Water pressure suddenly low in house after boiler repair

[CountryFan]

Tap washer in the outside stopcock?

It’s possible, or something else if they didn’t touch inside. What type is outside?

 

[Ab12]

It’s possible, or something else if they didn’t touch inside. What type is outside?

It’s possible, or something else if they didn’t touch inside. What type is outside?

Type with a black key handle, and a round digital display meter. My neighbour has no water pressure issues at all

 

[terryplumb]

You should get British gas back to sort out the problem they appear to have created.

 

[Ab12]

You should get British gas back to sort out the problem they appear to have created.

I only have boiler cover and I have a feeling they'll come back and say 'nothing wrong'

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

I only have boiler cover and I have a feeling they'll come back and say 'nothing wrong'

You obviously do have something wrong, and since the worked on your system. Your suggesting it even affects your hot water flow from the boiler - get them back, to take responsibility.

Reading between the lines, it's your flow, which is poor, rather than your pressure - the two are different..

 

[Ab12]

You obviously do have something wrong, and since the worked on your system. Your suggesting it even affects your hot water flow from the boiler - get them back, to take responsibility.

Reading between the lines, it's your flow, which is poor, rather than your pressure - the two are different..

Could a leak be causing a low flow?

Wonder if I should watch the meter see if there's major change overnight?

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Could a leak be causing a low flow?

Wonder if I should watch the meter see if there's major change overnight?

Possibly, but it would need to be quite a leakage, and it would show up. Any leak, from what BG had done, would either be inside the house, of at the outside stop tap. You could take a peek down the stop tap hole perhaps, and see if there is a leak there. Whilst there, you could check if the valve had been fully opened. If it's a plastic square, it will have a line across the square. The line should be inline, with the pipe, if it's fully turned on.

 

[Ab12]

Possibly, but it would need to be quite a leakage, and it would show up. Any leak, from what BG had done, would either be inside the house, of at the outside stop tap. You could take a peek down the stop tap hole perhaps, and see if there is a leak there. Whilst there, you could check if the valve had been fully opened. If it's a plastic square, it will have a line across the square. The line should be inline, with the pipe, if it's fully turned on.

My meter hole is clear, tap is a threaded open and close, is fully open.
My neighbours meter hole is half full of water but my meter hole is clear.

Seems to be no leak in the house where they worked and if there was suddenly one under ground id not know, it's all insulated and flooring on top

 

[Ab12]

Meter read 189768 last night.

Few toilet flushes and some hand washing, tooth brushing and this morning it reads 189793

Doesn't seem like a leak is causing the issue?

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Meter read 189768 last night.

Few toilet flushes and some hand washing, tooth brushing and this morning it reads 189793

Doesn't seem like a leak is causing the issue?

A tap washer has been disturbed, and is partially blocking the flow.

 

[Ab12]

A tap washer has been disturbed, and is partially blocking the flow.

Tap washer, meaning 'in a tap'?

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Tap washer, meaning 'in a tap'?

Tap washer, as in stop tap, as in your supply pipe, as it seems to affect your entire water supply.

 

[Ab12]

Tap washer, as in stop tap, as in your supply pipe, as it seems to affect your entire water supply.

Got it thanks, so it's either on my outside (road mains) or my inside stop tap (which wasn't touched) so I'm leaning to road mains?... Meaning I need to connect with Thames water?

 

[polesapart]

No, you call British Gas again and tell them that following yesterday's "repair" flow rates are well down and could they send someone round to sort it ASAP and obviously at their expence.

They're the "experts" and they touched it last!

 

[cross thread]

You say “ halfway through he fitted a valve “ is that still in place