you're finding it difficult. Is that true? can't i fix these problems or do they cost fortune?

Many Thanks
Faraz

G_M

farazfastian wrote: »

Hi Guys,

I never thought that i'm gonna miss such basic things before agreeing on buying this house. In this cold weather we've got two major problems:

1) Heating - it takes at least 2-3 hours to make house warm but it doesn't go that warm plus there's no radiator in the kitchen and stairs. Also most of the radiators are noisy, like you can hear the water flowing sound which is very irritating during the sleep air in system. Bleed. Check pump is powerful enough. Check boiler is working OK. Add extra radiators.

2) Water Pressure - There's no pressure in shower before i used to shower in just 5 mins now it takes at least 15 mins. After flushing the loo it takes ever to fill the tank again and you keep hearing the water filling noise coming out of the bathroom for good 10 mins what kind of shower? Scaled up? where's the tank? Check the ball valve in loo cistern, may be wrong type - designed for mains pressure but on cistern fed from tank?) or may be sticking due to rust/limescale etc.

I was speaking to my friends and they all saying thats what happens in the house because you were living in the brand new flat for a long time you're finding it difficult. Is that true? can't i fix these problems or do they cost fortune?

Many Thanks
Faraz

Could be a water pressure problem, could be separate issues for each problem. Go to DIYNOT plumbing forum.

This is one of the joys of home-ownership. Either start learning DIY or get in a plumber - same principal as rhe conveyancing when you bought the place: either learn DIY conveyancing or get in a solicitor!!

Hammyman

If you are hearing water flowing in the radiators then they need bleeding. If the toilet is an older type with a larger tank, it'll take longer to fill.
If your shower isn't a power shower, it won't come out that quick.

angrypirate

1. Sounds like the system may need flushing. You can do it yourself but its advisable to get a plumber in.
2. Check your stop !!!! - you may find you can open it further and get more pressure. Otherwise, what type of shower is it? Electric? Or does it run off a combi? If its electric and you live in a hard water area it may be furred up with scale. If you have a combi boiler, you may just be lacking mains water pressure.

Stop c o c k is banned? AAAGGHHHHHH

G_M

angrypirate wrote: »

Stop c o c k is banned? AAAGGHHHHHH

Yup! Welcome to to our politically correct world.

My friend's hospital email system (she's a doctor) bans the word 'p e n i s !!!

RAS

For a long time our library thought hotmail was a !!!!!! site.

on MSe, crap is OK but s h i t is not?

Jowo_2

I understand that some email filters block out the word S!!!!horpe...

EDIT - oooh, it's true - S c u n t horpe -

mlz1413

Agree you system needs bleeding but would also ask how old the boiler is, as I recently bleed air from my rad's and the new boiler (installed at easter) dropped its pressure and refuse to work. luckly my fella is a handy with these things and had it working in 30 sec's flat.

Also the water pressure will effect how quickly the loo fills, is your house on a shared main? Also what floor is the bathroom on? What type of shower do you have?

I had such bad water pressure in my victorian terrace that I ended up getting my own supply, now the loo fills quickly and the shower (from a combi boiler) works a treat.

googler

farazfastian wrote: »

1) Heating - it takes at least 2-3 hours to make house warm but it doesn't go that warm plus there's no radiator in the kitchen and stairs. Also most of the radiators are noisy, like you can hear the water flowing sound which is very irritating during the sleep

Leave the heating on all the time - even when you're not in the house - it seems daft to be heating an empty house, but it'll save you money in the long run. Takes more energy to heat the place up from cold than it does to keep it warm once it's up to temperature.

I used to have the heating on for an hour or so in the morning, go off for the 6 hours or so away at work, then back on in the evening. Since we've been leaving it on 24/7 it's saved £250-300 per annum on the gas bill.

HappyMJ

googler wrote: »

Leave the heating on all the time - even when you're not in the house - it seems daft to be heating an empty house, but it'll save you money in the long run. Takes more energy to heat the place up from cold than it does to keep it warm once it's up to temperature.

I used to have the heating on for an hour or so in the morning, go off for the 6 hours or so away at work, then back on in the evening. Since we've been leaving it on 24/7 it's saved £250-300 per annum on the gas bill.

What a load of rubbish. It costs more to leave heating on if you are not there or are sleeping. Set the timer to turn it on 30-60 minutes before you wake up then turn it off as you leave the house then set it to come on again 30 minutes before you are due home and off again when you go to bed. The heat remaining in the house from those few hours will be enough until you are asleep and you shouldn't feel cold again until it's time to wake up.

My electric rate costs me 14p/kwh. If I turn off my electric heater it saves me 14p/hour. When I turn it on again I put it on boost which costs 28p/hour. It only takes 30 minutes to heat the room then I switch it back to low which maintains the heat for 14p per hour. What is the point of having a warm house if i'm out? Example I was out all day and night saturday no heating and used 3kw. In all day and night Monday with heating on all day and used 30kw.

googler

HappyMJ wrote: »

What a load of rubbish. It costs more to leave heating on if you are not there or are sleeping. Set the timer to turn it on 30-60 minutes before you wake up ............

Bite me.

Your figures for your electric heating don't disprove the reduction that we saw in our gas bill when we started this regime....