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Air lock in taps?

  • 14-12-2020 9:26pm
    #1
    VonLuck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,363 ✭✭✭


    Having an issue with the taps in my apartment at the moment. The pump seemed to be running continuously for an unknown reason so I decided to switch it off at the fuse to reset it. Ever since there's been no water in the bathrooms or the hot tap in the kitchen. The cold water is free flowing in the kitchen though.

    I've googled it and it appears that it might be an air lock. Could this be the case?

    I've tried doing the suggested covering the tap spout and running the cold mixer with the hot mixer open, but it hasn't helped.

    I'm also hearing slow drips of water into the water tank and it sounds as though it's quite empty. Maybe that's why the pump was running continuously in the first place, I'm not sure.

    Any ideas on a solution, or is it best to just ring a plumber?


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  • #2
    Sleeper12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,190 ✭✭✭✭Sleeper12


    Cold water in the kitchen is mains water. Everything else, hot and cold, comes from your water tank. Sounds like the ball cock might need replacing.

    Call a plumber.


  • #3
    Lenar3556
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,720 ✭✭✭Lenar3556


    Agree - more likely to be a shortage of water incoming to the pump from the storage tank.


  • #4
    VonLuck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,363 ✭✭✭VonLuck


    I decided to give the ballcock a shake and it got the flow into the tank going again. So it's filled itself up overnight, but the pump isn't kicking in now.

    If I open the taps there's a small trickle of water coming out. Turning on the cold water tap in the kitchen gets it flowing a little bit quicker.

    Could it be an air lock in the pump itself?


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