You may open a tap and ponder why it is spluttering out barely any water. Well, it is because there’s an airlock in the tap. Put simply, as air is lighter than water, it can often become trapped in all the twists and turns of your home’s water pipework. All you have to do is blast out the air to regain your freely flowing water, and it should only only take a few minutes. Swiss Cottage Plumbers accept all types of plumbing work. To do this you can take a hosepipe and attach it to the tap that has the airlock and the other end to a working tap. In most cases this will be the cold tap on the kitchen sink. Open both taps and let the pressure of the mains water force the air back out of the pipes. Leave it for some time, then turn off the air locked tap. It could take a few goes like this to release the lock and allow water to run freely. When done, undo the hose from the higher of the two taps, before releasing the lower one and allowing the water in the hose to drain away into the sink. When more than just one tap seems to have an airlock, then clear it from the lowest one. It may also be possible to blow out the airlock if the above method fails to work. Place a hose into the outlet pipe of the loft tank. Open the tap at the other end and then blow through the pipe to try and dislodge the lock. As a final resort method, drain the system down. A Swiss Cottage Plumber has the correct tools. Turn off the water feed and open all the taps to drain the water. Close all taps until they are about a three quarters closed. Turn the water supply back on. Adjust them all until a light, even flow of water is achieved. Now go round opening them one by one to the half-open position, starting with the lowest and working upwards. Repeat at the three quarters open position. Once all air has been discharged, turn all taps off.