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Hi all,
Been to a view a job today which has confused me. The first red flag I got was the basin trap (see pic attached) and the guy the customer got in to put in a new bathroom is refusing to be contacted after saying his work is good and not his problem.
The problem is that there is no hot water to the bathroom. There is a very low pressure flow but not hot. I traced a pipe and it does travel towards the cylinder which is about a meter away but doesn't get warm. There is a nr valve by the looks of it on the pipe (see other pic) which has stumped me why??? The customer said he fitted one of those toilet sprayers similar to one in last pic, and when he did water started flowing from overflow in loft. He said he knew what problem was and put the nr valve on h/w pipe which stopped it.
My first thought is why the nr valve? That would point to water trying to get back to cylinder from bathroom, which would explain flow into tank in loft. When I was looking for the same douche online, I found that some come with tmv's, could he have fitted that wrong somehow for it to cause back pressure?
The whole room has been newly tiled including floor so want advice before I jump in ripping up the room to trace the problem.
Cheers for any pointers
Been to a view a job today which has confused me. The first red flag I got was the basin trap (see pic attached) and the guy the customer got in to put in a new bathroom is refusing to be contacted after saying his work is good and not his problem.
The problem is that there is no hot water to the bathroom. There is a very low pressure flow but not hot. I traced a pipe and it does travel towards the cylinder which is about a meter away but doesn't get warm. There is a nr valve by the looks of it on the pipe (see other pic) which has stumped me why??? The customer said he fitted one of those toilet sprayers similar to one in last pic, and when he did water started flowing from overflow in loft. He said he knew what problem was and put the nr valve on h/w pipe which stopped it.
My first thought is why the nr valve? That would point to water trying to get back to cylinder from bathroom, which would explain flow into tank in loft. When I was looking for the same douche online, I found that some come with tmv's, could he have fitted that wrong somehow for it to cause back pressure?
The whole room has been newly tiled including floor so want advice before I jump in ripping up the room to trace the problem.
Cheers for any pointers