new bathroom sink, water takes ages to go hot

noelphobic

I've had some work done in my ground floor bathroom, which includes moving the sink from one wall to another. I have a combi boiler but when I run the hot water tap it takes ages to even go warm, never mind hot. Luckily I'm not on a water meter but it would be a problem if I was. Also, it's a pain if you've used the loo and want to wash your hands and don't wait to wait around. I haven't actually timed it but I put the plug in yesterday and the basin was full before the water even started to become warm. Any ideas what can be causing this and whether it can be fixed?

Thanks in advance for any help.

BertieUK

Seeing that you have had your sink resited to another wall, what extra distance is now involved from its original position?

The greater the distance that the water has to travel will have a bearing on the time it takes to heat up.

Regards

BobUK

noelphobic

BertieUK wrote: »

Seeing that you have had your sink resited to another wall, what extra distance is now involved from its original position?

The greater the distance that the water has to travel will have a bearing on the time it takes to heat up.

Regards

BobUK

It was moved on to the adjacent wall, but it's a very small bathroom so it was no distance at all. My builder did say what you said though so at least I know he wasn't just fobbing me off!

BertieUK

If you can, check the length of the run of the new piping that your builder had to install for the resiting, even though you say it is a small bathroom, with respect, he may have had to put in a few feet of piping, possibly under the floorboards etc, it is suprising how this could add up.

Regards

BobUK

noelphobic

BertieUK wrote: »

If you can, check the length of the run of the new piping that your builder had to install for the resiting, even though you say it is a small bathroom, with respect, he may have had to put in a few feet of piping, possibly under the floorboards etc, it is suprising how this could add up.

Regards

BobUK

ii

It's actually a concrete floor which had to be relaid due to damp problems - not sure if this makes a difference?