Recent content by whitecollarworker

thank you everyone that answered. i will try the sponge trick again and if that doesnt clear it i will take a hose to the loft connected to to mains!! i will not touch the hot at the moment as i cant see that as being logical as there is nothing wrong with it. thank you all for the advice...

i have checked the cistern and the ballcock, both fine. the kids did try to have a bath whilst i was replacing the tap outside though. softus all that you mention is correct and i have got a bath filler with a shower attachment. in the bathroom when i turn on the bath tap and sink tap they both...

softus, the only mains fed taps are the tap in the kitchen and outside tap which i replaced. there are only two other taps, the bath and the sink. i suppose i had the water off for 2 hours at most. i cant beleive replacing a outside tap has caused this much fuss!!!! please help if you can.

thank you for replying so swiftly al-glasgow,i hope you dont mind me asking but is what you advised safe...? having never done it before i feel very dubious about trying!!. is an air lock the only answer to this question, i mean can it be anything else? thanks again..!!

i'm on holiday this week so i thought i'd change the outside tap that looked tatty and was leaking. i turned off the boiler, turned off the mains and changed the offending article. brilliant it worked. when i turned the mains back on and then the boiler all appeared to be fine. when my wife...