There is hot water what to do. No tap water coming out

Using ordinary tap water, the consumer may be in for a surprise: instead of cold water, he gets hot.

Why is this happening

The most common reason for having hot water instead of cold water is the effect squeezing hot cold water due to the fact that the pressure of hot water (6 atm.) in the water supply system of the house is greater than the pressure of cold water (4 atm.), and non-return valve is missing. Therefore, it is advisable to take care of it yourself, because this may contribute to the fact that one day sucking will scald his hands. The valve must be on each floor.

check valve- a device that prevents the flow of water in the opposite direction through the pipeline. That is, water cannot, on its own or under pressure, go into the pipeline from which it came. Instead of installing 2 valves, you can install new types of water meters on hot and cold water pipes that are equipped with these devices.

Where to complain and to whom

If the installation of water pipes in your apartment is done correctly with the installation of check valves, then the appearance of hot water from a hungry tap is unlikely, and if this is observed, then the problem one of the neighbors on the porch.

The owner of the apartment must necessarily establish in which apartment the problem is located, since it is the owner of the property who is responsible for squeezing in the absence of a check valve because the area of ​​​​responsibility of the HOA or the Criminal Code ends after the stopcock (riser and stopcock).

The maximum that you can do is to complain to the control room of your management company or HOA.

What devices are to blame for squeezing

Any plumbing fixture can cause squeezing if a non-return valve is not used, because almost every home uses a dishwasher, boiler, washing machine.

• Most often, consumers use a one-hand mixer. Refers to the cartridge type. The main working part has 3 openings for supplying cold, hot water and draining mixed water. Mixing of water is carried out by overlapping the holes for cold and hot water by the required amount with the mutual movement of two ceramic plates, adjustable by a handle. The tightness of the system is ensured by careful fitting and tight connection of these plates. As the mixer wears, the plates can lift up against each other, creating a gap, in which case a squeezing effect can occur.
• The same situation is possible when using a standard mixer, which has 2 taps and a shower if the faucet-shower switch is set to an intermediate neutral position when the taps are open. In this case, if a non-return valve is not used, then water will circulate in the system due to the pressure difference in the hot and cold water supply pipes leading to the mixer. Hot water will mix with cold water. This phenomenon is accompanied by the noise of flowing water, which is an additional overflow diagnostic.
• Another device that can cause the phenomenon of squeezing is a bidet (hygienic shower) with a mixer and an additional button on the shower head that closes the water without shutting off both taps. If, after hygiene procedures, the faucet valves are not closed, but only the button is released, then the water in the bidet will not be supplied, but there will be a mixture of hot water in the cold water system, which can flow out when the cold water valve is open, including in the neighbor's apartment. By constantly closing the bidet faucet valve, you can avoid the situation when the cold water faucet is either cold or hot water.
• The boiler may be the source of the problem. In the absence of a check valve, hot water from the boiler will flow into the cold water riser, due to a decrease in pressure when one of the neighbors uses cold water, or if they forget to close the taps at the inlet or outlet of the boiler when the tap on the hot water riser is open . If the boiler is constantly connected to the network, then in the event of an overflow, there will be hot water from the boiler in the cold water supply pipes, and, as a result, electricity costs may increase significantly.

What needs to be done

Check the cold water meter. It must not reverse. If, nevertheless, it is spinning, then it is necessary to close the tap on the riser, if the movement has stopped, then you definitely have a problem and you need to find a mixer or device that squeezes hot water.

1. If there are no water meters, turn off the tap on the hot water riser, open cold water in the mixer and wait until the hot water stops flowing. Then close the mixer, open the hot water tap on the riser and determine by hand whether the cold water outlet is heating up. If the problem is in your apartment, then the outlet will heat up, and if the neighbors have it, then it will remain cold.
2. To determine in which neighboring apartments the cause of the leak, turn off the hot water on the riser. Then, on the mixer, open the cold water tap, when hot water stops flowing, go to the riser and determine with your hand whether the riser is heated in the upper or lower part of the tap, which will show you the source of the malfunction on the upper or lower floors.

If the problem is in your apartment, and you do not leave the faucet valves in the intermediate position for a long time and constantly close the bidet valves, and hot water continues to flow from the cold tap, then the faucet malfunction is the cause. Most often this is an old, corroded gasket whose service life (7 years) has expired or a bad faucet gland. The mixer itself may be faulty. Replacing faulty parts yourself or with the help of a plumber will fix the problem.

