Hi all,

My hot bathtap hasn't been used all summer and the first time I went to use it this winter, it started off ok, but as the water started to come hot, a whistling noise started, then the flow rate dropped, eventually to zero with the tap still open. It won't let any water through again until the tap has cooled down, then the same thing happens again - a few seconds of hot, a rising whistle, and no flow. What's going on?

Is there a cure other than a new bath tap? It's pretty old (don't know how old as it came with the house) but would also be near impossible to get at.

Thanks very much!
Jake

The kitchen hot tap is further down the same pipe as the bath hot tap, and the kitchen has no problem, which means that if there is an air lock it must be between the T and the bath tap - a distance of about a foot. (I'm in a flat and the kitchen and bathroom are next door to each other in case you're having problems visualising this..!) Does it still sound credible that it could be an airlock??

The shower doesn't work off the bath taps but is separate. Could I get a length of garden hose to try to connect the bath taps together in case it is an airlock? Worth a try anyway?

Thanks,
Jake

The washer is not lifting by the sound of it.

Wouldnt be a "supaspar" tap by any chance

Try SUPASPA (no R at the end) in Google.

You should be able to change washers from above, no need for access under the taps.

is that what youve been doing billy on your quiet times using your artistic talents and drawing a lovely exploded drawing off a tap  

didnt realise you where without a computer
i just thought you were talking to dewy on paltalk