Can anyone possibly give me any ideas what I might need to do to sort this problem out???

I have 4 hotwater outlets in my house. 3 in the bathroom upstairs (WHB, bath & power shower) 1 in the kitchen (mixer tap)

Just recently the hotwater pressure has gone down to a trickle. Mainly in the kitchen. The bath tap is still running full pressure as is the WHB (the shower is 50% but that might be to do with the new cheap shower hose i bought from Wilkos)

The weird thing is, that when you turn on the hot water mixer tap in the kitchen it dribbles out and obviously takes ages for the water to heat up. When its been dribbling out for about 3-5 mins and warmed up. If you switch it off, then switch it on again the pressure is much better.

If i replace the tap washer would that help or could it be a problem with the tank furring up? We dont have hard water.

Im confused:wonder:

Can't reaaly help, but I have two bits of advice:

1) repost this, or ask for it to be moved to DIY, there are plumbers on there;)
2) edit it to include details of the present sytem, closed or open, gravity or pumped, type of boiler, etc etc.

Alcazar

Oooops I forgot about the DIY section. Cheers:brickwall

Sounding a bit like an air lock to me.

Best advice is get an English - Polish, Polish - English phrase book, then call a plumber.

What about limescale trapped in the tap nozzle. Unscrew the end and have a look.

hi there is it gravity or a combi or thermal store or unvented.Actually sounds like a tap washer providing you dont have ceramic taps (these are usually a quarter turn on and off):hope that helps cheers mal

Yep, Sounds like a faulty tap :thumb:

You can get a set of tap 'revivers' that will do the job, basically universal valves and heads, you just retain the orig body.

Yep, Sounds like a faulty tap :thumb:

You can get a set of tap 'revivers' that will do the job, basically universal valves and heads, you just retain the orig body.

I was 10 mins away from ripping up floor boards to find any blockages........

I checked the tap one more time, took them completely apart and put new washers, seals and plenty of greese. Guess what?

Good as new! Result!

Cheers for all you help.:thumb: