Kitchen hot water 1/2 inch pipe problem

Hello All. Firstly let me mention that I am a newbie to this forum. I have done a few home improvement projects starting from plumbing to drywalling and electrical stuff. Not completely a newbie there but still not a professional.

Here's the problem. I have a 1962 house and since I bought the house the HOT water in the sink has had a very low flow(maybe pressure too?)
This is a half inch pipe.

Situation.
- Hot water in the rest of the house has lots of pressure
- Hot water in the pipe in the kitchen has reduced to dribbling in the past few days.
- I have removed all connections including the faucet, flexipipe and the valve and am down to the actual pipe, just to make sure any of those things weren't clogged.

What can I do? Any thoughts anyone?

Thanks in advance.

Hi netscriber, welcome to the forum

May I ask if it could have to do with the height of your cylinder? to raise it may improve pressure.

Cylinder? You mean the heater? I think the height on it is pretty good. Also, like I mentioned the hot water pressure has no issues. It is really good in the rest of the house. Its just this pipe to the kitchen that has the issue.

When we bought the house the pressure on this pipe was a little low and over a period of 3 years now the water has just stopped flowing and is literally dribbling.

It could be that pipes leading up to other water outlets is drawing the pressure away from your kitchen. I know professional plumbers have equipment that measure this and locate the problem. also, have you checked the connecting point connecting the main pipe with the one leading to the kitchen?

Thanks Jeffie!
Hmm...very interesting. The bathroom is actually not that far away from the Kitchen. And also, the kitchen pipe just doesnt have water anymore. Its just dribbling.

So, how do I check the connecting point? I am really a newbie with plumbing.

Netscriber, I am afraid that I know only of professional plumbers having the equipment for this. we had something like this in our bathroom and the equipment i saw used by the plumber that came to check pressure was external (a kinda machine with some kind of meter on it ).
I am really sorry I do not know more about this. Perhaps you could inquire with a local plumber to see what it is he is using for such jobs?

I would think you have ferrous piping and thus over time the internal diameter has become encrusted with mineral /rust deposits