No hot water?

[truemanufan]

The hot water downstairs is fine but no hot water at all up stairs? Fed from tank ! No pressure upstairs? Any solutions?

 

[Puddle]

Sounds like a old fashioned air lock, try back filling through kitchen sink, then make sure ball valve in tank ok as maybe filling slowly, causing tank to empty

imho

 

[truemanufan]

No hot water

Ok so I am right in saying by back filling just keeping thumb over the tap and allowing presssure to force air back out? Also the cold water pressure is fine all round the house too

Also done this in the bathrrom and getting a little trickle of hot water through but not much at all

Yesterday the fella drained down the tank and filled back up to see if this would help to push any air out but no look? The hot water outlet has a slight dip so that this maybe where air is collecting. Any other suggestion of how to get rid?

 

[mikegas]

Connect a washing machine hose from the cold valve onto the hot and open both valves for about 5-10 seconds. This should clear it

 

[truemanufan]

Connect a washing machine hose from the cold valve onto the hot and open both valves for about 5-10 seconds. This should clear it

Sorry for being a Lil thick but which cold valve?

 

[PlumbBobBob]

the cold valve that the washing machine connects to to fill it.

 

[Puddle]

No good just putting your thumb over tap will just block the spout outlet

place a rubber glove or bag over end ,rap and hold over spout

imho

when I say rap,I mean fold around

not sing a rap like

I have no hot water
repairing coz I orta
got me a kitchem tap
am going to use that
turn on the cold ,force up through the hot
for the sake of me womon going to give it me best shot

avalible soon at all good you tube outlets

 

[stevetheplumber]

No good just putting your thumb over tap will just block the spout outlet

place a rubber glove or bag over end ,rap and hold over spout

imho

when I say rap,I mean fold around

not sing a rap like

I have not hot water
repairing coz I orta
got me a kitchem tap
am going to use that
turn on the cold ,force up through the hot
for the sake of me womon going to give it me best shot

avalible soon at all good you tube outlets

i wouldnt give up the day job just yet puddle

 

[bob the plumber]

Connect a washing machine hose from the cold valve onto the hot and open both valves for about 5-10 seconds. This should clear it

why the need to disconnect anything i do not know?? monoblock tap, palm over the outlet, open the hot then open the cold slowly and let it pass into the hot side, easy peesey! disconnecting valves is completely unnecassary

 

[mikegas]

Providing you have a mono tap yes

 

[truemanufan]

Thanks guys just stuck to the old thumb over the outlet and it worked fine with a bit of time

 

[WaterTight]

you say it's easy it can be a pain in the netherlands depending on how long you need to have your hand clamped over a tap that still spits at you and the surrounding area anyway.