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I have a combi boiler. The heating is working fine, the water pressure is fine (I know how to repressurise it) but despite the kitchen hot tap being fully open (mixer) the water will gradually run to a trickle and cool down. Water pressure out of the cold tap remains fine and strong. I'm on the first floor in a block of purpose built flats.
Water pressure problem? Boiler problem?
Any advice for me before I get ripped off by a boiler engineer?
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"If it’s the hot sounds like your boiler could be a few things "
Do you feel up to guessing what? I've been the owner of many boilers over the years and this particular problem doesn't make any sense to me.
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By *uicy jonesMan
over a year ago
near a big hill in s/ shropshire NOT in |
"Sounds like a blockage in the hot water exchanger inside the boiler xx
Thanks 
I still get hot water in my bathroom and the heating works well, would that problem affect that?"
darnnn no , it should all be the same the same all over if it was the heater exchange , , when you call for water in the kitchen , can you hear the boiler ignite ? |
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"Sounds like a blockage in the hot water exchanger inside the boiler xx
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I still get hot water in my bathroom and the heating works well, would that problem affect that? darnnn no , it should all be the same the same all over if it was the heater exchange , , when you call for water in the kitchen , can you hear the boiler ignite ? "
Yep, no error messages and piping hot rads. |
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"If you are still getting hot water in the bathroom. I would at a guess that there is something wrong with your kitchen tap.
Sounds like limescale or swollen rubber in hot tap "
This makes sense. I'm new to this flat and have spent the best part of two weeks scr*ping limescale off baths and showers and there's also a small leak at the bottom of the mixer tap if I don't turn the cold off firmly.
That's why I love this place, I can get the cheaper option done of replacing the tap rather than paying out for a highly unlikely boiler repair all thanks to collective knowledge.
Thank you all for taking the time to help out on a Sunday evening.
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"If you are still getting hot water in the bathroom. I would at a guess that there is something wrong with your kitchen tap.
Sounds like limescale or swollen rubber in hot tap "
Sounds like the rubber washer on the tap . Would get that replaced first |
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By *uicy jonesMan
over a year ago
near a big hill in s/ shropshire NOT in |
"Sounds like a blockage in the hot water exchanger inside the boiler xx
Thanks
I still get hot water in my bathroom and the heating works well, would that problem affect that? darnnn no , it should all be the same the same all over if it was the heater exchange , , when you call for water in the kitchen , can you hear the boiler ignite ?
Yep, no error messages and piping hot rads."
possibly your kitchen tap , if it’s a mixer , it has separate valves for hot and cold , a washer or sticking valve sounds more the issue then |
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By *xhib12Man
over a year ago
Blyth |
It's definitely your mixer tap. If you know the make yoh will bd able to get a new insert for it. If not, take a photo and head off to a plumbers merchant who should be able to identify it. If you can't get a new insert just get a new tap, they're not that exoensive these days. If you're renting get the landlord on the case as it's his responsibility. |
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Have you ever had good hot water flow to the areas you don't get it? Where we're living we need a pump to push the hot water to places further away from the boiler. Could that be it? Does the flow get weaker further away from the boiler? |
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"Have you ever had good hot water flow to the areas you don't get it? Where we're living we need a pump to push the hot water to places further away from the boiler. Could that be it? Does the flow get weaker further away from the boiler?"
It's a combi the pressure is mains not from a cistern xxx |
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I'll make your answer simple. It could be absolutely anything. So you have to have a CORGI registered plumber take a look and give a quote.
They must me corgi registered or they are illegal and full of shit. Just bear in mind most heating systems involve both gas and a naked flame.
Good luck. |
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"I'll make your answer simple. It could be absolutely anything. So you have to have a CORGI registered plumber take a look and give a quote.
They must me corgi registered or they are illegal and full of shit. Just bear in mind most heating systems involve both gas and a naked flame.
Good luck. "
Sorry my friend one does not need to be "gas safe " once corgi to remove a tap washer
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By (user no longer on site)
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"If it’s the hot sounds like your boiler could be a few things
3 way valve would b my first guess
Erm she has full flow hot in bathroom. Nothing to do with the boiler x"
I missed that then yes could be the jumper in the tap |
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"I'll make your answer simple. It could be absolutely anything. So you have to have a CORGI registered plumber take a look and give a quote.
They must me corgi registered or they are illegal and full of shit. Just bear in mind most heating systems involve both gas and a naked flame.
Good luck. "
Blimey. Keep up; CORGI registration ended and ‘gas safe’ took over in 2009.
It’s a problem with the tap not the boiler.
Probably the static pressure overcomes the restriction as you first turn it on and as that drops the flow trails off too.
Before you do anything have a look under the sink and see if there’s an isolators valve. If the slot is lined up across the valve, it’s probably turned off but open a crack. Turn it in line with the pipe with a screwdriver.
If this isn’t it your tap has an issue as others have said.
Failing that, get yourself a smurgleburg and tweak it two turns left with a oogeamaflip |
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"I'll make your answer simple. It could be absolutely anything. So you have to have a CORGI registered plumber take a look and give a quote.
