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Water off after leak

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  • 22-09-2013 9:27am
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    lesley byrne
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭


    Hi. We had a leak in the mains pipe in the garden. This has now been repaired. The water is flowing freely from all cold water taps, but no flow at all from hot taps or shower heads. Cananyone help?


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    annieoburns
    Registered Users Posts: 505 ✭✭✭annieoburns


    There should be a valve in the hot press area that controls flow to hot taps. Check that it is not turned off.


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    lesley byrne
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭lesley byrne


    lesley byrne wrote: »
    Hi. We had a leak in the mains pipe in the garden. This has now been repaired. The water is flowing freely from all cold water taps, but no flow at all from hot taps or shower heads. Cananyone help?

    Hi. Thank u but no valves have been touched since the pipe was repaired.


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    Polaxed
    Registered Users Posts: 11 ✭Polaxed


    lesley byrne wrote: »
    Hi. Thank u but no valves have been touched since the pipe was repaired.

    Ballcock could be stuck in the tank in the attic may be check that or a bit of dirt stuck in the ball clock


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    lesley byrne
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭lesley byrne


    Polaxed wrote: »
    Ballcock could be stuck in the tank in the attic may be check that or a bit of dirt stuck in the ball clock

    Thanks will give that a try.


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    lesley byrne
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭lesley byrne


    lesley byrne wrote: »
    Thanks will give that a try.

    Just checked the ballcock. Seems fine. Sitting three quarters above the waterline. Put pressure on it. It moves up and down freely.


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    Robbie.G
    Registered Users Posts: 1,884 ✭✭✭Robbie.G


    lesley byrne wrote: »
    Just checked the ballcock. Seems fine. Sitting three quarters above the waterline. Put pressure on it. It moves up and down freely.

    You have an airlock.The best way to clear it is if you have a bath mixer taps turn on the hot tap then turn on the cold hold your hand over the spout for around 10 seconds then release turn off cold tap and then see if hot tap will run freely.
    You may have to repeat this a few times or you can do the same at kitchen sink providing you have a single flow mixer


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    lesley byrne
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭lesley byrne


    Hi

    Tried your suggestion in the kitchen. No mixer taps in the bathroom. Got hot water tap flowing in kitchen. Pressure not as good as it used to be. No hot water in the rest of the house, bathrooms or shower.

    Should we keep trying this?


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    Robbie.G
    Registered Users Posts: 1,884 ✭✭✭Robbie.G


    lesley byrne wrote: »
    Hi

    Tried your suggestion in the kitchen. No mixer taps in the bathroom. Got hot water tap flowing in kitchen. Pressure not as good as it used to be. No hot water in the rest of the house, bathrooms or shower.

    Should we keep trying this?

    Once you get water to hot tap the rest should follow.Leave hot tap on bath open and repeat then try should sort it.The shower is a harder one what type if shower


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    lesley byrne
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭lesley byrne


    Hi Rob

    Tried all that. Still cant get it working upstairs. Think I'll have to call the professionals in. Thanks a million for all your help.


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    scudo2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,008 ✭✭✭scudo2


    lesley byrne wrote: »
    Hi Rob

    Tried all that. Still cant get it working upstairs. Think I'll have to call the professionals in. Thanks a million for all your help.

    Turn off all hot taps then Take off the shower head off hose, turn shower hot to on, hold hose as low as possible and see if water flows, if it doesent, blow as hard as hell back up the hose and then release.
    Same for cold if nessary. That should work. If not call the professionals.

    Do not try any of the above if its an electric shower.

    Only try this if it a manual mixers shower,


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