House question...
Jul. 4th, 2008 11:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sgornyI had a weird thing happen.
I had my outside faucets covered for a year. I just took the covers off today, hooked up the hose, and proceeded to spray the shrubs... for about 3? 5? minutes. Then it just... petered out, or really down to a low trickle spray.
What happened? I went inside, listened around, no sound of running water. Did some kind of "clot" block the pipe? Because they *are* old, and we *have* had one leak from rusting through before. But shouldn't I hear *something* from inside?
I don't want to have to call a plumber if I don't have to, but I don't want to irreversibly damage my house, either.
Advice?
I had my outside faucets covered for a year. I just took the covers off today, hooked up the hose, and proceeded to spray the shrubs... for about 3? 5? minutes. Then it just... petered out, or really down to a low trickle spray.
What happened? I went inside, listened around, no sound of running water. Did some kind of "clot" block the pipe? Because they *are* old, and we *have* had one leak from rusting through before. But shouldn't I hear *something* from inside?
I don't want to have to call a plumber if I don't have to, but I don't want to irreversibly damage my house, either.
Advice?
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Date: 2008-07-05 05:00 pm (UTC)Certain times of day when my neighbors are all using water, my volume is down.
Wait and try later. Be on the lookout for any leaks. Is there a plugged screen on the end of the faucet? That has happened in my bathroom. Is it the hose?
If you have water elsewhere and none to those faucets, then yes, I would say those pipes are clogged. I don't think there will be any damage elsewhere.
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Date: 2008-07-05 05:30 pm (UTC)This morning, I decided to do a little sleuthing (since now 1) it was light, and 2) I hadn't been drinking (hey, it *was* the 4th!)
First, I undid the hose from the faucet, and proceeded to get sprayed a bit in the process. Which was good, because it showed the line was under pressure. Then I put the hose back on again, took off the nozzle, and good (but hella yella water from old pipes) flow. So I put the nozzle back on, after bashing it around a bit to see if I could shake anything lose.
Spitzley spray again. So now I know it's a blocked sprayer.
But how the heck do you unclog it? Maybe some kind of compressed air, blown in from the front? I don't know...
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Date: 2008-07-05 07:16 pm (UTC)