Water pressure suddenly dropped

[dabomb3k]

Hi guys, I've been renovating my bathroom recently so my water has been going off alot getting drained etc..

I changed my shower from electric to mixer and I've added a towel rail to my central heating..

Since adding the radiator (nothing to do with taps) whenever I run the water on my taps my pressure is nowhere near what it was like before it used to literally fly out of the taps.. I've got my boiler pressure in the green at about 1.5 and my radiators are getting lovely and warm but my taps just don't shoot water out even on cold like they used too..

The only thing I may possibly have done differently is when I pressurised my boiler I obviously turned the filling loop valves to open, there now both closed.. Should one of them be open? The left normally pressurises the boiler, not entirely sure what the right one does as I'm not a plumber just got basic diy skills

I don't think it's having a mixer shower that's done it as the pressure was fine even after I added that and my stop clock is open fully I've checked that to make sure

Anyone have any idea what it could be? Probably something simple on that filling loop but I don't like to mess with it [/list]

 

[Madrab]

Your boiler pressure has nothing to do with your water pressure so no need to play about with the filling loop. The loop has 2 valves, one should be a check valve with tap possibly, attached at the central heating pipe side and the other is the tap at the cold water feed side. They are there so once the CH circuit is filled the filling loop can and should be removed unless it is an integrated loop.
Are you talking about the hot water pressure or both the hot and the cold?

 

[dabomb3k]

I'm talking about the cold feed primarily but even the hot isn't great although I kinda expected that as its not the most expensive boiler ever!

The cold feed used to be fantastic but all of a sudden it's not great

 

[xr4x4]

Have you or anyone else touched the mains water stop cock?

 

[twgas]

Some boilers, to add presure to the heating circuit, mean turning the cold supply into the boiler, if yours is one of these make sure the inlet valve is in the correct position.

 

[dabomb3k]

I did at one point yea but its now fully to the left (open) so I'm surprised if its that... Unless I've done something to it but it seemed to be fine

 

[dabomb3k]

Here's some photos that will hopefully help you guys..

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[twgas]

Sorry, as the cold is affected my suggestion must be wrong . Really should read more thoroughly.
Cold main stop-cock seems most likely suspect.

 

[dabomb3k]

Just tried closing and re opening the stop clock and it does seem a bit better upstairs but downstairs still poor, wouldn't say back o how it was on either

I'm also open to suggestions for increasing the hot water pressure so don't feel your giving the wrong info it all helps

 

[Madrab]

ok, you've got a sticky stop cock by the sounds of it. If you open it 3/4 then pull on the head of the tap whilst holding the body that should open it fully. May have to service or replace the stop cock. This can affect the hot water pressure a little but your boiler will have a maximum amount that it can heat and that flow it regulated, so it's flow will be less than the cold by some margin.