I am having difficulty with my kitchen hot tap water speed

[Rickster123]

Haha how often to you see that tho. The customer rings you complaining of no pressure to the tap they've fitted on a Sunday afternoon and you look under the sink to see a reef knot tied in the flexi!

 

[Guest123]

The copper tails can be just as bad. I've seen speedfit forced onto one without cutting off the "plain" end with cutters and then deburring it resulting in the poor 0 ring being tormented into submission before finally giving up and going on its holidays.

Fitting taps and flexis and pushfit fittings all look easy in the big diy stores, but you still have to know what you're doing.

 

[mountainman]

According to B&Q everyone is capable of doing everything.

At the risk of being jumped on again (dilligaf), sometimes it's cheaper to consult a professional at the outset.

 

[Guest123]

According to B&Q everyone is capable of doing everything.

At the risk of being jumped on again (dilligaf), sometimes it's cheaper to consult a professional at the outset.

Agreed.
I'm not anti-diy but everyone including professionals should know their limitations. Even a diy tap install can result in a major flood and insurance claim when it could easily be averted by getting a trained plumber to fit it. You also get a guarantee from most reputable plumbers, should something fail on the install. You don't get that from B&Q!

 

[joolzhaines]

Hi,

Thanks for all the advise, could it help to replace the flexable pipes with solid pipes or is this not going to help much?

Julian

 

[Rickster123]

Can you get a pic of the pipe work under the sink?

 

[PlumbBobBob]

yes replacing the flexis with solid pipes will help. if you can get some of the correct size. have a look at bes.co.uk item number 19800. sorry can't put a link up for some reason. it's for m10 thread copper tails £2.48 for a pair. don't know if they will fit or not but worth a try.

 

[glenno1]

A lot of flexis are a small bore so this could be the problem or at least adding to it

 

[Whn1]

Agree with the above, it's very unlikely that you have an airlock if you isolated the water from under the sink, another possibility is that you're isolation valve/stopcock may be jammed.

Try disconecting the pipe work after the isolation attaching a hose and running it into a bucket, if the pressures good then you know the problem lies within the tap, also sometimes you can unscrew the filter on the end of the spout of the tap, may have a small blockage in there..

 

[joolzhaines]

Ok I will upload a picture

Julian