Water Pressure Problem - One Faucet Only

Posted by ianjones on June 10, 2006, 9:09 pm

I recently replace my water heater and every time I drained it and
turned off the cold and hot water valves and then filled it back up,
the pressure in my kitchen would be almost 0. Within a day or 2 it
slowly came back. It happened both times I went through that process
while trying to repair my old WH. Now that I have replaced it I again
get no pressure and it is not getting any better. It has been 3+ days.
Is it possible there is an air pocket somewhere? (this seems unlikely
given that I have let it run) Could something have clogged the faucet
in the process?

Thanks,
Ian

Posted by Bob on June 10, 2006, 9:45 pm

> I recently replace my water heater and every time I drained it and
> turned off the cold and hot water valves and then filled it back up,
> the pressure in my kitchen would be almost 0. Within a day or 2 it
> slowly came back. It happened both times I went through that process
> while trying to repair my old WH. Now that I have replaced it I again
> get no pressure and it is not getting any better. It has been 3+ days.
> Is it possible there is an air pocket somewhere? (this seems unlikely
> given that I have let it run) Could something have clogged the faucet
> in the process?

The most obvious thing to check is the screen in your faucet aerator. Crud
in the pipes gets knocked loose when making such changes, and the screens
get plugged.

Bob

Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on June 10, 2006, 10:10 pm

> The most obvious thing to check is the screen in your faucet aerator. Crud
> in the pipes gets knocked loose when making such changes, and the screens
> get plugged.

That has happened to me and is the easiest to fix if clogged .

Step two is to check the cartridge in the faucet. I've had that blocked
also.

Posted by Eigenvector on June 10, 2006, 10:35 pm

>I recently replace my water heater and every time I drained it and
> turned off the cold and hot water valves and then filled it back up,
> the pressure in my kitchen would be almost 0. Within a day or 2 it
> slowly came back. It happened both times I went through that process
> while trying to repair my old WH. Now that I have replaced it I again
> get no pressure and it is not getting any better. It has been 3+ days.
> Is it possible there is an air pocket somewhere? (this seems unlikely
> given that I have let it run) Could something have clogged the faucet
> in the process?
> Thanks,
> Ian

The same thing happened to me when I moved in a replaced the WH. I turned
on the water and about 2 years of rush flowed into the aerators and plugged
them up solid. A quick test is to take the aerator off and see if the
pressure goes up. It might also be the valves, they get plugged too.

Posted by ianjones on June 11, 2006, 12:08 am

Not sure which parts were clogged but I took the whole thing apart and
cleaned everything - it worked fine after that.

Thanks for the help.

Eigenvector wrote:

> >I recently replace my water heater and every time I drained it and
> > turned off the cold and hot water valves and then filled it back up,
> > the pressure in my kitchen would be almost 0. Within a day or 2 it
> > slowly came back. It happened both times I went through that process
> > while trying to repair my old WH. Now that I have replaced it I again
> > get no pressure and it is not getting any better. It has been 3+ days.
> > Is it possible there is an air pocket somewhere? (this seems unlikely
> > given that I have let it run) Could something have clogged the faucet
> > in the process?
> > Thanks,
> > Ian

> The same thing happened to me when I moved in a replaced the WH. I turned
> on the water and about 2 years of rush flowed into the aerators and plugged
> them up solid. A quick test is to take the aerator off and see if the
> pressure goes up. It might also be the valves, they get plugged too.

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