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Old 11-05-00, 06:52 AM
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I have just relocated my water heater to make room for improvements to my forced air heating system, and have lost pressure to all of my faucets. I changed to cu flex connectors (3/4) vice the old sweated cu (1/2) for installation convenience. 3/4 fittings are needed for the piping into the old water heater anyway, so I don't think size matters? I did have a drip from the cold water pipe that was not allowing me to solder the cold water inlet, so i placed some bread into the pipe to allow me to solder ( an old trick that I saw plumbers use before). Has the bread not fully disolved, plus loosened sediment causing a drop in pressure? How can I speed this process along, or can I flush my system in some way? Any pointers would be appreciated.
 
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Old 11-05-00, 07:38 AM
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Another FAQ.
Just remove and clean out all of your faucet aerators, and flush the lines before you re-install them. You simply dislodged debris while re-plumbing. (Hope that it wasn't your dip tube in the water heater.)
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Old 11-05-00, 09:53 AM
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OldGuy is almost certainly correct. I suspect the debris is the bread itself. I hope you didn't use a healthy 12-grain bread! You should only use cheap white bread.
 
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Old 11-08-00, 03:39 PM
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Thanks oldguy! Cleaning the aerators did the trick. I didn't think a few specks of rust would have caused all that trouble. p.s. I did use cheap white bread, my dog ate the whole grain rye! Thanks again!
 
 

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