And hot water is called not the one that seems hot, but the one whose temperature is strictly equal to 60-75 degrees. This is explained by the fact that in warm water (less than 60 degrees) infectious pathogens that are dangerous to humans can multiply, but they cannot live in cold water (less than 20 degrees). What to do if not hot, but warm water flows from your tap?

Where to sound the alarm?

First of all, you need to contact the management company. By phone, a statement is made about the problem and a specialist call for measurement is recorded. Taking measurements on your own is a useless exercise, these data will not be taken into account.

Who measures the water and how?

With the management company, you negotiate the time when specialists will come to measure the temperature of your non-hot hot water. The document "Rules for the provision of public services" states that the measurement is made at the point of drawdown. What is "plumbing" is not specified, but some plumbers are looking for this point somewhere in the basement, where the house pipeline connects to the city supply system. In fact, the mysterious draw-off point is your faucet in the apartment, which follows from the context of other articles where this term is also used.

The plumber draws up an inspection report, leaving one copy for you. While the "warm water case" is being investigated, you do not pay for unsuitable water at the hot rate. To do this, you take the act of measurement, your property documents (just in case, check the necessary documents by calling your management company) and go to the management company for recalculation. In accordance with the "Rules for the provision of public services" and the articles of the Housing Code, you are required to provide services of adequate quality, and converting hot water to cold is your legal right.

Who is guilty?

It may well be that you yourself are to blame, so check the faucets. In low-quality plumbing, partitions are sometimes torn off, and instead of hot water, you get warm water. The next group of "suspects" are neighbors in the riser. Making repairs, people often break the law and rules. For example, they install a warm water floor, prohibited by the Law of the City of Moscow dated 04/07/2004 N 22, or incorrectly connect a water heater or heated towel rail. And developers who incorrectly removed pipes fall under suspicion. Even the pipes themselves can be “guilty”: cracks, growths inside, depressurization. In this case, the Criminal Code itself will correct everything, and will sue whom it should.

How much does it cost to return hot water?

Not at all. You do not have to pay extra for repairs and pipe cleaning. These works relate to the current repairs, which you already pay monthly, and the management company must maintain the condition of pipes and other communications in a satisfactory condition. The one who provides public services is responsible for their quality.

Is everything so clear?

In many old houses you will not be able to achieve improvement in the situation. It will not be possible to recalculate “false hot” water into cold water if the temperature drop is irregular, and the Criminal Code is not able to fix it (for example, if the fault lies entirely with the developer). In this case, you can get compensation when paying, but do not count on a full recalculation - the company will return you only a certain percentage. Be that as it may, do not take such hardening for granted.

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Where to complain if cold water flows instead of hot

If the services provided do not meet the requirements of the Government, you must contact the company that is responsible for home maintenance. These organizations include HOA or UK, because it is they who are responsible for the quality of water supply, and not the water utility.

Qualified specialists will take water samples with the drawing up of an act on water supply of inadequate quality, as well as water temperature. You provide the act to the service organization so that it, in turn, recalculates the payment.

Note! The complaint is made both individually and collectively. In the case of a collective complaint, the signatures of at least half of the residents of the house or entrance are required. Often a situation arises that the management company and the homeowners association do not want to accept a complaint, then tenants can send a registered letter with acknowledgment of receipt.

Upon receipt of the complaint, a commission should be set up to resolve the problem. Specialists find out the reason why the temperature regime of the water supply was reduced, and in case of fault of the organization that supplies the resource, the recalculation amount should be in the receipts of the residents. After that, the organization serving the apartment building files a claim against the organization that provides the tenants with a resource.

How to write a complaint

Note that all complaints begin the same way.

Let's look at what should be mandatory in this document:

• in the upper right corner, the organization to which we are sending the complaint is indicated;
• the surname and initials of the head of the organization to which the complaint is filed are indicated below;
• below are the applicants, that is, the persons who make the complaint. Full name and data for contacting them;
• the name of the type of document "Complaint" is indicated below in the center;
• Below you must write the reason why you are filing a complaint.
• the main part describes all claims. Moreover, all the circumstances of the case are described in great detail. As well as the purpose of the appeal;
• the list of all documentary evidence, all the circumstances of the case is included in the annexes. Moreover, they are attached to the complaint;
• date of writing the complaint and the signature of all applicants.

