Can I buy this?

[skewett]

I've got a blocked hot water pipe and saw a reference to fitting a length of hose between the hot and cold taps in order to back pressure the hot pipe and hopefully unblock it.

Is it possible to buy such a tool or is it purely down to making a home made device.

 

[Keefy]

A short piece of large bore hose and a couple of jubilee clips is all that's needed. If you have both hot and cold feeds going to your washing machine you could try undoing the cold inlet pipe and screwing it onto the hot feed valve. Hope that makes sense.

 

[PlumbBobBob]

hi skewett do you have a washing machine with hot and cold feeds? if you do you can clear the pipe from there. just connect up the hot and cold feeds where the WM connects to the water feeds, use one of the hoses off the WM to join together. turn on the hot valve then the cold valve to force the cold up the hot and hopefully clear the pipe. only do this for about twenty to thirty seconds. this only really works on open vented systems because of the higher pressure on the mains.

beat me keefy but basically the same advice lol.

 

[lame plumber]

kitchen mixer tap, cloth and thumb over end and turn it on

 

[skewett]

Thanks guys. Its the bath taps. Seperate not a mixer type. I had heard the washing machine option but just thought connecting the two bath taps would be the easiest way?

 

[glenno1]

Just hold a bit of hose pipe on both taps

 

[PlumbBobBob]

Just hold a bit of hose pipe on both taps

you would need three hands though lol

 

[Koogatubac]

Just use a hose pipe dude

 

[Dotty]

Cheap shower hose. Cut the tap connectors and long hose off. then push a tap connector into each end. works a treat!