Is it possible that the pipes rising from the floor feed both the sink and the family bathroom. you could check this by seeing if the hot feed from the floor gets warm when the family bathroon tap is turned on.
Have fitted a new syphon and now there is a leak from the wing nuts holing the pan to the cistern - the nuts are tight. Have I fitted the doughnut washer correctly? should it be like an upturned umbrella (as I have fitted it) or like a parachute with the rounded half at the top. Alterativeley is the...