In accordance with paragraphs 18 and 21 of Government Decree No. 731, the complaint is considered within ten days from the date of registration of the received complaint.

ATTENTION! Look at the completed sample claim to the management company about non-compliance of hot water with the standards:

What to do if the Criminal Code does not respond to complaints from residents

When the homeowners association or the management company does not respond to the complaint, then it is necessary to write a statement of claim to the court. Moreover, together with filing a lawsuit, the client ceases to pay for water supply, because the consumer is not obliged to pay for a service that does not meet the quality.

Please note that the provision of a communal apartment is protected by Law No. 2300-1 "On the Protection of Consumer Rights".

Most often, in such cases, the judge satisfies the claims of the plaintiffs, respectively, the management company makes a recalculation. If a decision is made that does not satisfy the tenant's requirements, the plaintiff may file a complaint in the cassation procedure for consideration of the case in another instance.

Residents must protect their rights and defend their interests in the event of poor quality services. As they say, "he who pays, he orders the music."

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Drawing up an application for recalculation

An act or other documents that confirm that you have not been at your place of residence for some time cannot be the basis for recalculating payment for water supply. They can only be used as an attachment to the application.

Important! There is no special form for such an application, therefore it is drawn up in a free form with the obligatory elements:

• recipient data: name of the organization and official in whose name the application is written;
• information about the applicant: full name, personal account number, residential address and telephone number;
• essence of the statement. In this case, this is a request to recalculate the name of the utility service (water supply) and the period of time for which the recalculation is made. Do not forget that references to the legislation of the Russian Federation will not be superfluous (this will show your legal literacy);
• date and signature of the applicant;
• list of attached evidence.

An application for the recalculation of payment for water supply is written in two copies. Specialists of the organization serving the apartment building, when accepting the application, must put the position, date and signature. If it is impossible to transfer the application personally, you can send it using the Russian Post by registered mail with acknowledgment of receipt.

ATTENTION! Look at the completed sample for the recalculation of payments for hot water:

Attention!

Appeal to the judiciary

The court in which an application is submitted for the recalculation of payment for water supply to the management company will depend on the value of the claim. If the value of the claim does not exceed fifty thousand rubles, then the claim is filed with the justice of the peace, and when the amount of the claim exceeds this mark, then the case will be under the jurisdiction of the district court.

There is no clear form for filing a claim with the court, but there are requirements that it must comply with in accordance with Article 131 of the Civil Procedure Code of the Russian Federation.

Let's look at what, in accordance with the legislative act, should be in the claim:

• name of the court, plaintiff and defendant (contact details and residential address). In this case, the applicant is an individual, and the defendant is a legal entity;
• the rights of tenants that were violated, with a description of the circumstances of this violation;
• substantiation of claims of the consumer;
• description of the plaintiff's attempts to resolve the conflict out of court;
• appendix: a list of documentary evidence of everything listed in the statement of claim.

Applications can be in this case:

• a copy of the application or complaint that the water supply is supplied to the apartment, the quality of which does not meet the requirements (low water temperature);
• an act drawn up on measuring the temperature regime of hot water supply;
• a copy of the application or claim letter, as well as the answer to it;
• other documentary evidence that the plaintiff considers necessary. For example, it may be a power of attorney for a person who will represent the interests of the plaintiff.

The claim is accepted for proceedings within five days after its filing with the court. If the claim is not accepted for proceedings, it means that it is returned to the plaintiff with a ruling on refusal to accept the statement of claim for proceedings.

Violations that are indicated in the ruling on refusal to accept the statement of claim must be eliminated, and after that the claim is filed again with the court. The execution of a court decision can be executed voluntarily or with the help of bailiffs, that is, forcibly.

In accordance with consumer protection law, claims aimed at protecting consumer rights are not subject to state duty. It must be paid only if the value of the claim is one million rubles or more.

The time limit for civil cases is sixty days, although it may be extended if additional expertise or research is required.

