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Outside Tap
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Hi All
I moved into a new home just over 2 years ago and had an outside tap fitted. I used the tap for the first 2 years with no problems. I tried to use the tap last weekend and nothing came out , not even a dribble. I thought it was just the tap as I've had this before and all was good after changing it but this time around after I put the new tap on , there was nothing again. I checked under the sink and the isolation for outside tap is definitely on. I'm getting water to both my mains and dishwasher (outside tap spurs off from them) I've tried taking off the tap again and putting the isolation tap back on and still nothing comes out.
I can see the outside pipe run from inside to outside and there is no leak or the pipe has not previously burst.
I'm at a complete loss to why I'm having no water feed to just my outside tap, when everything off it is working fine.
Any ideas are more than welcome
Kind regards
I moved into a new home just over 2 years ago and had an outside tap fitted. I used the tap for the first 2 years with no problems. I tried to use the tap last weekend and nothing came out , not even a dribble. I thought it was just the tap as I've had this before and all was good after changing it but this time around after I put the new tap on , there was nothing again. I checked under the sink and the isolation for outside tap is definitely on. I'm getting water to both my mains and dishwasher (outside tap spurs off from them) I've tried taking off the tap again and putting the isolation tap back on and still nothing comes out.
I can see the outside pipe run from inside to outside and there is no leak or the pipe has not previously burst.
I'm at a complete loss to why I'm having no water feed to just my outside tap, when everything off it is working fine.
Any ideas are more than welcome
Kind regards
Answers
The image you show is a isolation valve .. Plumbing is like everything else .. try the simple things first. Leave your water mains on and dont turn it off. No water at the outside tap .. break the body of the tap apart, ie. Separate the tap head from the body .. which is fixed to the wall. If no water starts to squirt out then your problem is further back the supply line....
18:08 Sun 29th Apr 2018
The reason I mentioned filters is because I fitted a new dish washer last year. It came with a flexible pipe. I fitted the dishwasher, but it wouldn't fill with water. After much head scratching and making sure that water was getting to the pipe, I decided to call an engineer.
The problem was a filter inside the hose connector. He removed it and solved the problem. BTW, it was a new pipe, supplied by the manufacturers.
The problem was a filter inside the hose connector. He removed it and solved the problem. BTW, it was a new pipe, supplied by the manufacturers.
