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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2016 12:01:27 GMT
My sister in law has a cast iron bath which she has just had refinished. She can get water out of the cold tap and the shower attachement, but nothing from the hot tap even though it will turn... Any ideas please before she calls someone out? This is the tap...   |
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Post by endfeed on Oct 8, 2016 12:10:11 GMT
Air lock??? If you search on toms vids he shows you how to deal with it..☺
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2016 12:18:29 GMT
found a couple we will try thanks
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Post by battle1066 on Oct 8, 2016 15:16:14 GMT
Strange for a random tap top in the back ground,are we to assume someone has just fitted new incerts?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2016 16:28:19 GMT
the random tap top is just random....the taps in the picture haven't been touched yet.
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Post by rocketmanbkk on Oct 8, 2016 16:37:50 GMT
Air lock as said
Any news on the fix?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2016 16:42:06 GMT
When the hot tap is turned is it tight or only turns a small amount ?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2016 16:44:14 GMT
not as yet....she was sitting down to watch some of Tom's videos....
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Post by tomplum on Oct 8, 2016 16:49:33 GMT
if someone has had the hot water off to do work, then the valve in the cylinder cupboard may have siezed shut. its quite common for that to happen, another possibility is that the tank above the cylinder ( possibly in the attic) has run dry,
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2016 17:02:34 GMT
the house is over 300 years old and the plumbing is positively ancient...there's no gas everything is run off two immersion heaters
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2016 21:30:45 GMT
ok tap is turning freely and there is hot water at the sink next to it...
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2016 21:35:17 GMT
ok tap is turning freely and there is hot water at the sink next to it... Was or has the tap been isolated under the bath ? |
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Post by battle1066 on Oct 8, 2016 21:37:12 GMT
Is the plastic tap cracked thus not turning the incert?
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Post by tomplum on Oct 8, 2016 21:38:56 GMT
so the bath tap would seem to be the problem, could be the seat of the tap is stuck in the inlet, some taps have a 'floating' seat that can stick, It will need to be taken apart and freed off, if its that,
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2016 21:42:35 GMT
my brother said it's a man job so she is having another go at it tomorrow when he is at football....
bath panels need to come off and that's a crowbar job she says, but thanks you all for your help and assistance....she's a girl who can do, so hopefully it will be sorted tomorrow
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