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I see where you're coming from here. I have drained the tank too but I let the water back in slowly. I could try this method again but with mains pressure by draining the tank and half the cylinder as you say and then shoving the garden hose down the inflow to the cylinder. That way I...

Cheers for the advice

thanks for the tips. I've checked both of these though. The ball cock is fine now but that's not to say that it hasn't run dry before causing an airlock. I tried removing the airlock using mains pressure a few times by connecting the mains pressure outside tap to the hot tap in the bathroom...

My upstairs hot taps are causing me serious grief. I moved in about a month or so ago so don't know what changes were made to cause the problem and how long it has been going on. The water runs normally for a second or two then it reduces to a trickle, this goes on for about 20-30 seconds...