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Do I have an airlock?

  • 05-02-2010 1:50pm
    #1
    JoJo_27
    Registered Users Posts: 69 ✭✭


    My shower isn't getting hot at the moment and I think this problem may have started after the pipes froze in January. I'm on mains gas and it's a pump shower (if that makes sense). At best the water gets luke warm and I notice the pressure has decreased also. This morning I had the bright idea to keep the cold tap in the sink running while I showered and the water was hot, presumably because all the cold pressure was going through the sink tap. There's a similar issue with the kitchen sink which struggles to get hot too. Is it possible I have an airlock since the water was gone and if so how do I fix it?? Any help much appreciated.


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  • #2
    ART6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,632 ✭✭✭ART6


    Airlock in the hot water supply? Possible if the shower cold supply comes directly from a tank. Try the trick invented by our ancestors. Connect the kitchen cold tap to the hot tap. Open the latter fully and crack open the former. Go to your attic and put your thumb over the vent pipe above the tank for a moment or two.

    *reptition. I don't know any better. Or look for jamesM or Items:D*


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