They must me corgi registered or they are illegal and full of shit. Just bear in mind most heating systems involve both gas and a naked flame.
Good luck.
Blimey. Keep up; CORGI registration ended and ‘gas safe’ took over in 2009.
It’s a problem with the tap not the boiler.
Probably the static pressure overcomes the restriction as you first turn it on and as that drops the flow trails off too.
Before you do anything have a look under the sink and see if there’s an isolators valve. If the slot is lined up across the valve, it’s probably turned off but open a crack. Turn it in line with the pipe with a screwdriver.
If this isn’t it your tap has an issue as others have said.
Failing that, get yourself a smurgleburg and tweak it two turns left with a oogeamaflip "
I'd disagree with your static pressure reasoning 1stly its mains pressure secondly I think the clue is in the temp ie as the HOT water warms the tap and valve thermal expansion is leading to reduced clearance and thus a transition from flow to a trickle
To be Frank though the smurgleburg fix is most likely the best solution  |
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"I'll make your answer simple. It could be absolutely anything. So you have to have a CORGI registered plumber take a look and give a quote.
They must me corgi registered or they are illegal and full of shit. Just bear in mind most heating systems involve both gas and a naked flame.
Good luck.
Blimey. Keep up; CORGI registration ended and ‘gas safe’ took over in 2009.
It’s a problem with the tap not the boiler.
Probably the static pressure overcomes the restriction as you first turn it on and as that drops the flow trails off too.
Before you do anything have a look under the sink and see if there’s an isolators valve. If the slot is lined up across the valve, it’s probably turned off but open a crack. Turn it in line with the pipe with a screwdriver.
If this isn’t it your tap has an issue as others have said.
Failing that, get yourself a smurgleburg and tweak it two turns left with a oogeamaflip "
I don’t have the correct size of oogeamafilp, will a 5mm bongswaggle suffice? |
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"I'll make your answer simple. It could be absolutely anything. So you have to have a CORGI registered plumber take a look and give a quote.
They must me corgi registered or they are illegal and full of shit. Just bear in mind most heating systems involve both gas and a naked flame.
Good luck. "
Wait. A gas boiler that heats hot water has gas and flames? Well I never  |
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"I'll make your answer simple. It could be absolutely anything. So you have to have a CORGI registered plumber take a look and give a quote.
They must me corgi registered or they are illegal and full of shit. Just bear in mind most heating systems involve both gas and a naked flame.
Good luck.
Blimey. Keep up; CORGI registration ended and ‘gas safe’ took over in 2009.
It’s a problem with the tap not the boiler.
Probably the static pressure overcomes the restriction as you first turn it on and as that drops the flow trails off too.
Before you do anything have a look under the sink and see if there’s an isolators valve. If the slot is lined up across the valve, it’s probably turned off but open a crack. Turn it in line with the pipe with a screwdriver.
If this isn’t it your tap has an issue as others have said.
Failing that, get yourself a smurgleburg and tweak it two turns left with a oogeamaflip
I don’t have the correct size of oogeamafilp, will a 5mm bongswaggle suffice?"
Honestly I'm thinking an 8" clunge-dipper could be appropriate here |
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"I'll make your answer simple. It could be absolutely anything. So you have to have a CORGI registered plumber take a look and give a quote.
They must me corgi registered or they are illegal and full of shit. Just bear in mind most heating systems involve both gas and a naked flame.
Good luck.
Blimey. Keep up; CORGI registration ended and ‘gas safe’ took over in 2009.
It’s a problem with the tap not the boiler.
Probably the static pressure overcomes the restriction as you first turn it on and as that drops the flow trails off too.
Before you do anything have a look under the sink and see if there’s an isolators valve. If the slot is lined up across the valve, it’s probably turned off but open a crack. Turn it in line with the pipe with a screwdriver.
If this isn’t it your tap has an issue as others have said.
Failing that, get yourself a smurgleburg and tweak it two turns left with a oogeamaflip
I don’t have the correct size of oogeamafilp, will a 5mm bongswaggle suffice?
Honestly I'm thinking an 8" clunge-dipper could be appropriate here "
What’s was I thinking, 8” is the industry standard after all. |
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"I'll make your answer simple. It could be absolutely anything. So you have to have a CORGI registered plumber take a look and give a quote.
They must me corgi registered or they are illegal and full of shit. Just bear in mind most heating systems involve both gas and a naked flame.
Good luck.
Blimey. Keep up; CORGI registration ended and ‘gas safe’ took over in 2009.
It’s a problem with the tap not the boiler.
Probably the static pressure overcomes the restriction as you first turn it on and as that drops the flow trails off too.
Before you do anything have a look under the sink and see if there’s an isolators valve. If the slot is lined up across the valve, it’s probably turned off but open a crack. Turn it in line with the pipe with a screwdriver.
If this isn’t it your tap has an issue as others have said.
Failing that, get yourself a smurgleburg and tweak it two turns left with a oogeamaflip
I don’t have the correct size of oogeamafilp, will a 5mm bongswaggle suffice?
Honestly I'm thinking an 8" clunge-dipper could be appropriate here
What’s was I thinking, 8” is the industry standard after all."
‘Tis on fab anyways up |
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