Sistern filling up very very slowly

Eircom_Sucks

This wasn’t always like this , actually had a plumber fix a leak in toilet a few months ago and sistern filled up great then , im guessing dirt could be clogging up filter

Heres a pic if my sistern

Any ideas ?

K.Flyer

Either dirt in the filter at the bottom of the filling valve or the rubber diaphragm at the top has hardened and is not letting was pass through.

Eircom_Sucks

K.Flyer wrote: »

Either dirt in the filter at the bottom of the filling valve or the rubber diaphragm at the top has hardened and is not letting was pass through.

How do i access that ?

Any idea ?

K.Flyer

If the filter / restrictor has been fitted it is located where the water supply pipe connects to the filling valve.
You need to disconnect the supply first to see if its inside the valve.
As for the diaphragm, it is under the top part of the valve which needs to be taken apart and on that one you need to disassemble the lever parts and twist the top off.
Water supply needs to be turned off to do either.
There may be no filter / restrictor fitted and it may be a big ball of dirt blocking the tube inside the filling valve.
You need to be careful as you do risk causing a lot of water damage if not opened or reassembled correctly.

antoinolachtnai

Are you on a hill? It is not impossible that your water pressure has been reduced by Irish Water either 24 hours or overnight. It may fill up a bit faster during the daytime.

Eircom_Sucks

antoinolachtnai wrote: »

Are you on a hill? It is not impossible that your water pressure has been reduced by Irish Water either 24 hours or overnight. It may fill up a bit faster during the daytime.

Was thinking that bout pressure , but its been like this way before water pressure issues

my3cents

If this becomes a constant issue and isn't due to lack of water pressure then how about putting a filter in the mains water. Nothing fancy just a "string" filter. Then clean out your header tank. I say string filter as it looks like wound string.

Our water was so bad at one stage that our main tank had a quater inch of sand in the bottom of it a filter has that sorted. I have one like this https://www.amazon.co.uk/Aquafilter-Housing-Transparent-Standard-Cartridges/dp/B01A5LSEHE/ with a 10 Micron filter (1 Micron block to easily) and change the filter every 6 months, it just keeps the worst of any crap out of your system.

antoinolachtnai

Is the cistern connected to the roof tank? if it is, then it's not the Irish Water water pressure.

my3cents

antoinolachtnai wrote: »

Is the cistern connected to the roof tank? if it is, then it's not the Irish Water water pressure.

If the tank is like ours was it could be full of crap.