ATTENTION! View the completed sample claim for the recalculation of utility bills:

Watch the video. What to do if cold water comes out of the tap instead of hot:

What the law says

The legislation of the Russian Federation establishes certain requirements for the temperature regime of hot water supply, which is supplied to residents of an apartment building.

Remember! The quality requirements for the temperature regime of hot water are established by two official documents:

• rules for the provision of public services to owners and users of premises in apartment buildings and residential buildings. They are approved by the Government of the Russian Federation of May 6, 2011, Resolution No. 354;
• SanPiN 2.1.4.2496-09 "Hygienic requirements for ensuring the safety of hot water supply systems", approved on 04/07/2009.

Looking at these documents, we can conclude:

• the temperature regime of hot water supply in the places of water intake should not be lower than 60 degrees Celsius and not higher than 75 degrees Celsius, regardless of which heat supply system is used in an apartment building;
• to determine the temperature of hot water supply, water must be drained for 3 minutes and no more.

Permissible deviations in the temperature of hot water supply:

• from 0.00 to 5.00 hours, that is, at night - no more than 5 degrees Celsius;
• from 5.00 to 0.00 hours, that is, in the daytime - no more than 3 degrees Celsius.

The legislation establishes the following: if the requirements for hot water do not meet, then payment is not made in the amount that the resource supply organization requires:

• during the period when the temperature of hot water is below 40 degrees Celsius, payment is made as for cold water supply;
• during the period when the temperature of hot water supply is below 60 degrees Celsius, but above 40 degrees Celsius, the payment should be reduced.

The decrease occurs as follows: deviation from the normal temperature regime for every 3 degrees reduces the amount of payment for hot water supply by 0.1% per hour in which the decrease was recorded.

Why hot water is cold

We have determined the legislative framework, and now we need to find out for what reason a violation of the requirements for the temperature regime of hot water supply may occur.

The first reason for the occurrence of a violation of the temperature regime is a problem in the house itself. For example, there is no circulation of hot water supply, because of this, the inhabitants of the upper floors, before getting the desired temperature of hot water, must drain the water that was in the pipes.

Another reason is improper regulation of the hot water supply system. In other words, the organization serving the house does not heat the water enough.

The circulation of hot water may be disrupted due to a blockage or blockage in the pipe, which may be formed due to the cutting of any additional elements into the pipe.

Or in case of improper installation of equipment (electric boiler, bidet, faucets, etc.) in any apartment according to your riser.

In all of the above cases, you can solve the problem with hot water supply by simply "pressing" on the employees of the management company.

A more complicated situation is when the hot water supply does not meet the requirements due to external reasons that are not related to a particular house. For example, a house ends a hot water supply line, that is, initially the previous houses receive water, and then only yours.

And if the line is not circular, then in your dead end the hot water cools down by morning. And it may happen that it does not warm up to the required temperature at all.

In this case, the management company will not be able to solve the problem with the temperature regime of hot water supply, no matter how much they would like to. Firstly, in order to conduct a hot water line in a new way, it will be necessary to lay out a decent amount. Secondly, they must be carried out on the territory where the management company cannot dispose of.

The same can be said if the hot water supply to the house cannot be supplied due to an accident outside the house. The home maintenance organization cannot repair the accident due to its area of ​​operation.

This accident will be eliminated by the heat supply organization and the municipality. This situation is more complicated, because it will not work to put pressure on them like on a management company.

What could be the consequences

Hot water is added to the pipeline to cold water, and this helps to increase its temperature. This makes the water dangerous, because favorable conditions are created for the development of microorganisms.

If non-design plumbing fixtures are installed in the premises and pose a danger to other residents, the owners of residential premises are to blame. After all, neighbors can get burns from boiling water.

Most plumbing is installed on a cold riser and is not designed to receive high temperature liquids. And if it hits, they can come into disrepair. For example, a cold water meter, a drain mechanism, filters and toilet bowls.

From the author: Hi friends! If you turned on cold water with a habitual movement, but boiling water suddenly poured out of the tap, it means that the matter is unclean. And in every sense, because you definitely won’t be able to wash in this state of affairs. The problem needs to be addressed, and quickly.

To save you from a lot of Internet queries in the spirit of “hot water flows from a cold tap for a reason”, we decided to bring all the information available into one article. Today we will look at why such situations can occur, and what needs to be done in order to eliminate them and prevent them in the future.

