air lock in hot and cold at kitchen sink

[astubliffhacked]

just added a branch to the cold water from under the kitchen sink to a american fridge freezer (ice maker etc) turned the water back on and all my taps are ok except for the hot and cold at he kitchen sink which just trickle out, have had the water off before many times to change taps washers etc and had no problems SO why now??

 

[Kristoflampie]

Surely you have mains supply to kitchen cold???........ certainly wouldnt have storage tank water to my chilled water ice thingy......yuk...
On a more serious note , isolation valves fully open??.... cant say I have ever had an air locking problem on kitchen cold, hot yes if off gravity fed tank. First port of call check taps for washer problems , crap blocking taps etc... Strange both affected at same time.

 

[astubliffhacked]

the mains comes in at the garage then up to the bathroom and down to the kitchen, i have not got a cold water storage tank.
strange circuitry i know but as worked ok for 27 years

 

[Kristoflampie]

I would check the taps themselves first if all other taps ok

 

[kevplumb]

just added a branch to the cold water from under the kitchen sink to a american fridge freezer (ice maker etc) turned the water back on and all my taps are ok except for the hot and cold at he kitchen sink which just trickle out, have had the water off before many times to change taps washers etc and had no problems SO why now??

oddly enough so have i well she insisted

no probs

check the taps

 

[astubliffhacked]

I would check the taps themselves first if all other taps ok

but i did'nt touch any taps!! just turned the stopcock off.................

 

[Kristoflampie]

Hate to state the obvious but the taps worked before now they dont, it is very difficult to airlock mains pressure of any reasonable calibre so if its going through a combi boiler? to hot and direct to the cold tap there must be a restriction of some kind to these taps. All other taps are okay, disturbing pipework can dislodge debris, scale ,anything sitting in the pipework and restrict flow where it stops. Something is doing the restricting hence check the offending taps.................

 

[astubliffhacked]

thanks for you help, will strip down the taps and have a look