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My hot water system seems to have some sort of blockage - the water just stopped flowing from the taps in both sink and bathroom.

Any advice on testing fixing this?

I keep telling myself it will soon be nice enough to get started fixing it...

Hi,

It was all filled and working over most of a fortnight in Scotland - during which the car nearly died and I had to have emergency dental treatment for an abcess. In some ways the hot water was the least of it :)

However it just suddenly went to a trickle, system full, pump running...

Cheers... soon as it gets a bit drier (I live on edge of Somerset Levels) and warmer I'll get out there!

Soon be Spring!

Steve

Cheers mate, I am going to get stuck in once weather permits and will try what you suggest.

BTW... who is gary?

Sigh... got another valve and removed old one which broke off in heater body. Had to make saw cuts in it then lever bits out and clean threads with limescale remover and a toothbrush.

Fitted new one now kitchen tap still a trickle, bathroom tap good flow but water not heating up and heater fault light coming on after turn bathroom tap off.

Old one was just an empty tube, new one has ball in end so old one must have lost ball? Gone inside heater and blocked something?

Any more suggestions Michael or anyone else... I am desperate to fix as may be selling it to upgrade - got sight of a bargain.

Yeah - that's the one I changed! I have given up and booked a repair much as it grieves me not to solve it myself but I need to be able to use it soon.

Thanks everyone for suggestions