Water Issue.

[SimonG]

Strange one tonight. House in the town. 15 litres per minute at utility sink. No pressure reading as I didnt have it with me. Upstairs 9 litres per minute. Blokes bought a salamander home boost. Told him I wont fit it. No need for this sort of thing in our area. Hes had a new 25mm alkathene main into the house.
Kitchen sink is a cheap crappy mixer with microscopic bore flexis.
He ran a 15mm plastic pipe from under the boiler in the utility up into the bathroom as a temp feed. But this only gives him the 9 litres a minute.

Going back in the morning with my pressure gauge.

Any ideas?

 

[Best]

Did he do it himself and maybe has got something stuck inside the new temporary plastic pipe? People wouldn't think of keeping the pipe end taped.
Or maybe used a Ballofix on it somewhere?

 

[SimonG]

It was a roll.of speedfit. Valved.

I think its an obstruction somewhere.

 

[SimonG]

Update.

Pressure gauge on cold water washing machine tap under sink in utility. Cold water sat at about 2 bar static. 1.75 bar dynamic with the cold tap open. 0 bar dynamic with the hot tap open.

Is it me or is something short circuiting?

 

[SimonG]

Any thoughts?

 

[WaterTight]

I got nothing.

 

[WaterTight]

And that's coming from a PUB member!

 

[SimonG]

I'll just pull his house to bits till I find the problem

 

[Subby]

What's the hot like upstairs. Is it combi?

 

[SimonG]

Seems fine but loses when another taps opened. Worcester combi in utility room.

 

[Subby]

Did you test the pressure on the cold upstairs?

 

[SimonG]

No. Nowhere to tap in.

 

[Chalked]

Blockage in the new main?

 

[plumben]

Any inline filters or even in the tap its self? Could be debris from new main or temp pipe

 

[SimonG]

If he's lucky it will be the cheapy pull out kitchen tap. If he's unlucky it will be the shower panel or bath tap mixer. Both will need demolition of travertine tiling.

 

[Millsy 82]

Can you disconnect the stop tap and test the flow rate there? I've had a few over the past 2 weeks and it's the old galv/steel pipe has corroded and closed up.

I know he has had a new main but if that has been connected onto an existing pipe then this could be the problem.

 

[rocketmanbkk]

It might be the tap

Had it on my house

Kit sink 12ltr P min

Changed tap recently now 16