Hi folks,
I would appreciate any help with my plumbing plight. I live in a top floor 100 year old flat that has high ceilings. The mains feeds the kitchen sink cold tap, the washing machine cold tap and the boiler. The only other outlets are in the bathroom (sink and bath taps and shower) the cold in those taps comes from a big tank in the ceiling (low pressure). The central heating is gas heated and works ok.
There is also a really small tank next to the big tank with a ballcock which has a open pipe hovering over it. It is not full. Then there is a big cyclinder in the cuboard near the tanks that I think feeds all the hot water taps.
The problem is that there is no water coming from any of the hot water taps, all the cold taps and central heating is working. This has happened 3 or 4 times in the last 7 months and usually I got a plumber out and he fiddled with it to get it working saying it was an airlock caused by the hot water over boiling??.
I have a mixer tap in the kitchen and tried putting my thumb over that while opening both to unlock the hot but it doesn't seem to work. Don't know if I should have the bathroom hot taps open while doing this? And how long should I do it for? Is there any other way to unblock, by emptying the system say?
Thanks
Mark
I would appreciate any help with my plumbing plight. I live in a top floor 100 year old flat that has high ceilings. The mains feeds the kitchen sink cold tap, the washing machine cold tap and the boiler. The only other outlets are in the bathroom (sink and bath taps and shower) the cold in those taps comes from a big tank in the ceiling (low pressure). The central heating is gas heated and works ok.
There is also a really small tank next to the big tank with a ballcock which has a open pipe hovering over it. It is not full. Then there is a big cyclinder in the cuboard near the tanks that I think feeds all the hot water taps.
The problem is that there is no water coming from any of the hot water taps, all the cold taps and central heating is working. This has happened 3 or 4 times in the last 7 months and usually I got a plumber out and he fiddled with it to get it working saying it was an airlock caused by the hot water over boiling??.
I have a mixer tap in the kitchen and tried putting my thumb over that while opening both to unlock the hot but it doesn't seem to work. Don't know if I should have the bathroom hot taps open while doing this? And how long should I do it for? Is there any other way to unblock, by emptying the system say?
Thanks
Mark