low pressure from hot water in bath?

[dale_w]

the hot tap on my bathtub has very low pressure there is hardly any flow of water coming out at all but the other hot taps in my flat are fine (basin and kitchen) what could this problem be and how can i increase the water flow?

[ACB312]

More information is needed before a possible answer. Has your hot tap on the bath always had low pressure? Do you have a combi boiler (all water at mains pressure) or a gravity fed system (header tank in loft or similar)? Usually the feed to bath taps is 22mm (3/4inch) pipe which should produce a good flow. Does the tap appear to open fully and are there any shut off valves in the pipeline before the tap? Sorry to be inconclusive but without these details it's not easy to diagnose a likely fault. Cheers, Andy

[dale_w]

the flat is all on one level and the boiler is in a cupboared beside the bath the tap has never had a lot of pressure but lately its got really bad the tap can be fully opened but the flow doesnt increase. ve looed and cant see any cut off valves between the man stopcoc on the boiler and the tap?

[Whickerman]

This is an easy one.

I had the same problem - drove me nuts, esp when taking a bath.

The hot water tank is in turn fed from the water storage tank - the one with the stop-**** in. The pressure of the hot water is directly affected by the speed at which it's replaced by the cold water tank. What happens is over years of use, the stop-**** gets clogged - there's only a minute hole for the water to feed through anyway. So if you replace your stop-**** assembly, (costs about a tenner) you should solve your problem. I did it a few weeks back, and it's made a huge difference. (Stop-**** assembly just screws on and off, inside the water tank)

[Whickerman]

Now that's just taking censorship too far.