Low pressure in hot taps

noel6071

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Hello Folks, I have low pressure in the hot taps and also the cold tap fed from the water tank. The cylinder was replaced to a twin coil cylinder after a new boiler and stove were fitted. The kitchen tap should have ample hot water available with the back boiler stove on etc, however it takes a couple of minutes to get the hot water out and it is at a very slow pace.

The bathroom taps in the sink and bath were replaced and the bathroom tap was meant to be a low pressure one I purchased however when looking at the paperwork it is a 0.2 bar Mayfair Cosmos single tap, this tap has low pressure and would be waiting a long time to get any hot water out, I would like your good advice on whether I should replace this tap to an even lower pressure 0.1 bar twin handled tap? The kitchen tap I think also might be a high pressure tap and this could be the cause of the low hot water pressure. The house is a bungalow and the height from sink to water tank about 5 foot. Thanks in advance.
 
I assume you mean "height from tank to sink tap"
If you take 0.45 psi per foot 5 foot is only 2.2 psi + the head of water in the tank
Some kitchen combination taps have a filter on the end the arm which can reduce the pressure, if so try unscrewing it. I cannot advise you on taps, I am not a plumber, but I know from experience, a plumber told me I had a blockage, but I found out it was the filter
 
I assume you mean "height from tank to sink tap"
If you take 0.45 psi per foot 5 foot is only 2.2 psi + the head of water in the tank
Some kitchen combination taps have a filter on the end the arm which can reduce the pressure, if so try unscrewing it. I cannot advise you on taps, I am not a plumber, but I know from experience, a plumber told me I had a blockage, but I found out it was the filter

Thanks for that, must give that a go before I call a plumber out, the mains pressure is very quick so I'm not sure would the filter be at fault if one of the taps is working very well.
 
Another thing to check, were any taps/valves installed on the pipework to the new taps (so they can be isolated for maintenance/replacement in future)? If so, are they fully open?
 
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