Plumber Advice Is Needed - Issue with Kitchen Hot Water

thomalfa on 02/09/2021 - 13:59
Last edited 02/09/2021 - 15:10 by 1 other user

Hi Folks,

I have an issue with my indoor kitchen hot water tap that no longer can trigger the hot water system unit unless I turn on the hot water tap from another location within the house either from the toilet or outdoor kitchen. But once the other tap is off then the hot water is gone as well. I can't find a solution how to fix this issue, and since COVID is in the air. Calling for a plumber to visit is like risking to welcome a COVID to my house unless there is a thing absolutely necessary (sorry but no offence).

Probably I should have started my story with all these days WFH, I had a wild thought and was thinking to build DIY outdoor kitchen, and I finally have done it myself. I'm not a plumber by trade, but I'm good with anything hands-on.

Spent 3 months by myself, from end to end to add a kitchen on the verandah. At least now I would have thought of a happy ending since all stir fry and barbie could be done outside. But that cost the hot water system that went haywire. The good news is my indoor kitchen is not far from my verandah just a few meters away, mainly I was just connecting extension drainage and the hot water brass hose from my kitchen to the verandah since the cold water and gas have already available then two less things to worry.

Now here is the odd thing. Technically speaking, since the hot water hose was set up in series (adding extension hose) from the internal kitchen to the external kitchen. Then both should be able to trigger the hot water system to work. But only the outdoor tap was on then there was available for the hot water, when the internal hot water tap was on, no hot water is available.

Does anyone have the same experience?
A piece of advice from a licence plumber would be appreciated.

Home & Garden

Comments

  • Muzeeb on 02/09/2021 - 14:03

    Plumber Advise Is Needed

    Ok. I have advised my plumber.

    • Daabido on 02/09/2021 - 14:10
      -1

      Your plumber is a dick. My plumber Richard is the duck's nuts.

  • sraymond on 02/09/2021 - 14:12
    +3

    Obviously your extension is causing the issue.

  • FLICKIT on 02/09/2021 - 14:25
    +6

    I am not a plumber and the best thing you can do is call a plumber…

    I assume you have an instantaneous hot water heater, they usually have a flow-switch to turn them on and off as taps are turned on and off…

    It sounds like you added T-piece into the hot water pipe to T off to the outdoor kitchen, that T-piece must have added some restriction which has decreased the water flow enough to stop the flow-switch in the heater from kicking in.. (you haven't partially crushed the hot water pipe have you?)

    You need to either remove the restriction that's decreasing the water flow, or get a plumber in to adjust the flow-switch in the water heater… You didn't say if this was gas or electric, either way it's not a job for an unskilled/unqualified person, don't go poking around in there, you're likely to gas or electrocute yourself…

    • brendanm on 02/09/2021 - 14:31
      +2

      What he said. It's highly likely it's how you've teed into the existing hot water line, post up a photo.

    • thomalfa on 02/09/2021 - 21:49

      appreciate your concern…

      but I didn't touch any of the gas or HWS system. I was just adding an extension to the existing HW hose from the kitchen outlet and drainage connected to the kitchen.
      So that the outdoor kitchen can access both, the rest cold water and gas bayonet have already available at the verandah.

      the odd thing is that my indoor kitchen no longer can access HW while outdoor has no issue. Both are from the same hose outlet.

      • FLICKIT on 02/09/2021 - 21:52
        +3

        It seems you didn't understand what I said, all the more reason you should get a plumber in to fix it…

  • pegaxs on 02/09/2021 - 15:05
    +2

    "Advise" truly is the new "your"

    • mapax on 02/09/2021 - 15:18
      +1

      I thought it had been a meme around here to purposefully interchange advise and advice for a couple of years now?

    • brendanm on 02/09/2021 - 17:41
      +1

      Pull you're head in mate. Think your a big hero their or something do youse?

  • Cheryl K Bennett on 16/09/2021 - 22:17

    Probably the extension is causing the water flow. Do you have any connector like T or something connected in between that might be also a cause because the water flows through both the connections. The best way to make flow higher is by adding a valve in between or at the T connector to restrict the water flow to other areas. This can increase the flow to the pipe you need. If the problem continues there may be clog on the pipeline then it will be better to leave the work for any professional plumber.

    • thomalfa on 17/09/2021 - 09:43

      appreciate your comments.

      Issue solved.

      • lgacb08 on 17/09/2021 - 21:21

        From the description i bet you use one of the easy option, i.e. the flexible hose tee, which has smaller diameter than regular copper pipe which further reduce outlet pressure. The pressure drop wasn't big enough to trigger the instantaneous gas hws. Depending on your configuration then one of the 2 outlet will have smaller pressure difference which cause the strange issue.

    • Euphemistic on 17/09/2021 - 15:33

      Canadian plumber?

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