Helleva day!!

[rocketmanbkk]

Hi Friends

Well, what a day!!!

Got called to fix toilet. Told customer ok, it's tank fed (checked this time!). Its fills so slow.

So, look at shut off, nowhere.

Basically all the valves in the cupboard were seized. Said they needed replacing. All ok. Shut off water in flat garden and ran taps, took 20 mins.

Changed valves, put new stopcock on to isolate cold water tank as it never had one.

Turned water on, trickle, after 40 mins fed up. Could not get into cupboard to see ball valve. Felt around and all clogged up, needed to change it. Went to shop. Got back, cut new home , speed fit pipe and fitted new FOV.

All in all the system is crazy.

The cwsc is off the floor about 1m. The hot is under it. The cwsc is large and goes up into cupboard so it's near impossible to change FOV.

The water pressure is so low even the toilet takes 5 mins to fill!!

I told custard she should let me connect to mains water but no!! She complains.

I say ok.

A big job for me but ok.

Her elec shower ****es out water when it's turned off. Isolated the water and told her its kaput.

Any ideas what's wrong with it? I told her she needs it replacing!! I can do. She goes mental at me!!!!

So, shot water pressure, shot electric shower, shot cwsc. Nightmare.

I was going to recommend a pump but got scared!!

Cheers

Rct

 

[Reg Man]

Is the water mains pressure below 1 bar at 9 litres per minute? If so the water supplier needs to address the issue and all will probably be solved.

 

[rocketmanbkk]

Hello

No, the cold to kitchen tap is good.

It's just the pressure from the cwsc that's a problem.

Any ideas?

 

[Reg Man]

Does the CWSC take an age to fill up? Blocked orifice on float valve. Is it just the pressure at all outlets? Blocked pipework or insufficient head of water. Electric shower off the mains water? separate problem.

 

[rocketmanbkk]

Yeah, head pressure. Fixed the cwsc with new FOV.

Just rubbish pressure to all outlets other than kitchen cold.

Thanks for replying.

Rct

 

[Leo21]

Is the electric shower if the mains? Worth checking. Also don't toilet custern ball valves come with an array if flow restricters?

 

[mjt]

Hi Friends

Well, what a day!!!

Got called to fix toilet. Told customer ok, it's tank fed (checked this time!). Its fills so slow.

So, look at shut off, nowhere.

Basically all the valves in the cupboard were seized. Said they needed replacing. All ok. Shut off water in flat garden and ran taps, took 20 mins.

Changed valves, put new stopcock on to isolate cold water tank as it never had one.

Turned water on, trickle, after 40 mins fed up. Could not get into cupboard to see ball valve. Felt around and all clogged up, needed to change it. Went to shop. Got back, cut new home , speed fit pipe and fitted new FOV.

All in all the system is crazy.

The cwsc is off the floor about 1m. The hot is under it. The cwsc is large and goes up into cupboard so it's near impossible to change FOV.

The water pressure is so low even the toilet takes 5 mins to fill!!

I told custard she should let me connect to mains water but no!! She complains.

I say ok.

A big job for me but ok.

Her elec shower ****es out water when it's turned off. Isolated the water and told her its kaput.

Any ideas what's wrong with it? I told her she needs it replacing!! I can do. She goes mental at me!!!!

So, shot water pressure, shot electric shower, shot cwsc. Nightmare.

I was going to recommend a pump but got scared!!

Cheers

Rct

theres only so much you can do to help some people - you done the best and more to help her out.
you can lead a horse to water and all that.

 

[rocketmanbkk]

Thanks, did what I could

 

[mjt]

That's all you can do mate - chin up and stay in touch with your mates here on the forum. We all need help at some point and that's we are here for! I've had some cracking help on here !theres some top blokes about