Been in our house almost a year now and it is 100 yrs. old Water pressure was ok when we moved in but lately its worse. I have a python cleaner for mys fish tank and now there is not enough pressure in the house to allow it to suck water up anymore. What is going on? We had a water softner tank installed professionaly and noticed its been sucky pressure since then. Help!!!
2006-09-21 14:08:48 · 15 answers · asked by Boxer Lover 6 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
I'll bet your water pipes are all or partly galvanized steal pipe. When ever someone goes messing around with that stuff, rust and scale inside the pipe gets knocked loose and usually lodges somewhere in the piping system. If you're lucky, it may be stuck in the pre-filter of you water softener. Most likely the debris is lodged in many of your faucets or piping leading to them. In this case, you may have to seek professional help getting your faucets or whole water system back-flushed, or worst case, replaced.
Sorry...
2006-09-21 14:22:05 · answer #1 · answered by Yeah, it's good 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is this a Well? Always check the most obvious first. First ask; "What happened recently when this started"? You mention this answer. Water Softener was installed and then it started. Then you mention "Professionally Installed". Pros make mistakes too. You can have this person come back and check, or, if you have your Installation Instructions I would read over them and look how the Softener is installed, you may see what wrong. Also you may need to change a Filter or something. IF, you have a Bypass switch on the Softener, bypass it and see what happen. If, you still not have pressure it may be your water lines getting clogged, if they are the old Galvanized they real bad about clogging. I removed one in my mother's house and it was 1/2 inch it was full of goop/rust stuff with this little hole in the center where the water could flow. Also, you may want to have the city check the meter it may have a problem. IF, it a well you may need to have this checked also, there is a Pressure Adjustment on some Water Wells and this may need adjusted after the Softener was installed.
2006-09-21 21:27:20 · answer #2 · answered by Snaglefritz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First off you said the house is 100 years old. Do you still have galvanized piping in the house. If so this could be part of the problem. Galvanized pipes collect sediment in the lines and and start clogging therefore reducing the amount of water that is being transferred through the pipes. Replacing galvanized piping with copper helps increase the water pressure because copper will not collect sediment like galvanized pipes will. Also you can purchase a unit that is installed on your main water line to help increase your water pressure in the house. Offhand I don't know what you call this unit but contact a plumber or your local water department to find out about it.
Another problem could be that you may have a leak outside the house that you don't know a about. Take a look around and see if you can find any soft or mushy ground near your house. If not it may be the connection to the main line outside the house is leaking and the water deptment would have to fix it.
2006-09-21 21:21:40 · answer #3 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you on a city water system or a well? If a city/village water system, you should call the water department to look into the situation. Otherwise, with a well, if no leaks are evident, the water presure storage container in your home has probably broken or sprong a leak inside the tank.
Your best option may be to call a handyman or plumber to ensure that the root cause is found and the issue corrected.
The interesting thing about homes over 100 is that there is always something to fix or repair - but my wife and I love our old farmhouse that we have restored (cira 1890).
Good Luck
2006-09-21 21:24:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The cleaner may be installed wrong. It sounds like you have a scale (mineral buildup) on either the inlet or outlet. If the house uses well water the diaphragm tank may need replaced o the well pump. Have a pro come out and check.
2006-09-21 21:11:24 · answer #5 · answered by Brandon L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you have answered your own question. Water softeners can cause this for several different reasons. If the softener was not new , it may have old resin that has broken down into fines which will cause a huge pressure drop. Otherwise it was probably installed improperly.
2006-09-21 21:24:26 · answer #6 · answered by rsbdkaise 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1) softener is a piece of junk-call them back, raise hell
2) bladder in holding tank is low on air-add air to bladder watch for leaks and have the tank replaced
3) see if those guys installed some kind of filter with their softener. that may be clogged
2006-09-21 22:30:51 · answer #7 · answered by Jack 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably limescale in the pipes. Try putting a descaler in your header tank, check the pipes for any blue colour, if blue is found the pipes need replacing.
2006-09-21 21:12:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Either:
1. The softener is installed wrong
2. You have a leaky or broken incoming water line
Not sure what else it could be
2006-09-21 21:11:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
had the same problem am plumber call your town have then check the pressure coming in should be 45 to 60 psi water colunm coming in if not have them change the line
2006-09-22 11:54:19 · answer #10 · answered by high1315 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