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RedNunez (CA)
Hello all, my family just moved in to a new (for us) house and have run into an annoyance and a problem in the plumbing area. Hopefully they are really remedied.
First of all, this is an older manufactured home, 70's era I'm guessing. The faucet that had the low pressure is on the other side is the seam from the water heater,and I believe the main water shutoff is near there. The two bathrooms are on the water heater side and have no issue. The kitchen faucet is the only one on the opposite side so I can't test to see if the low pressure is isolated. It's low enough that washing dishes is a drag and the water takes forever to get hot.
Speaking of hot water, this bring me to the evil shower; when taking a shower if any other faucet or toilet in the house is touched all cold water leaves the stream going through the shower head, but not the pressure. It essentially turns in to a weapon of burning doom and you can only hide in a corner and wait until it decides to mix properly again. There is a small child in the house, so the situation is not a good one one a few angles.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated; my husband and I are on our own working on stuff. Fortunately we have some experience in small and moderate jobs around a house, but our powers of diagnosis have hit an end on these issues. Well, other than the pressure issue being due to something in the way the house was put together and lies under there, and we'll need some kind of emergency contingency plan when someone is in the shower so we don't track up trips to the burn unit (joking, but you see my point I hope ).
thank you for your time
rn
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KCRoto (MO)
The kitchen faucet may simply be a clogged aerator. First step is to remove the aerator and see if anything changes; any further testing can be addressed after you try that. For the shower, the water lines may be undersized and the cold goes to the toilet before it branches off for the toilet. There are two steps I would take in your situation: 1. Replace the shower valve with a thermostatic or pressure balanced shower valve 2. Repipe the water lines to an appropriate size. I am guessing that they used 1/2" for everything.
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RedNunez (CA)
Wow. .. an easy solution is not in the cards. Our landlords were happy with living in the situation themselves so they won't be too amenable to fixing it. Something of the nature like you've described might be out of the realm of what we can just do on our own.
I'll double check the items on the kitchen faucet, hopefully that one works out.
Thank you for the information.
RN
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Author:
KCRoto (MO)
It is possible that the shower valve could have a pressure balancing cartridge that isn't working, but it is unlikely.
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srloren (CA)
Call a licensed plumber and remedy this as scalding is serious expecially with little kids.
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RedNunez (CA)
I agree. Believe that the call will be made as soon as is possible. We've got the water heater turned down as much as it will go in the mean time.
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