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Air lock in hot water system?
welshblob
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Hi,
Before I call out a plumber to fix this thought I'd get some advice from this forum. I have a traditional gravity fed hot water system. Yesterday I fixed a leak on a compression joint that was the hot water feed for the shower from the hot water tank. Today the hot water tap in the bathroom starts off normally but soon turns to a dribble then stops. The hot tap in the kitchen is nowing spitting water out. So my question is ...
1) Is this an air lock in the system ... introduced by my fix yesterday?
2) Is the way to sort this out to connect one end of a hose pipe to the cold tap and the other end to the hot tap. Turn the hot tap on, followed by the cold tap and let the cold water push the air lock back through the system? I've seen this done before.
If I have no luck here looks like I'll have to call a plumber out.
Cheers
Rob
Before I call out a plumber to fix this thought I'd get some advice from this forum. I have a traditional gravity fed hot water system. Yesterday I fixed a leak on a compression joint that was the hot water feed for the shower from the hot water tank. Today the hot water tap in the bathroom starts off normally but soon turns to a dribble then stops. The hot tap in the kitchen is nowing spitting water out. So my question is ...
1) Is this an air lock in the system ... introduced by my fix yesterday?
2) Is the way to sort this out to connect one end of a hose pipe to the cold tap and the other end to the hot tap. Turn the hot tap on, followed by the cold tap and let the cold water push the air lock back through the system? I've seen this done before.
If I have no luck here looks like I'll have to call a plumber out.
Cheers
Rob
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It wont do any harm welshblob to give it a go with a hose pipe (not to much water thou, only short bursts)
Oh, and If there are any other hot taps any were in the house, make sure there open to.I find Viagra saves peeing on my shoe.....0 -
Cheers for the info Boohbah but it turns out it was a dodgy stopcock that fed the hot tank. Fiddling with that fixed it.
Cheers Rob0
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