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mightdk · Joined: 06 May 2008 Posts: 8 Location: northants

Hi,

Just got home from work and been told i have no hotwater comming out of any of the hot taps.. i also have no water being feed to the toilet system as i have pulled the pipe of which feeds in the bottom of the bowl and there is no pressure.

I live in a cottage which has a old boiler tank in the kids bedroom .. i can here the water heating up and the top pipe is hot.

My main guess is that i have a blockage in the hot water system... but my main worry is that the toilet system is feed from the mains pipe underground ... am i correct?

I really wish i had found another company to take me on when i was at collage and finished my corse lol.

thescruff · Moderator Joined: 03 May 2003 Posts: 4149 Location: Bath

Have you got water at the kitchen tap.

As you seem to have lost both hot and cold, I would check the ballvalve in the storage tank. could be stuck.

mightdk · Joined: 06 May 2008 Posts: 8 Location: northants

sorry should have mentioned i have got cold water through out the house.

thescruff · Moderator Joined: 03 May 2003 Posts: 4149 Location: Bath

mightdk · Joined: 06 May 2008 Posts: 8 Location: northants

i have cold water comming out of both the bath and sink cold tap and the downstairs cold taps but no water commming into the toilet system.

so when i said i had cold water through out the house i was meant to say apart from the into the toilet.

thescruff · Moderator Joined: 03 May 2003 Posts: 4149 Location: Bath

I would still check the storage tank has water in it first.

mightdk · Joined: 06 May 2008 Posts: 8 Location: northants

ok ive just been into the loft and had a look at the tank with the ballvalve is and the ball its self is fine the problem is that its only trinkling with water into the tank from the boiler tank in the kids bedroom.

thescruff · Moderator Joined: 03 May 2003 Posts: 4149 Location: Bath

Its possible you have an air lock by the sound of it.

Turn the hot and cold on at the bath and hold your hand over the end of the spout and try to stop the flow, for about a minute and see what happens

mightdk · Joined: 06 May 2008 Posts: 8 Location: northants

just been upstairs and for sume unknown reason there is no water coming out of eaither the bath taps but there is cold comming out of the sink cold tap .. should i try the same procudure ?

thescruff · Moderator Joined: 03 May 2003 Posts: 4149 Location: Bath

the sink should be mains, you could link the hot and cold washing machine taps with one of the hoses.

Coming back to the storage tank, there was plenty of water in it and the valve was running ok.

Do you know if the mains was turned off for any reason during the day.

mightdk · Joined: 06 May 2008 Posts: 8 Location: northants

ill try the wachine machine.

The storage tank .. the water was below the outlet pipes to feed the house im . the valve it's self the U shaped valve had just a tiny trickle of water coming out of it and the ball was fine.

as far as the mains that would not of ben turned of for any reason as the wife would have no resaon to turn it off ...unless it has been turned off outside the house.. as we get our water from nere the farm.

thescruff · Moderator Joined: 03 May 2003 Posts: 4149 Location: Bath

I was thinking of outside.

I think you need to get the ballvalve cleaned and running properly first.

If you turn the water off you should be able to service the valve and clean the nozzle.

What I think has happened is the tank has run dry and you now have an airlock in the pipes, filling the tank may clear it overnight.

mightdk · Joined: 06 May 2008 Posts: 8 Location: northants

thescruff · Moderator Joined: 03 May 2003 Posts: 4149 Location: Bath

Either, but the valve need to be cleaned or changed or the problem is likely to return.

Another trick you could try if you have a wet and dry vac, is to see if you can suck the air from the bath tap, but as above.

mightdk · Joined: 06 May 2008 Posts: 8 Location: northants

ok thankyou very much i shall let you now weather or not this worked ...thx