Thread: Any plumbers here?

Mate, I'm no plumber... but our gas external hotwater heater has a pressure regulator on the copper feed into the tank... ours has a knob to control it.

You got kids that might have fiddled?

or may the regulator just crapped itself..

Mark

only one child 4 months old I'll ask him in the morning if it was him

do you know if this regulator thing would be a DIY fix?

Originally Posted by HangOver

only one child 4 months old I'll ask him in the morning if it was him

do you know if this regulator thing would be a DIY fix?

legally.. no idea.. but mine is just a copper compression fitting on each end.... so turn the water off at the main and you should be ok...... worst you'll get wet I think you can get them at bunnings..

Mark

Originally Posted by HangOver

An odd question for AULRO I know but I've read odder here

The cold water pressure in the house is fine but the hot water is is about 1/3rd of the cold water pressure.

It has only been like this for the last month or so and before that it was fine. We have one of those gas water heaters that lives outside.

Any ideas or time to call a plumber??

How old is the unit?

Do you have hard water?

Can you undo the cold water inlet?

If you turn the "In" (cold) water tap/valve off, then undo from the hot water cly, replace with a cap (so not to loose water from cly, but may have a one way valve), then turn tap slowly on to see how pressure you are getting into the cly......may not be the cly at all.....Its been a long time since I played with this stuff, so I will have a think.....


But to be honest most of the time it isnt worth stuffing around with them, so a new unit might be on the cards.....thats of course unless its under two years old.

Dont know about WA but in Victoria plumbing is a licensed trade and it is illegal for anyone to do any plumbing unless they are licensed. That does not stop many people though and places like Bunnings dont care who they sell stuff to as long as they make their profit.
If I was you I would check the inlet pressure of the water to the unit then call a plumber if anything else is required. My work involves quite alot of insurance work and if anything fails and causes damage to your house after you have done the work then the insurance company may refuse the claim as you were not qualified (licensed and insured)to do the work.

Ian

As said above, dont risk it. Plumbing is a licensed trade, and for a good reason. If you stuff something then it will end in tears. Trust me, its time to call a profesinal.
Cheers Steve

We had a similar problem with out outside gas hot water, turned out the water tap to the hot water system was turned off a tiny bot. Closed it off more, and then opened it right up again, and no problems since.

Originally Posted by Phoenix

We had a similar problem with out outside gas hot water, turned out the water tap to the hot water system was turned off a tiny bot. Closed it off more, and then opened it right up again, and no problems since.

Trying the simple things like this wont hurt, but DONT start pulling things apart.