Poor water flow from kitchen tap

Hercules · Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 8:01 pm Post Subject: Poor water flow from kitchen tap

Kitchen hot water tap runs OK and then water stops flowing. If you leave it 10 mins it runs OK again. Only just started doing this, previously been OK. Any thoughts?

corgiman · Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 8:12 pm Post Subject:

Have you had any plumbing done recently?

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Hercules · Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 8:14 pm Post Subject:

No. Taps were fitted about 12 months ago and ran OK until last week or so

corgiman · Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 8:22 pm Post Subject:

sounds like a blockage to me, either in the tap or the pipework.

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MANDATE · Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 8:38 pm Post Subject:

I could be off the mark but all I can think of is that the pressure to push the hot water from your tap comes from the height of water in your water tank. When the level drops it is replaced by mains water through a ball valve.
If this ball valve is faulty and only fills the tank slowly, it could account for the promlem you have. Once water has gone the hot water stops to flow or only trickles out.(no pressure) If after 10 mins tank has filled the process is repeated.
Other than the above I would also check out the tap washer.

Hercules · Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 9:08 pm Post Subject:

Cheers for advice. Will check tomorrow and also change tap washer. Here's hoping!