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Re: What up with my f..ken hotwater?

Posted: Fri May 18, 2018 6:07 pm
by smile0784
Texas wrote:Had a leaking emergency relief valve on a hot water service
First thing plumber asked was " have you tried to fix it"????
Gra
There easy to replace lol

Re: What up with my f..ken hotwater?

Posted: Fri May 18, 2018 6:11 pm
by smile0784
Mattblack wrote:
purple5ive wrote:
Mattblack wrote:
purple5ive wrote:
smile0784 wrote:Shower was fine.for 2.years then stated dripping even tho turned taps on super hard ao i replaced washes and now problem started
And the Moral of the story is??

Get the Professionals to look at it :rofl:

also take those grommets out and you will use a lot more water than normal, its there for a reason!
That's un-Australian! Might cost you twice as much as getting a plumber, but at least you can say you fixed it yourself!

Worse case scenario is that you buy a set of new taps (you might have buggered them by wrenching them tight instead of replacing the washers)
unaustralian hah!! its called being smart hahaha
what if you can never fix it yourself??
I bet you're one of those guys that reads instructions before you give it a crack as well...for shame!
Seriously though, has anyone else noticed tradies charge more per hour than a brain surgeon these days?
Brain surgery starts at $60k lol.
Pay $2 to 6k just for aneathatist
Intensive care bed $7000 per night nim 3 night stay lol

Re: What up with my f..ken hotwater?

Posted: Fri May 18, 2018 6:21 pm
by Texas
smile0784 wrote:
Texas wrote:Had a leaking emergency relief valve on a hot water service
First thing plumber asked was " have you tried to fix it"????
Gra
There wasy to replace lol
So I noticed, happy it was fixed & sad I didn't do it myself
Gra

Re: What up with my f..ken hotwater?

Posted: Fri May 18, 2018 6:38 pm
by smile0784
Learn from our mistakes lol
Ill like trial and error

Re: What up with my f..ken hotwater?

Posted: Fri May 18, 2018 6:53 pm
by Lightningx
smile0784 wrote:
Mattblack wrote:
purple5ive wrote:
Mattblack wrote:
purple5ive wrote:
And the Moral of the story is??

Get the Professionals to look at it :rofl:

also take those grommets out and you will use a lot more water than normal, its there for a reason!
That's un-Australian! Might cost you twice as much as getting a plumber, but at least you can say you fixed it yourself!

Worse case scenario is that you buy a set of new taps (you might have buggered them by wrenching them tight instead of replacing the washers)
unaustralian hah!! its called being smart hahaha
what if you can never fix it yourself??
I bet you're one of those guys that reads instructions before you give it a crack as well...for shame!
Seriously though, has anyone else noticed tradies charge more per hour than a brain surgeon these days?
Brain surgery starts at $60k lol.
Pay $2000 just for aneathatist
Intensive care bed $7000 per night nim 3 night stay lol
:rofl:

Re: What up with my f..ken hotwater?

Posted: Sat May 19, 2018 2:57 pm
by smile0784
Thats 3.nights in icu.
Thats where private insurance is handy

Re: What up with my f..ken hotwater?

Posted: Sat May 19, 2018 8:14 pm
by Dazzac
Process of elimination, remove the head which is a minute job, leave the stem etc as is.. test water pressure and heat then..
cheers Daz

Re: What up with my f..ken hotwater?

Posted: Sun May 20, 2018 3:05 am
by smile0784
Yep good idea thanks going to have a go at it today or monday

Re: What up with my f..ken hotwater?

Posted: Mon May 21, 2018 1:22 pm
by smile0784
Dazzac wrote:If you have just changed shower head, then I will say that there is a little grommet thingy inside the head itself has dislodged and blocking pressure. Had the same problem, take the head off and throw the little grommet thing away. The pressure will be the best you've had...
Hope that makes sense and works for ya...
Cheers Daz
Couldnt remove the white gromit so drilled a 3mm hole threw it lol
Screwed back on and boiling hot water all day and water pressure really increased by 4 fold.

Happy now.

Thanks for all the idea from everyone.

Re: What up with my f..ken hotwater?

Posted: Mon May 21, 2018 1:32 pm
by Lightningx
Glad to hear th good news mate. Happy it worked out for you :thumbsup: