I had my boiler changed form a old gravity fed system to a new mains pressure combi. Everything is great. The central heating warms up the house a lot quicker. However, my bath taps (and only the baths taps) tend to drip. It takes a great effort to turn them off. i have taken to using a pipe rench to turn them off. Is there some adjustment I can make ? or do i need to get the converted to a different design? thanks
Combi boiler conversion & driping bath taps
Aug 08, 2005
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I expect that your taps are a bit worn. When the water came from a tank in the loft (via the cylinder for the hot) the pressure was pretty low so the worn taps were enough to stop the flow. Now you have a combi your taps are trying to hold back the full pressure of the mains.
Fear not! It is likely that a few minutes with a tap reseating tool (such as this
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and a couple of new washers and everything will be back to normal.
It's not a difficult job - if you know how to change a tap washer it's just an extra minute or so twisting the tool inside the tap before fitting the new washer.
However - if you keep graunching the taps closed with a pipe wrench they aren't going to last much longer!!
I am a little disappointed (but not surprised!) that the plumber who changed the boiler didn't check all of your taps afterwards because this must happen almost every other time he fits a combi!!
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