Hello,

Am having issues with one of my hot taps for a while now, the water is
a little discoloured from it, and when I fill up a glass with water
from it, it contains a load of stringy looking algae/bacteria. The
water is a bit slimy too. The rest of the hot water is free of this,
although it is generally a tiny bit off coloured. I have tried running
the tap for a while, doesnt change things. Any suggestions?

None wrote:
Hello,

Am having issues with one of my hot taps for a while now, the water is
a little discoloured from it, and when I fill up a glass with water
from it, it contains a load of stringy looking algae/bacteria. The
water is a bit slimy too. The rest of the hot water is free of this,
although it is generally a tiny bit off coloured. I have tried running
the tap for a while, doesnt change things. Any suggestions?

where does you hot water come from? (i.e. combi boiler, hot water
cylinder etc).

--
Cheers,

John.

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On 24 Mar, 03:29, John Rumm wrote:
None wrote:
Hello,

Am having issues with one of my hot taps for a while now, the water is
a little discoloured from it, and when I fill up a glass with water
from it, it contains a load of stringy looking algae/bacteria. The
water is a bit slimy too. The rest of the hot water is free of this,
although it is generally a tiny bit off coloured. I have tried running
the tap for a while, doesnt change things. Any suggestions?

where does you hot water come from? (i.e. combi boiler, hot water
cylinder etc).

--
Cheers,

John.

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hi there,

it comes from a hot water cylinder... and having run the upstairs hot
taps, it seems to also come from there too, particularly the bath. Any
ideas?

None wrote:

it comes from a hot water cylinder... and having run the upstairs hot
taps, it seems to also come from there too, particularly the bath. Any
ideas?

Get up in the loft and have a peer into the tank that supplies the cylinder,
to see if it's full of gunge.

Si

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Sheds\" Toadfoot" writes
None wrote:

it comes from a hot water cylinder... and having run the upstairs hot
taps, it seems to also come from there too, particularly the bath. Any
ideas?

Get up in the loft and have a peer into the tank that supplies the cylinder,
to see if it's full of gunge.

Or worse. I could recount my story about the decomposed drowned rat in
the header tank but not this close to tea time eh?

PS.
It may be a good idea not to come in contact with the water
until you know what is causing it. Stick with the cold tap in the
kitchen, this should be high pressure mains and not via any of your own
storage.


Ugh!!!
--
Bill

Bill wrote:

Ugh!!!

I'm so trying not to follow this thread. It has an unanwered question.
Has any of this water been bathed in / drunk?

Please, I don't want to know... I want to enjoy my dinner...

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Adrian C

None wrote:

it comes from a hot water cylinder... and having run the upstairs hot
taps, it seems to also come from there too, particularly the bath. Any
ideas?

I would go and have a look in your cold water tank and see what if
anything is floating in there for starters!

Also do you have any dead legs of old pipework that rise somewhere but
have then been capped off? This can be a nice breading ground of
stagnant water.

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Cheers,

John.

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On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:15:26 -0700 (PDT), None
wrote:

Any suggestions?

What temperature is the tank thermostat set to?

On 24 Mar, 15:54, Peter Parry wrote:
On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:15:26 -0700 (PDT), None
wrote:

Any suggestions?

What temperature is the tank thermostat set to?

We dont have a thermostat, just a bath/sink option. The bath option
heats more water than the sink one obviously. It can get very hot, I
just don't know how hot. The cylinder has only been installed two
years.

None wrote:
On 24 Mar, 15:54, Peter Parry wrote:
On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:15:26 -0700 (PDT), None
wrote:

Any suggestions?
What temperature is the tank thermostat set to?

We dont have a thermostat, just a bath/sink option. The bath option
heats more water than the sink one obviously. It can get very hot, I
just don't know how hot. The cylinder has only been installed two
years.

I take it this is heated by an electric immersion heater then? If so you
can find the temperature on the immersion stat - this is often under a
disc on the top of the heater. You normally need to remove a small screw
to take the disc off and reveal the stat. Make sure it is set to 65 deg
C or hotter to make sure you kill anything unwanted.

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Cheers,

John.

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On 24 Mar, 17:08, John Rumm wrote:
None wrote:
On 24 Mar, 15:54, Peter Parry wrote:
On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:15:26 -0700 (PDT), None
wrote:

Any suggestions?
What temperature is the tank thermostat set to?

We dont have a thermostat, just a bath/sink option. The bath option
heats more water than the sink one obviously. It can get very hot, I
just don't know how hot. The cylinder has only been installed two
years.

I take it this is heated by an electric immersion heater then? If so you
can find the temperature on the immersion stat - this is often under a
disc on the top of the heater. You normally need to remove a small screw
to take the disc off and reveal the stat. Make sure it is set to 65 deg
C or hotter to make sure you kill anything unwanted.

--
Cheers,

John.

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hiya john... yeah, i see the screw and cover (with Therm on the top,
silly me) , but its tiny, and i dont know what will fit around it to
remove it...

On 24 Mar, 17:35, None wrote:
On 24 Mar, 17:08, John Rumm wrote:



None wrote:
On 24 Mar, 15:54, Peter Parry wrote:
On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:15:26 -0700 (PDT), None
wrote:

Any suggestions?
What temperature is the tank thermostat set to?

We dont have a thermostat, just a bath/sink option. The bath option
heats more water than the sink one obviously. It can get very hot, I
just don't know how hot. The cylinder has only been installed two
years.

I take it this is heated by an electric immersion heater then? If so you
can find the temperature on the immersion stat - this is often under a
disc on the top of the heater. You normally need to remove a small screw
to take the disc off and reveal the stat. Make sure it is set to 65 deg
C or hotter to make sure you kill anything unwanted.

--
Cheers,

John.

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hiya john... yeah, i see the screw and cover (with Therm on the top,
silly me) , but its tiny, and i dont know what will fit around it to
remove it...

I have just unscrewed it, but there is no immersion stat underneath,
so I dont know whats going on..