Low water pressure on a newly fitted tap

boomboomdeals said:

Also, the kitchen tap is a single level mixer tap as well but the flow seems to be lot better there. Just wondering (hoping!) that there could be some other problem with the bathroom mixer tap...

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Is bathroom upstairs and kitchen downstairs?????????

No, both bathroom and kitchen are on the same level

Well, I called up the plumber who fitted the tap and explained the problem to him. He said the water flow is low because its a wrong tap. He fitted the tap because he was given this tap and its not his problem if its a wrong tap - he can put a new one for me at a discounted rate of 50 pounds...

I still cant understand how can the kitchen & bath mixer taps have normal flow and not the bathroom basin one not have it...

But, I am a total dummy so based on what you folks have advised, I am going to get a new tap.

Any recommendations please? Will I just need to change the tap or also need to changes the pipes under it?

Assuming it will just be 20-25 minutes if I do it myself...

Thanks..

boomboomdeals said:

Well, I called up the plumber who fitted the tap and explained the problem to him. He said the water flow is low because its a wrong tap. He fitted the tap because he was given this tap and its not his problem if its a wrong tap - he can put a new one for me at a discounted rate of 50 pounds...

I still cant understand how can the kitchen & bath mixer taps have normal flow and not the bathroom basin one not have it...

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Sometimes, it can be a false economy supplying your own kit. If it goes pear-shaped, quite rightly the onus is on you, not your plumber.

Maybe your kitchen mixer is specced for low pressure systems, especially if it has seperate hot and cold tap heads rather than lever. If these tap heads aren't quarter-turn, then it is likely to be even more suitable for low pressure.

Whitespirit66 said:

Sometimes, it can be a false economy supplying your own kit. If it goes pear-shaped, quite rightly the onus is on you, not your plumber.

Maybe your kitchen mixer is specced for low pressure systems, especially if it has seperate hot and cold tap heads rather than lever. If these tap heads aren't quarter-turn, then it is likely to be even more suitable for low pressure.

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It did turn out to be a false economy - a plumber charges 60 pounds for fitting a tap, doesn't raise any concern with the suitability of the new tap, changes the tap and tells us not to touch the basin (due to fresh sealant!) for few hours and when called the very next day, he says it was a wrong tap and needs another 50 pounds for fitting a new one!