Have I f****ed up?

[fattony]

Ok Ive installed a new bathroom suite, moved the bath and sink etc, my problem is the pressure. When I removed the old suite I isolated the water using the stop cock in the airing cupbard, however when I wound it in as far as it would go there was still a small amount of water coming out of the pipe, so I took a pair of grips to the stop cock and wound it in a little more - I stopped the water but could I have the damaged stop cock? I fitted an iso-valve under the stop cock for future use.

When everyting was installed I opened up the stop cock (with grips, it was really stiff) and Iso-valve but the pressure out the taps was poor (we have the lift up style mixer taps) didnt have a pressure problem with the old suite.

Anyway I installed a pump to increase the pressure which worked but without the pump the toilet takes a few minutes to fill up, with the pump it only takes 15 - 20 seconds. The stop cock doesn't wind in or out easily and I just thought maybe the stop cock is wound in a little restircting the water flow?

Thanks in advanced

 

[tomy]

Yep it sounds like you have knackered the stop tap , take it out and replace it

 

[fattony]

Is there anything I could fit in place of the tap? I have the Iso-valve now so its not required or is it easier to just replace it?

got to drain the tank in the loft again

 

[Bylough]

Drain the tank?- tried putting a cork in the bottom outlet ?

 

[Agile]

If its cistern fed then you should not have a stopcock as they are designed for mains pressure usage.

Better to use a gate valve.

Tony

 

[fattony]

Like the water saving idea Bylough, especially as we have the drout

 

[fattony]

Hmm a little stuck now, firstly I apologise I was calling the gate valve a stop cock. I just removed the Gate Valve and although its buggered its fully open why is my pressure so poor?

This it how its plumbed in, the 22mm hot and cold come into the bathroom and I've T'd off in 15mm for the sink, bath, shower and toilet.

I must have done something wrong cos you don't normally need a pump to fill up a toilet

What Can I do? Could it be air in the pipes, if so how do I get it out?

Should I have run the feed to the WC in 22mm then drop down to 15mm just before the WC inlet pipe? I can handle the pump on with taps bath and shower but not for the WC, with our old suite we didn't have any pumps and the pressure was fine.

 

[fattony]

There must be someone that can help ???

 

[fattony]

I think my problem could be the float, when its inplace a tiny amount of water passes through but when removed more water can pass through.

I've posted some pic's here to see if anyone is familiar with these particular float swtch.

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[Nige F]

You`ve been buying cheap sanitaryware again You may have had a stop cock fitted in place of gatevalve.......I`ve seen them on cold downservices ........stop cock has a crutch head Gte.Vlve. has round Red wheelhead