Hot tap bathroom. Vibrates like a machine gun

[Alex evans]

Hey there, thanks in advance.

My upstairs bathroom HOT tap (mixer tap) HOT ONLY (COLD IS FINE) VIBRATES when on.

To stop vibration i i ha to let less water out. But the stream is verry small.

Only happens to one tap

Kitchen/shower ect is fine

Will changing the tap fix? As to me, thats an easy and reletivly cheep fix.

Or is it something else?


Thanks.


I tried to upload vid but file was too large. :/

 

[HERTS P&D]

Check/change the tap washer.

Andy

 

[CBW]

As per Herts P&D, or the insert if a quarter turn tap.

 

[Alex evans]

Hey, thanks you two. If you could just confirm something.

Will this be a suitable change?

https://www.screwfix.com/p/magor-single-lever-basin-mono-mixer/158gf

Whats "clicker waste" ?

I will also, upload a photo of existing (bad) tap

 

[Alex evans]

Ah, ok clicker waste (after a quick google) is the plug. So thats fine

 

[denso13]

Will this be a suitable change?

Yes, although you may need new connectors for the pipes below depending on what comes with the new tap.

 

[Alex evans]

UPDATE:

CHANGED THE TAP
PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS.
so what else could it be?

I hazerd. Guess that maybe its a water presure problem? Maybe not enough? But strange that it happens to this tap ONLY. How would i i about sorting that? Our system is the "old" way. Boiler. Hot water tank. Cold water tank in loft.

 

[CBW]

Have you checked the float valve that serves the hot water cylinder?

 

[Alex evans]

What does that even mean ;p

 

[CBW]

Your cylinder is fed from a cold water storage cistern (aka tank), which when you run hot water from your cylinder the hot water drawn gets replenished with cold water by this cistern. If the valve washer has perished, then chances are this could be the cause of some noise. If you changed the tap, is it still this tap that makes the noise?

 

[Alex evans]

But the problem only occurs with this perticular tap.

As an intrest,
I was playing around with the isolator valve by the hot water pipe into the tap. With the tap on hot fullblast, it will make the noise n water will be on off on off on off. But as i turn the isolator off it stops, the water runs of course, but slower, but no noise, no judder

 

[Alex evans]

This was a vid of the old tap

 

[Alex evans]

This is the new tap. The problem persists. As you can see towards the end of the vid.

 

[HERTS P&D]

Blockage in the hot feed to that tap.

Andy

 

[Alex evans]

Blockage in the hot feed to that tap.

Andy

That sounds like a ballache to rectify