Hi all,
I have some questions regarding water pressure from the kitchen taps, but as a bit of background, we had some building works done recently (extension in the kitchen, new utility room formed, family bathroom made larger and an en-suite bathroom formed...and finally the existing boiler was moved from the ground floor kitchen into the loft.
The mains stop cock was also moved but the pipe work and route of pipework was left in place.
I think thats all!
Now, the issue is that the hot water in the kitchen from a mixer (a) takes an AGE to actually run hot and (b) comes out at little more than a trickle. It takes around a minute and a half to fill the half of the one and half size sink bowls (after 30 seconds of cold has been run to make it hot) and if you turn on the cold tap, even for a few seconds, it still runs cold for about 25 seconds or so after turning it off.
In the family bathroom, the basin hot tap seems to spit before running either a dribble down the back of the sink or spraying all over your trousers
The bath taps seem to be ok(ish) - you just have to run them both together or it's a bit of a dribble. I'm (kind of) ok with this as they are the waterfall taps so I appreciate that there is alot of space to push the water out of.
However, I'm not ok with the kitchen and it's getting on my nerves. The cold pressure isn't all that great either.
I've had the plumber back and he's checked for air locks etc but he said everything is "fine", despite the symptoms described above.
(The en-suite is fine, but this is pumped)
Any suggestions or should I just get another opinion from another plumber?
I appreciate there is a plethora of if, buts and maybes to this but any suggestions would be gratefully received. (The heating is fine though so it's not all bad!)
Thanks in advance.
I have some questions regarding water pressure from the kitchen taps, but as a bit of background, we had some building works done recently (extension in the kitchen, new utility room formed, family bathroom made larger and an en-suite bathroom formed...and finally the existing boiler was moved from the ground floor kitchen into the loft.
The mains stop cock was also moved but the pipe work and route of pipework was left in place.
I think thats all!
Now, the issue is that the hot water in the kitchen from a mixer (a) takes an AGE to actually run hot and (b) comes out at little more than a trickle. It takes around a minute and a half to fill the half of the one and half size sink bowls (after 30 seconds of cold has been run to make it hot) and if you turn on the cold tap, even for a few seconds, it still runs cold for about 25 seconds or so after turning it off.
In the family bathroom, the basin hot tap seems to spit before running either a dribble down the back of the sink or spraying all over your trousers
The bath taps seem to be ok(ish) - you just have to run them both together or it's a bit of a dribble. I'm (kind of) ok with this as they are the waterfall taps so I appreciate that there is alot of space to push the water out of.
However, I'm not ok with the kitchen and it's getting on my nerves. The cold pressure isn't all that great either.
I've had the plumber back and he's checked for air locks etc but he said everything is "fine", despite the symptoms described above.
(The en-suite is fine, but this is pumped)
Any suggestions or should I just get another opinion from another plumber?
I appreciate there is a plethora of if, buts and maybes to this but any suggestions would be gratefully received. (The heating is fine though so it's not all bad!)
Thanks in advance.
