hot water coming into cistern

[mrplumberman]

i,ve just fitted a new toilet.when you flush the loo the boiler fires up.any ideas?
as the guy is going nuts.

 

[WaterTight]

Crossing feeds is easy. Everyone has done it. Luckily I've so far noticed when I run the taps or fill the loo before tiling begins. It pays to be a bit paranoid in plumbing. Check everything repeatedly, all the time. Suspect everything, every noise. Work on the assumption that every inanimate object is out to ruin your day and you should be ok.

 

[gmac]

Crossing feeds is easy. Everyone has done it. Luckily I've so far noticed when I run the taps or fill the loo before tiling begins. It pays to be a bit paranoid in plumbing. Check everything repeatedly, all the time. Suspect everything, every noise. Work on the assumption that every inanimate object is out to ruin your day and you should be ok.

agree totally

 

[Phil]

Can you elaborate on this cold water tank, is this a flat?

Lady downstairs has no water now?

 

[mrplumberman]

how could i of crossed everywhere.i only done the bathroom.

 

[Gray0689]

Crossing feeds is easy. Everyone has done it. Luckily I've so far noticed when I run the taps or fill the loo before tiling begins. It pays to be a bit paranoid in plumbing. Check everything repeatedly, all the time. Suspect everything, every noise. Work on the assumption that every inanimate object is out to ruin your day and you should be ok.

Good advice
Its best to check and double check then check again to be sure only takes 5 mins

 

[mrplumberman]

its a four in a block house.we left her bottled water till tmrw.the guy wanted the loft cleared of old tanks etc.

 

[Gray0689]

how could i of crossed everywhere.i only done the bathroom.

Then your up the creek then get cutting tiles off where you joined

 

[mrplumberman]

the tiler was an rse.rushing us on.

 

[mrplumberman]

you dot think the tank fed her house do you?

 

[WaterTight]

flats often share tanks - bit remiss not to check

you may be able to sort out his prob (or divest yourself of responsibility) with relative ease - if it's just crossed feeds i'm sure something can be done. but re-instating the CWSC to the lady downstairs could be a bigger faff.

 

[Gray0689]

you dot think the tank fed her house do you?

Did you not check???

 

[gmac]

you dot think the tank fed her house do you?

sounds like it did

 

[Phil]

Is her kitchen cold tap dry aswell?

It must have been fed from the tank you removed?

 

[gmac]

gray - did you ever do any work for sharpe??

 

[Gray0689]

gray - did you ever do any work for sharpe??

You lost me ????

 

[Phil]

The lady without water must be on your customers back, but he only complained about his rotten boiler?

 

[shorticus]

make your mind up fella, is it a worcester or vokera!?

for those of you who may question my tone this gentleman has posted this question elsewhere and some of us have endevoured to help out...then I came across this thread, what gives mrplumberman?

 

[gmac]

You lost me ????

sharpe mechanical in belfast mate, you ever work for them??

 

[gmac]

make your mind up fella, is it a worcester or vokera!?

for those of you who may question my tone this gentleman has posted this question elsewhere and some of us have endevoured to help out...then I came across this thread, what gives mrplumberman?

I seen other thread but didn't pick up on the different boilers lol

 

[Gray0689]

sharpe mechanical in belfast mate, you ever work for them??

No mate sorry not me never worked in Belfast

 

[Jimbob]

Has to be a stitch up...

The guy is too vague on the details, he has to be taking the ....

Any plumber should know how to fix it, find the point of connection and swap the pipes round, simples.

If you are gen, my advice is too take protection... Maybe a taser incase the guy goes mad

 

[Ian10261]

If this isn't some kind of wind-up may i suggest next time you take on a jog like this that you go buy yerself a couple of rolls of insulting tape, one red and one blue and mark each pipe accordingly
(by this i mean red on the hot and blue on the cold) this should help avoid any confusion and consequently the nightmare situation you now find yourself in. And if i were you i'd forget about crossing any pipes at the boiler, dont want the w/c filling with gas do we?

 

[WaterTight]

Well, any more than usual....

 

[kay-jay]

tell your customer its the latest craze! his bog will always be spotless and he can give his taters a sauna while he takes a tom tit

 

[armourer]

I have only just seen this thread.
I just had a quick look back through the answers and I cannot find any confirmation that the pipes are crossed?
Does the wc fill with hot? or does it just fire the boiler when flushed?

If it only fires the boiler, isolate the cold mains to the boiler and try again, Does it still fire up?

What I was thinking is the cold mains pressure is very low and the wc is then flushed there could be enough movement in the pipework to make the boiler flow switch?

As for downstairs loosing water, I would guess at shared tank and you have cut off their supply.