Truly messed up/No water

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Hi All,

I've spent all afternoon moving a sink - 4' to the left (don't ask SHE wanted it done!).

I have hot and cold feeds coming up from under floorboards.


Turned off my hot and cold valves, ran all taps - chopped H & C feeds - added a straight connecter to each, moved the sink, cut a piece of "quadplex" of the right size, 2 more straight connecters and connected it all back up.

Was please as punch with myself until I turned back on the main valves - not a drop anywhere bar the kitchen sink (mains).

Please note, I've not mentioned waste as its fine and has been tested.

Done a search and suspect I've and airlock but no sure how to solve. Any help much appreciated.....
 
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if you have a mixer tap you can try opening both up and sticking your hand over it to force mains up into the tank, should hear a bit of gurgling and it will push the air out....if not use a pipe to join your hot and cold washing machine taps together and do it that way.
 
ollski said:
if you have a mixer tap you can try opening both up and sticking your hand over it to force mains up into the tank, should hear a bit of gurgling and it will push the air out....if not use a pipe to join your hot and cold washing machine taps together and do it that way.

this won't work on modern mixer taps as the water does not mix until it atually comes out of the tap. Best bet is connecting hot and cold together via a washing machines hose.
 
Lads thanks for the replies - you think its an airlock then?

I can't get to my washing machine feeds - I can get my hose pipe onto bathroom mixer tap though.

Should I open both taps or just one at a time?

How long should I leave the hose on for?

Might get to have a shower yet tonight! :)
 
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You need to open the hot first then your mains feed to blast the airlock back up into the header tank and away....as soon as water is pouring from your overflow pipe job is done.
 
well if you can get a mains pressure onto the hot via a tap or washer hose etc then it should push any air locks out. Also if you can get at your cold water tank you might need to block off the expansion pipe by someone holding there hand over it while you do this, otherwise it may just push water over the expansion pipe and not actually into the cold feed from the tank
 
Thought I'd update this...

Still no water bar the kitchen sink... its amazing how used you get to just having hot water all the time!! So we're showering in our neighbours - thankfully.

I tried the hose pipe trick - on both hot and cold feeds - lots of noise, toilets fill up, taps flow when opened but it all ceases when I cut the hose..

Anyway I managed to speak to the original plumber who did my house (sheer luck!) and he is coming around tomorow evening - reckons I've a block somewhere - possibly where I chopped the sink feeds..

Thanks for the above replies..I'LL NEVER TRY ANYTHING LIKE THIS AGAIN!!

John.
 

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