Plumbing prob Help please

natrasleep

For some reason, the hot tap in our bathroom sink nhas turned overnight into a dribble, the hot water comes from an electric tank, the bath and kitchen taps are still at their normal pressure, no leaks, if there was we would be flooded by now, there is no pressure and virtually no water coming out. its not the tap, as i have taken it apart, and even with the whole tap mechanism out there is still no water.

any ideas, as I really cannot understand where the water is, or more to the point why it is not coming out of the tap

ormus

assuming there is no valve between the bath/basin supply t-junction, then it must be a blockage of some kind?
you might have to replace that piece of 15mm pipe.

caleyles

Hi there hope I can help, are these fairly new taps

caleyles

The reason I asked if these are newish taps that the problem you describe is fairly common, What happens is that even though you have taken the tap apart when you put it back together then open it up the spindle isn't lifting up the washer to let water through, the easy way to find out is to turn off water remove tap insert then cover hole at top of tap open water and see if it runs through ok, if it does then you know you need a new tap insert which are readily available at plumbers merchants, if this is not the case then checking pipework is your next option though if your bath etc is ok then it would prob be unlikely
Good luck

natrasleep

The taps have been in place for some time, (18months)
Its not the spindle, as I have removed that, turned the water back on, and just got a dribble from the hole in the tap body, I have to say Im begining to think a block is likely, but cant work out how that has happened.

thanks for your quick responses, I really apreciate that

confused of sheffield

Ystrad_Lad

The old plumber's trick is to connect the hot and cold taps with a length of hose making sure that it is securely fixed to both. Then turn on the hot followed by the cold. This should blow the stuff that caused the blockage back into the tank. It should then drop into the sediment at the bottom.

Canucklehead

Hi

You might have a piece of foam lagging from the cylinder (that has been in the open vent since it was fitted, and has now been drawn down into the pipework)
stuck in the pipe under the basin .
If you do the trick YstradLad suggests then leave the bath tap open and see if anything comes out. It being 22mm pipe it should pass it .(might get stuck in the body but at least you can retrieve it.) Or it might just go back to the cylinder!!
Good luck.
Corgi Guy.

natrasleep

Thanks, Tried the pipe trick, It worked, I now have hot water running at a good pressure, I left the bath tap open, and got some dirt and something that looked like a bit of ptfe tape, anyhoo all working now thanks folk.

Ystrad_Lad

Thanks for the feedback. Glad to see it has worked.

tim158

Ystrad_Lad wrote: »

Thanks for the feedback. Glad to see it has worked.

Please can you clarify,

you connect the hot and cold together using hose in the sink, then open both taps?,

do you then open the bath hot tap

sorry for being thick but i have the same problem

Kind regards Tim

djohn2002uk

tim158 wrote: »

Please can you clarify,

you connect the hot and cold together using hose in the sink, then open both taps?,

do you then open the bath hot tap

sorry for being thick but i have the same problem

Kind regards Tim

If it's your hot bath tap not working, you connect both bath taps together. Then open the hot tap first then the cold tap to use the pressure from the cold tap to force the blockage back where it came from. Then turn the cold tap off then the hot and remove the connecting hose and it should be cured.