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Today I needed to replaced the cartridge on my kitchen sink mixer tap, and because the installer didn't fit valves on the hot and cold pipes to the mixer tap I had to turn off the water at the mains and drain all of the hot and cold water from the pipes.
I've now re-fitted the old cartridge to the mixer tap (another cartridge is now on order) but even though I've turned the mains water back on I can get plenty of water from the cold taps in the property but barely anything from the hot water taps.
If I leave it for a while then turn on a hot water tap then some (cold of course) water comes out, but this reduces to a dribble after a few seconds then stops.
I've been into my attic and checked the cisterns and both (a large and a small one) are full.
This indicates to me that something is (very slowly!) filling up somewhere, but where?
I'm really baffled - I would have thought that I would at least get a steady stream of cold water from the hot water taps.
Any ideas please? Or do I need to leave it for a few hours?
I've also just turned on the hot water heating on my boiler to see if that helps in some way.
Thanks
I've now re-fitted the old cartridge to the mixer tap (another cartridge is now on order) but even though I've turned the mains water back on I can get plenty of water from the cold taps in the property but barely anything from the hot water taps.
If I leave it for a while then turn on a hot water tap then some (cold of course) water comes out, but this reduces to a dribble after a few seconds then stops.
I've been into my attic and checked the cisterns and both (a large and a small one) are full.
This indicates to me that something is (very slowly!) filling up somewhere, but where?
I'm really baffled - I would have thought that I would at least get a steady stream of cold water from the hot water taps.
Any ideas please? Or do I need to leave it for a few hours?
I've also just turned on the hot water heating on my boiler to see if that helps in some way.
Thanks