Causes of the problem

There are several possible reasons why hot or warm water started to come out of a cold water tap:

• incorrect wiring installation;
• mixer malfunctions;
• lack of a check valve installed in the water supply system;
• improper use of any plumbing equipment.

Let's deal with each item in order.

Incorrect wiring

This factor depends solely on the work of specialists who service your home. If, during the process of connecting the pipes, the wiring was connected incorrectly, then the water, accordingly, will go through the wrong pipe.

In such situations, the cause of the problem is obvious, since problems begin immediately after any global plumbing work is done in the house. These, for example, include the replacement of common house risers.

If immediately after such work, when you turn on the water supply, you find that the cold water has ceased to be cold, this is a reason to immediately apply to the management company. After that, specialists of the appropriate profile should correct the situation.

Faucet malfunctions

If the problem arose immediately after installing a new faucet, then usually the problem is that the fixing washer is not tightened correctly. In this case, the product must be removed and reinstalled.

But it also happens that the equipment has been serving for quite a long time, and only after that there were problems. In this case, the problem should be sought in the interior of the mixer.

At the heart of its design, two variants of the crane box are used. The first is metal parts and a rubber gasket. This is the last one that can cause problems. The material from which it is made is rather unreliable. It can become deformed, damaged or simply rot over time.

The second version of the crane box is two plates made of ceramics. They have holes just needed to adjust the mixing of cold and hot water. This device is more reliable than a rubber gasket, but it can also gradually wear out, losing its tightness. Then the involuntary mixing of hot water into cold begins to occur.

In both cases, there is only one way to solve the problem - replacement. Fortunately, not the entire mixer needs to be replaced, but only the damaged part of the structure. In the first case, this is a rubber gasket, in the second, the entire cartridge. In both situations, the replacement is quite easy, even a beginner can handle it. And the repair cost is very low.

The absence of a check valve in the system

Recently, this problem occurs less and less. This is due to the fact that almost all apartments now have water meters installed. They are registered by the management company only if there is a check valve, since its absence can make it possible to “twist” - that is, forcibly reduce - the meter readings.

But even if in one of the apartments located along one riser there is no check valve, then there may be problems with mixing water into the “wrong” pipe. The secret lies in the pressure difference. In a pipe with cold water, it is always lower than in another. The check valve installed on it prevents the outflow of water in the opposite direction, but its absence leads to the opposite consequences.

Thus, cold water is displaced by hot water and, accordingly, almost boiling water begins to flow from both pipes. The situation worsens in cases where the apartment, in which there is no non-return valve, is located on one of the upper floors.

If this equipment is not available in your apartment, then there is only one way out - to install it. The check valve can be supplied both separately and together with a meter to account for water supply. If everything is fine with you, then the problem is in one of the neighboring apartments.

You can find out the source of the phenomenon as follows.

1. Pay attention to how the meter installed in your apartment works to account for cold water supply. If it spins in the opposite direction, then turn off the water with the stopcock and look again. In the event that the reverse movement stops, you can be sure that the problem lies precisely in your apartment, and in particular in one of the plumbing fixtures, which we will discuss below.
2. If there is no meter, then turn off the hot water using the shut-off valve, and start cold water in the mixer. Then close the last one. Open the stopcock and feel the cold water pipe. If you feel that it is heating up, then you again have a problem. If not, then it's in the neighboring apartments.
3. Now turn off the hot water shut-off valve again and open the cold one in the mixer. Wait a few minutes. When hot water finishes flowing from the cold faucet, touch the riser. If the problem is in one of the apartments located above you, then the upper part of it will be heated. And vice versa. Let's say right away that you should not instantly run to your neighbors with a scandal. Most often, they themselves are not aware that they are the source of such an unpleasant phenomenon, so you need to try to resolve the issue peacefully.

Now that we have dealt with check valves, let's look at what plumbing equipment can cause water to “squeeze” in pipes.

Incorrect use of equipment

Two types of equipment are most often the source of the problem: a hygienic shower and a water heater. The first is a shower head with a mixer, which are installed next to the toilet. This wonderful hygiene device is misused by many.

As a rule, the design of the shower includes locking elements, as well as a special button that is responsible for starting water from the watering can. To perform hygiene procedures, you must first open the tap, and then press the button.

