Hi All,
New to this forum so thanks for having me. I am completely DIY useless so bear with me!
I recently had a leak in my hot water cylinder that needed replacing. The house was built in the late 70's and judging from the state of what was inside it it might have well have been the original one for all I know.
Anyway, got a local plumber to come and fit a replacement, which he did, and took a lot less time than I expected. As he was walking out he said, hopefully it will work. When pushed by a slightly concerned me (had been out of hot water for a week and my wife was close to filing divorce papers), he said gravity fed systems were not really used any more and the new hot water tanks do not work in quite the same way.
Anyway, I turned the water heating back on and soon after the pipe leading from that back up into the airing cupboard was getting hot so happy days I thought.
Sadly my optimism lasted less than a few hours with the water in the tank getting no warmer than my wife's mood, so the hot water was obviously struggling to get up into the tank.
Any ideas on a fix for this? The plumber has suggested maybe a small pump could help push the hot water up into the tank but said he would have to look into it?
Thankyou!
New to this forum so thanks for having me. I am completely DIY useless so bear with me!
I recently had a leak in my hot water cylinder that needed replacing. The house was built in the late 70's and judging from the state of what was inside it it might have well have been the original one for all I know.
Anyway, got a local plumber to come and fit a replacement, which he did, and took a lot less time than I expected. As he was walking out he said, hopefully it will work. When pushed by a slightly concerned me (had been out of hot water for a week and my wife was close to filing divorce papers), he said gravity fed systems were not really used any more and the new hot water tanks do not work in quite the same way.
Anyway, I turned the water heating back on and soon after the pipe leading from that back up into the airing cupboard was getting hot so happy days I thought.
Sadly my optimism lasted less than a few hours with the water in the tank getting no warmer than my wife's mood, so the hot water was obviously struggling to get up into the tank.
Any ideas on a fix for this? The plumber has suggested maybe a small pump could help push the hot water up into the tank but said he would have to look into it?
Thankyou!