Hot water not going to tap?

[terryplumb]

do you have a bathroom upstairs ,and if so ,are the hot taps working OK there ? if so i think its very unlikely to be an air lock and the gate valve under the sink is your problem.

 

[tryme]

Hello

Other taps and central heating works fine.

 

[Doggit]

Well spotted Terry. Okay, last attempt at a possibility, the knob on the gate valve may not be turning the gate underneath, and if you unscrew it, and use a pair of pliers, it may turn, and give you more time to change the vale at your leisure.

 

[terryplumb]

when you come to change that faulty gate valve , there will be quite a lot of water in the pipework that you can not drain out ,unless there is a drain cock lower down on the pipework ,below the gate valve. is there one ?

 

[tryme]

Hello

We got a plumber in to change the gate valve and tap.

There was a bit of water in the flexi hose yes but that seems like it.

I have noticed since the valve was changed (about 24 hours ago) the valve has been dropping a bit. Maybe 5-20ml of water in 24 hours.

Is this normal? Will it sure it's self up in a little while?

Many thanks

 

[EAST61]

No it shouldn't be dripping at all

 

[tryme]

Ok thank you.

So I will need to call him back in I take it?

 

[EAST61]

Yes, you paid him to do it properly

 

[Madrab]

He's used a cheap isolation valve if they are leaking at all, time to get him back and replace it with a decent one.

 

[tryme]

It looks the same as this

http://www.screwfix.com/p/isolating...gclsrc=aw.ds&dclid=CPq8qLGwtNYCFaeJ7Qod5UQJhA

 

[Madrab]

Yup, 1 in 10 cheap ones tend to leak, it needs replaced ...... 10min job

 

[Doggit]

Is the arrow pointing in the right direction for the flow of water, and where exactly is it leaking; from the valve, or one of the joints.

 

[tryme]

This is what it looks like

And it's leaking from the top nut

 

[EAST61]

Shame he didn't put a full bore lever valve on like the one I listed earlier for you.

There's always a chance that the nut just needs tightening slightly.

 

[tryme]

I thought the same but it's what he had so I thought as long as it gets fixed so be it.

Hopefully it does just need tightening and he can do it because I'm a bit dubious to touch Anything now in case they refuse to fix it as I've tampered with it