So, after using the shower, many people only return the button to its original position, and the locking mechanism itself is not blocked. Water from the watering can stops running, but it is present in the mixer itself. If one of the neighbors turns on the cold water, the pressure in the corresponding pipe will drop, which will lead to hot water entering there.

There is only one way to deal with this phenomenon: always close the shut-off equipment after using a hygienic shower. Only in this way will you protect yourself and your neighbors from displacing cold water with hot water.

As for the boiler, here we again return to the issue of the check valve. If the latter is not present, then the already heated water from the device can go into a riser designed for cold water.

The consequences of this situation are not only mixing hot water into cold water, but also economic losses. In this mode, the boiler will work to heat a huge amount of water, that is, almost continuously. Imagine what the bills for the electricity it runs on will be.

Therefore, it is extremely important to observe two rules. The first is the installation of the notorious check valve. It must be mounted below the tank and locking mechanism.

The second rule relates to the operation process. In order to avoid displacement, which we have already written about more than once, before turning on the boiler, it is necessary to close the hot water supply pipe, as well as open the input and output valves related to the equipment.

When switching off, on the contrary, close the corresponding valve and open the shut-off valve on the pipe. Otherwise, overshoot will occur.

Summing up, we can say that the problem can be solved either by communicating with neighbors, or by contacting the management company, or by a slight re-equipment of the water supply system located in your apartment - this means installing a check valve if it is not there.

Possible consequences

It is not worth postponing the decision of the issue, as this can lead to unpleasant consequences. And we are talking not only about the inconvenience of using plumbing, when hot water is poured instead of cold. There are also more serious problems:

• the temperature of the water in a particular pipe is due to specially derived standards. They are based on the calculations of specialists so as to prevent the development of various pathogens in the water supply system. Many bacteria, for example, cannot live and multiply in cold and hot water, but they feel great in warm water. Thus, when mixed, ideal conditions are created for them. A multiplied colony of bacteria - for example, legionella - can cause unpleasant diseases. Moreover, it is not necessary to drink such water, it is enough to take a shower. Diseases can be quite serious, up to pneumonia, so the situation is definitely worthy of your attention;
• The second possible consequence is material damage. Some plumbing products are simply not designed for excessively high temperatures. If the water passing through them is too hot, this can lead to deformation of individual structural elements and, subsequently, to failure of the equipment itself. These, for example, include a meter for accounting for water supply, a toilet tank, and the like;
• the third factor is the responsibility for the life and health of other people. If, due to a malfunction in your apartment, one of the neighbors gets burned with hot water, then the blame for this will be solely on you. For some reason, some believe that the management company should be held responsible for such cases. But in fact, she is only responsible for the section of water supply that reaches the stopcocks located in your apartment. Everything after them is your business and your responsibility. Therefore, do not ignore the complaints of neighbors, even if at first glance everything is in order with your water supply. It is better to once again carefully check the operation of the system in order to avoid trouble.

Now you know that the flow of hot water from a cold faucet is not due to higher powers or insidious plumbers. Most often, the problem lies in the apartments themselves. Therefore, in the event of its occurrence, it is quite reasonable to announce a meeting of the owners of those dwellings that are located along the corresponding riser, and discuss the issue with them.

If you still can’t identify the source of the problem on your own, then it makes sense to call specialists from the organization serving the house. In any case, we are sure that after our article you will be able to successfully solve this issue. Good luck to you, and see you soon!

Weak pressure in the faucet can piss off even the most balanced homeowner. After all, the duration of filling the kettle or coffee maker, and the performance of the washing machine or dishwasher depend on the pressure.

In addition, with poor pressure, it is almost impossible to use either the toilet or the shower or bath. In a word, if there is no pressure in the tap, then the house will not have the comfort of living.

We understand the causes of low water pressure in the tap

What weakens the pressure of water in the faucet?

Why a weak water pressure in a tap can ruin even the happiest life, even in the most perfect house or apartment, we have already discussed with you. However, moaning will not help grief. Moreover, this problem is not as terrible as it seems. One has only to understand what has weakened the pressure, and you will get an almost ready-made recipe for eliminating this trouble.

