Hello everyone. Minor issue I'd like to try and adjust before I call a plumber back out. I have mains water to the kitchen and to the water tank in the loft.
3 weeks following having a kitchen tap fitted by a plumber I was running a bath suddenly there was this loud pipe/plumbing noise and the water turned brown. I called out the same plumber again and he said it was the ballcock in the water tank bouncing causing the valve to stop/start. There was also some sediment hence the brown water. This he said was due to an increase of pressure from the way he left the mains kitchen valve open. Previously he'd found it locked tight and had to use a tool to loosen it so left it with a tiny amount of slack(had also tried street isolation valve, but that was filled with debris). To resolve the water tank issue he adjusted the mains isolation valve in the loft and that stopped it.
Now 2 months later I'm getting the same thing, but not as bad, but its still noticeable and concering. So having seen the problem in action last time I was thinking of looking to to adjust the mains valve in the loft myself and seeing if anything on the ball cock can be adjusted.
Firstly though should I have any concerns? The whole thing was working fine until the tap was replaced and its concerning that a tiny change in the position of one valve can cause this. I mean is there an issue with the tanks ballcock or something else? Also If I'm looking to adjust the mains valve in the loft should I be opening or closing it more to decrease the pressure?
3 weeks following having a kitchen tap fitted by a plumber I was running a bath suddenly there was this loud pipe/plumbing noise and the water turned brown. I called out the same plumber again and he said it was the ballcock in the water tank bouncing causing the valve to stop/start. There was also some sediment hence the brown water. This he said was due to an increase of pressure from the way he left the mains kitchen valve open. Previously he'd found it locked tight and had to use a tool to loosen it so left it with a tiny amount of slack(had also tried street isolation valve, but that was filled with debris). To resolve the water tank issue he adjusted the mains isolation valve in the loft and that stopped it.
Now 2 months later I'm getting the same thing, but not as bad, but its still noticeable and concering. So having seen the problem in action last time I was thinking of looking to to adjust the mains valve in the loft myself and seeing if anything on the ball cock can be adjusted.
Firstly though should I have any concerns? The whole thing was working fine until the tap was replaced and its concerning that a tiny change in the position of one valve can cause this. I mean is there an issue with the tanks ballcock or something else? Also If I'm looking to adjust the mains valve in the loft should I be opening or closing it more to decrease the pressure?
