Can anyone help me with this one!
When filling the water heater for the first time this year , no water would come out of the hot taps .Thinking airlock ,I shook the pump , still no joy . Cold water would come out of the cold taps , so the filter wasn't blocked .I then drained the heater again, same result .After repeating this half a dozen times (in the pouring rain on a campsite , in the dark! ),I looked at the heater inside, here I found a leak , only a light one , from the elbow joint on the back of the inlet housing.At this point I gave up for the night.
My questions are these.....
1 Has anyone came across the same blockage (I assume it is ) problems ? and how did you cure it.
2 How do you get the pipe connectors off . I notice it had a collar that could be moved in .
3 Could the back pressure of a blockage cause a joint to leak ?
Any help would be appreciated as I need to fix it before easter...you dont realise how much you need the water until you can't have it!
When filling the water heater for the first time this year , no water would come out of the hot taps .Thinking airlock ,I shook the pump , still no joy . Cold water would come out of the cold taps , so the filter wasn't blocked .I then drained the heater again, same result .After repeating this half a dozen times (in the pouring rain on a campsite , in the dark! ),I looked at the heater inside, here I found a leak , only a light one , from the elbow joint on the back of the inlet housing.At this point I gave up for the night.
My questions are these.....
1 Has anyone came across the same blockage (I assume it is ) problems ? and how did you cure it.
2 How do you get the pipe connectors off . I notice it had a collar that could be moved in .
3 Could the back pressure of a blockage cause a joint to leak ?
Any help would be appreciated as I need to fix it before easter...you dont realise how much you need the water until you can't have it!