no hot water pressure,

[kasiedog]

Hi, can anyone help me, I have just had a new bathroom fitted, the mixer taps on the bath has two pipes leading to it, one cold one hot obviously, I previously had single taps and the hot water pressure was not a problem however after fitting new taps the hot water is nothing more than a trickle the bath water would be cold by the time i ran a bath lol, the taps I bought are suitable for both low and high pressure systems, the taps are connected using a flexi hose, the plumber who fitted the bath says it has something to do with the gap/space within the tap itself, I do not understand this as the cold water runs absolutly fine, he suggest i get a pump, I am not sure if this is just a ploy to get me to spend more, both hot and cold water was fine before and as the tap runs off two seperate pipes I do not understand why hot water pressure has dropped. As you may of gathered I am no plumber and would be grateful for any help/advice..P.S can the fact that he changed the tap heads over ie cold to hot and visa versa have some bearing on this ...

 

[vaughan]

The Pipes to the hot and cold on the bath would be better if fitted with copper rather than flexi hoses, most flexi hoses restrict the flow and also if the bath pipes have isolation valves this will also reduce the flow, I would recommend using full flow isolation valves.

 

[PlumbBobBob]

hi welcome along. possibly the hot side flexi is kinked restricting the flow.

 

[Puddle]

Hi Kasidog

Welcome to the forums

some good bits of advise above

However do not always believe what is on the box when they say good for high and low pressure ,it is relative to how low your pressure is