no water in neighbours (4 in a block)

[diynightmarehouse]

Hi all, again.

in trying to fix my bathroom nightmare we accidentally turned off the wrong taps in the attic and turned off my downstairs neighbours water. we have now re-opened the valves we shut and have watched their tank refill yet they still have no water downstairs. it runs a bit then turns to a trickle in their bathroom and their cistern is filling but VERY slowly.

they still have cold kitchen water and their electric shower as both of these are plumbed to the mains.

any ideas?

 

[muggles]

You've caused an airlock, the way to clear it is to run mains back up the low pressure cold using a hosepipe

 

[diynightmarehouse]

Do you mean run a hose from kitchen mains to bathroom gravity fed cold and turn it on?

 

[yerino]

Go to their kitchen mixer tap and run some hot water and then put your hand over the spout tightly. Then turns on the cold tap and backfill it through the hot pipe. You will need to hold the spout tight. This will clear the air lock! [/img]

 

[yerino]

Go to their kitchen mixer tap and run some hot water and then put your hand over the spout tightly. Then turns on the cold tap and this will backfill it through the hot pipe. You will need to hold the spout tight. This will clear the air lock!

 

[muggles]

Do you mean run a hose from kitchen mains to bathroom gravity fed cold and turn it on?

Exactly. Turn the bathroom tap on before the kitchen tap, and make sure when you're done you turn the kitchen tap off before the bathroom tap, or you'll get very very wet. It'll be easier with two people. Ignore Yerino, he hasn't read your post properly and has given an incorrect answer (assuming it's the tank-fed cold that's affected, which you seem to be implying)

 

[diynightmarehouse]

it is indeed muggles and we've now cleared it with hose. thanks both for your replies