Got a new washing machine and only accepts cold water, old fitting include hot, the hot water valve is faulty, turned water off in flat at stopcock, should be ok right, wrong hot water comes via combi boiler that doesn?t seem to be supplied from stopcock, at a loss :( nearly flooded myself. Any help much appreciated
If it *is* combi boiler then hot water should be supplied from cold stopcock, presumably you have no hot water tank?
If you turn on a different hot tap what do you get from there?
Hiya
No hot water tank all goes through combi boiler, it seems as if hot water to machine comes straight from there. Looks like I will need to stop water in the whole block, unless I can isolate the water going to machine, when I isolate the water in the flat via stopcock in cupboard I don?t get any water from hot or cold tap but water is still gushing out of pipe at washing machine if I try to disconnect - sorry new home and new to this :( Thanks Suzanne
No hot water tank all goes through combi boiler, it seems as if hot water to machine comes straight from there. Looks like I will need to stop water in the whole block, unless I can isolate the water going to machine, when I isolate the water in the flat via stopcock in cupboard I don?t get any water from hot or cold tap but water is still gushing out of pipe at washing machine if I try to disconnect - sorry new home and new to this :( Thanks
Just what's left in the pipework, or gushing out at mains pressure, get a bucket and few towels and find out of it stops ... if it does you can cap-off the faulty valve, e.g.
Thanks will give it a go - Curry?s guys wouldn?t touch it today :(
snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com laid this down on his screen :
That is normal with modern machines. They use so little water, that by the time the hot water fills the pipework and actually gets to the machine, there is no advantage to it trying to hot fill. They waste more hot, than if they cold filled and heated the water themselves.
If the stopcock you are turning off stops both hot and cold then that suggests that it is the ?main? stopcock. If that is the case then if your boiler is mounted high on a wall then very likely your washing machine hot valve is at the lowest point in relation to kitchen or bathroom taps so what is coming out is probably what is left in the pipe work. A couple of buckets should account for that.
On the inlet pipe for the boiler there should be stopcock or isolating valve shutting that will stop any flow in the hot water part of the system but still allow you to have cold water.
Richard
Andy Burns snipped-for-privacy@andyburns.uk wrote in news:i0nmu3Fu4vnU1 @mid.individual.net:
I don't think these are supplied with a sealing washer so these will be needed too:
They do come with a rubber disc, rather than a washer
No harm having some spare washers around though.
Thanks Richard I will try to locate that :)
Don't forget to claim back any "installation" fee you paid, as they failed to do that. I expect Currys will try an wriggle out of refunding that part but don't let 'em get away with it. It'll slightly compensate for your time sorting their failure out.
And it might be wise to turn the power off to the boiler so if it sees any flow it doesn't try to fire up or fire up if the CH demands heat. The latter might not matter, I'm not 100% up on how these complex modern combi boilers work...
Andy Burns snipped-for-privacy@andyburns.uk wrote in news:i0nrpmFimaU1 @mid.individual.net:
Useful info thx, my 2 here had no disc/washer so I assumed, no idea where I got them,
The main reason is that to remove many common stains a cold wash is first required in order not to cook them in and make them permanent. The water is then brought up to temperature if required.
alan_m wrote on 07/11/2020 :
A hot and cold fill machine could still allow a cold fill, if needed.
The machine already has enough cold water for the full wash from the initial cold water fill.
Stop end with rubber washer? Brian
These are usually gate valves, mine is I'd seems pretty good. However if you still have the old hose can you not screw that back on and put a pair of mole grips to pinch off the flow while you get somebody to trace the flow and then finally fit a new valve once the pressure is off.
Brian
Thanks everyone for the advice, all sorted, as you all said, water left in pipe, pressure making it seem worse than what it is, valve wasn?t faulty but blunt capped it anyway just in case! Curry?s fitting package never again, now on to fight for money back! New washing machine fitted - happy me! Thanks again ?
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