Morning all
My first post is a bit of an arduous one, but hopefully someone can offer me a little advice!
We moved into our house about 4 months ago and the water flow was really low. Three separate plumbers all suggested that Thames Water should replace our external stopcock. An inspector came around and observed the pressure at 4 bar and the flow at 8 litres per minute and Thames Water have finally changed the external stopcock.
Unfortunately it made no difference - if anything it made it worse. Thames water came back and checked. They couldn't detect a leak in our supply pipe and told us that our internal stopcock was defective. One of our plumbers came round today and disagreed. He said our mains pipe has a leak and our stopcock is fine (although it dribbles/leaks a bit after being turned). Apparently replacing a mains pipe costs thousands and it goes under the house....
When I turn on the kitchen tap or outside tap - if no other water's been used for a minute or so - there's a burst of water (which fills up roughly a pint) then it reduces to a very weak flow (around 26 seconds for a litre)
Unfortunately we don't have a water meter to check for leaks
Any advice would be gratefully received
Thanks in advance
Frank
My first post is a bit of an arduous one, but hopefully someone can offer me a little advice!
We moved into our house about 4 months ago and the water flow was really low. Three separate plumbers all suggested that Thames Water should replace our external stopcock. An inspector came around and observed the pressure at 4 bar and the flow at 8 litres per minute and Thames Water have finally changed the external stopcock.
Unfortunately it made no difference - if anything it made it worse. Thames water came back and checked. They couldn't detect a leak in our supply pipe and told us that our internal stopcock was defective. One of our plumbers came round today and disagreed. He said our mains pipe has a leak and our stopcock is fine (although it dribbles/leaks a bit after being turned). Apparently replacing a mains pipe costs thousands and it goes under the house....
When I turn on the kitchen tap or outside tap - if no other water's been used for a minute or so - there's a burst of water (which fills up roughly a pint) then it reduces to a very weak flow (around 26 seconds for a litre)
Unfortunately we don't have a water meter to check for leaks
Any advice would be gratefully received
Thanks in advance
Frank