house water pressure
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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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Join Date: Dec 1999
Location: Northeastern NC On The Albemarle Sound
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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.)
Good Luck!
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.)
Good Luck!