dovboy

i cant get my plumber in till monday so thought i would ask on here,fitted new bathroom 2 months ago and am now getting no hot water out the shower and very limited supply from the taps.

my plumber came in yesterday to move a radiator in the kitchen,the pipes and valves are in the correct place but radiator not fitted yet,i think he said he drained the system to do this.

its an old house and hasnt got a combi boiler yet just a backboiler and tank upstairs(i think this is the case i'm not too clued up on plumbing!)

what could be the problem with the lack of hot water to the shower especially but also the taps to a certain extent???

c.fogarty

Could be just an airlock if it's a gravity fed H/W system......

Though' shouldn't be affected by any work on the C/H system....

c.fogarty

Just thought..

Is it a Tank fed Power shower? Or a cold main fed Electric Instantaneous shower??

dovboy

its a gravity fed mixer shower(trevi).

TIFF

Are you running out of "Water" or the hot water????

Steve the Plumber

iTrader: (11)

Either an airlock or its run out of water in the cold water storage tank, or possible ball cock stuck up or shit/debris in the ball cock diaphragm?

Take your pick

TIFF

ie...the heat in the water?

dovboy

thats what i thought but if i put the heating on the water from the taps is hot! wtf!

TIFF

Thats what i was working up to.....didnt know if he ment out of water or out of warmth???

dovboy

yes tiff,its only hot for a little bit then goes lukewarm to cold.

Steve the Plumber

iTrader: (11)

Theres too many plumbers on here tonight, we need some more work

dovboy

never runs out of water just goes stone cold.

c.fogarty

Sounds like the Immersion heater has failed, hence hotter water when CH is on, heating HW Tank on the CH Hot water loop.

dovboy

thnks for the replies, cheers

c.fogarty

Happy to help mate......


That'll be Ł 89.65 inc VAT.....consultation fee

dovboy

u not make enough money when you were riding motorbikes!!?

foreigneRS

can all you plumbers also look at my current topic please

just reading his biography now - he made enough

c.fogarty

WSB never paid the same as MotoGP

c.fogarty

Was an awesome rider, & never more than the I.O.M TT battles with Hizzy'

foreigneRS

it's quite a good read. i was not a fan of him before, thought he was a big headed twat. but reading the book i now know that he's a big head, but maybe not a twat

c.fogarty

The big head/over-confidence/single minded etc is partly what made him so succesfull, and rare for a British sportsman.

Foggy was more interested in winning races/championships than being popular..

We always sneer at the arrogance of foreign sporting greats...

Us Brits' seem to prefer our sportsmen to be modest, limited in talent and the 'Plucky Loser' type

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And all these people say theres a shortage of plumbers

foreigneRS

that's kind of what i'm saying. you have to have a big head (which is actually just being confident in your ability) to succeed in something like that. but he doesn't seem to be a dick that often goes with it

c.fogarty

With his TT, Endurance & WSB success, is for me the greatest English rider ever. I know many will say Duke/Hailwood/Sheene were better, but the TT battles with Hizzy ( and the lap record which stood for years) & Foggy's era was much more competitive, he dominated WSB for 5 years (at the peak of WSB) and was the only Brit' rider you truly believed would win.....