Plumbing

Annoying problem - no pressure in hot water tap (bathroom basin)

Anonymous user 01/03/2024 - 2.36 PM

All other taps are fine - hot and cold in kitchen, fine - hot and cold on bath, fine, cold water on bathroom basin, fine. But the hot water tap runs at a trickle to the point that it eventually runs out and and stops completely, no water at all. We had a combi boiler fitted 3 months ago and a couple of radiators replaced. Initially the water pressure to the hot water tap in the kitchen was not so good, it was acceptable but could've been better. When the plumbers came back a couple of weeks later to flush the system, they improved the pressure to the hot water tap in the kitchen, but now the pressure to the hot water tap on the bathroom basin wasn't so good. It's got very much worse over the last month or so to the point that now, the water runs at a trickle and stops completely with no water coming out at all, the tap is practically unusable. What's causing this and what can I do about it? EDIT: Yeah I'd done a bit of research that suggested it could be an air block, but that was always if you had a water tank, which we don't. Interesting about saying there may be a blockage, saying water is slowly getting past the blockage then building up a little pressure, it kind of makes sense. Is there anything I can do to take the tap off and clean it without cuasing a huge flood - is it just a case of turning the water off at the mains, and how do I actually clean the tap?