Recent content by johnbyrne

I had the same thing many years ago at an old folks home, three houses knocked together. The fire officer then notionally the council chap but actually the fire brigade guy , wanted extra detectors at changes in ceiling heights ,generally corridors formed by knocking through,the logic being that...

So you don't still have to wait for the valves to warm up?

Fairly recently I was called to a bungalow that had a pipe burst in the loft, it was unoccupied , and worse still they due to exchange contracts on it's sale that very day. The damage was not actually that bad, no ceilings down but three rooms had lighting with water present. I insulation...

Fairly recently I was called to a bungalow that had a pipe burst in the loft, it was unoccupied , and worse still they due to exchange contracts on it's sale that very day. The damage was not actually that bad, no ceilings down but three rooms had lighting with water present. I insulation...

Just out of curiousity remove the shower head and leave just the outlet hose.

Or the incoming filter is full of plaster or grout, due to the pipe being left open ended, good news as I think that it is simply a small mesh insert. A reduction of flow on an instaneous heater will cause an increase in water temp, which may trip any stats,many don't reset, so maybe flow drops...

Could the water supply pipe have been kinked during removal and restoration, so that the restricted water supply causes the shower stat or pressure switch to cut out. Cheers