Kitchen cold tap works; nothing else does.....

drkpower

Water has been working perfectly all the time over the cold snap. Then all of a sudden yesterday aternoon sometime all of the water (taps/toilets/showers everything) stopped. This afternoon the cold tap in the kitchen returned at fairly low pressure. However, everything else is off. The heating still works.

Im in Clontarf and DCC have said that this area will have low pressures for an indeterminate period of time.

Does the pictur above fit with low pressures resulting in the tank not filling or is there a possibility i have a frozen/burst pipe somewhere. The latter would seem strange given that i had no problems when it was freezing.

Any suggestions from you experts much appreciated.

Sparkpea

sounds like the tank in the loft is drained, if you've low pressure mains on at the kitchen sink then its prob not powerful enough to feed the tank in the loft so using bath/toilets/showers etc. has drained the tank eventually.

drkpower

Hopefully! & thanks for the reply

And am i right in saying that the cold tap in the downstairs loo is also fed from the attic tank? Because thats gone too.

hanloj1

wonder do you have an airlock? check to see is there any water in tank in attic.

danjo-xx

drkpower wrote: »

Hopefully! & thanks for the reply

And am i right in saying that the cold tap in the downstairs loo is also fed from the attic tank? Because thats gone too.

A downstairs loo is nearly if not always fed from the mains so that would explain your lack of water there also.

goat2

walk out back of your house there may be a crack in hose this would take the force from water to travle up to tank in attic. i had same problem and that is what i found

drkpower

danjo-xx wrote: »

A downstairs loo is nearly if not always fed from the mains so that would explain your lack of water there also.

So the downstairs loo and the taps in the downstairs loo sink are also fed from the attic tank so would be affected by the low pressure not filling the attic tank? Ok, at least no plumbing work is required; just waiting:(.

Ill have to venture to the attic to find out; its cold up there....

danjo-xx

goat2 wrote: »

walk out back of your house there may be a crack in hose this would take the force from water to travle up to tank in attic. i had same problem and that is what i found

The mains feed (wavin pipe) into the house should always be under ground and have never ever seen one above ground :eek: and I'm 104

thebullkf

drkpower wrote: »

So the downstairs loo and the taps in the downstairs loo sink are also fed from the attic tank so would be affected by the low pressure not filling the attic tank? Ok, at least no plumbing work is required; just waiting:(.

Ill have to venture to the attic to find out; its cold up there....

shouldn't be.......

danjo-xx

drkpower wrote: »

So the downstairs loo and the taps in the downstairs loo sink are also fed from the attic tank so would be affected by the low pressure not filling the attic tank? Ok, at least no plumbing work is required; just waiting:(.

Ill have to venture to the attic to find out; its cold up there....

Were getting a bit confused, but my guess would be as follows:

Downstairs loo is fed from the mains supply underneath your kitchen sink and would also supply the handbasin cold tap.

Hot tap in handbasin would be supplied from the hot pipe in your kitchen sink.

The only thing supplied from the attic tank is the hot tap in your kitchen sink. this is how basic plumbing system usually work. Hope this helps.

Joey the lips

If the plumber followed propper rules the loo was plumbed from the tank upstairs.

The drop of 2 floors can give an illusion of mains filling.

I would imagine if its a toilet that was supplied in the house then the plumbing was from the tank. If it was a retrofit then to avoid stripping floors than from the mains it may have came.


On the issue i imagine its as sparkpea said.... Pressure taking a while to fill....