At the same time, the list of TOP 3 reasons for the drop in pressure of hot or cold water is as follows:

• Clogged faucet . In this case, the intensity of the water jet is weakened by a cork made of rust and scale, which clogged the aerator, filter insert (mesh) or bushing. Moreover, only one tap in the house suffers from this problem. That is, if your tap water is not flowing well, for example, in the kitchen, but there are no problems in the bathroom, then you will have to disassemble and clean the problematic point of consumption.
• . In this case, the same particles of silt, rust or scale are to blame. Only now they block not the faucet aerator or the faucet mesh, but the filter built into the water supply. In the worst case, such deposits can block the flow diameter of the connecting fitting or the pipe fitting itself.
• . In this case, the cause of the weakening may be either a failure at the level of the pumping station, or a depressurization of the pipeline. Failure at the station can only be corrected by repair crews of utilities. The indicator of this breakdown is the lack of water in the entire microdistrict. Loss of tightness is diagnosed visually - by a stream of water spouting from the body of plumbing fittings. Any locksmith from a service company can fix this breakdown.
• In addition, speaking about the reasons for the weakening of pressure, it is necessary to mention possible miscalculations in the arrangement of a specific water supply line . Incorrect diameter (larger than the previous branch), excessive length (not matching the characteristics of the pressure equipment) - these are the main reasons for the pressure drop in the new water supply network.

If you don’t want to deal with them, order a water supply project from professionals.

Well, now that you already know the reasons for the drop in pressure in the tap, it's time to figure out how to eliminate this defect in the water supply.

What to do if cold and hot water from the tap does not flow well?

It all depends on the cause of the pressure drop.

For example, if your faucet is clogged, you will need to do the following:

Removing the faucet aerator for cleaning

• Take an adjustable wrench and twist it off the "spout" of the crane - Foaming jet of water nozzle. This part has very small nozzles. Therefore, aerators are clogged with a frequency of once every six months. And if we are talking about a mixer tap with hot / cold water, then the frequency of cleaning the nozzles is reduced to 2-3 months. The dismantled aerator is washed under running water.
• If the aerator is clean and the water is weak, you will have to dive even deeper into the faucet design. . Indeed, in this case, you need to get close to the locking unit - the box. To do this, dismantle the valve (faucet handle) and unscrew the lock washer holding the locking element in the body seat. Next, you remove the shut-off assembly from the housing and clean off silt or scale deposits from its surface. In the final, you will have to assemble the crane, acting in reverse.

Before dismantling the shut-off valve assembly, be sure to turn off the water supply by closing the water valve closest to the point of consumption. Otherwise, you will flood the entire apartment.

• If the source of the problem is not the faucet, but the “sprayer” in the shower or bathroom, you will have to proceed a little differently. First shut off the supply to the atomizer. Then remove it from the rack or metal hose using an adjustable wrench. Immerse the removed part of the atomizer in a saucepan of vinegar. Heat up this medium on a hot plate. Wash off the scale with water. Put the nozzle back in place.

If the smell of vinegar irritates you, try a 10% citric acid solution. To prepare it, it is enough to dissolve 100 grams of dry acid powder - it is sold in any confectionery department - in a liter of water.

If you do not have the desire to mess with the crane - call a locksmith from the management company. He will solve this problem right before your eyes.

What to do if the water pressure in the tap is poor, we hope you already understand.

Now let's move on to pipes:

• First of all, turn off the water by turning the central valve near the meter.
• Next, dismantle the plug of the coarse filter. Remove the wire cassette and wash it in a container. Then return the filter element to its place, renew the seal and screw the plug.
• After the revision of the coarse filter, proceed to check the fine filter system. First, disconnect it from the water supply and check the pressure in the free pipe by slightly opening the central valve. If everything is in order, change the liner, simultaneously washing the filter glass from particles of accumulated dirt. In the final, everything, of course, is mounted in its original place.
• If the filters are clean, and the water still does not come out of the tap with the proper force, then the cause of the drop in pressure is a blockage in the pipes themselves. Localization of this problem and its elimination is an extremely time-consuming task. Therefore, after unsuccessfully cleaning the filters, you will have to call the management company and report a problem with the patency of the pipes in the water supply.

If you did not change the wiring of the water supply system in the apartment, the management company will pay for cleaning the pipes. After all, it is she who should monitor the performance of "native" engineering communications.