Hello Everyone,
I just bought a house recently that needs a lot of remodeling work. On the plumbing side I was hoping someone on this forum can help me identify what my problem may be. I am seeing poor water flow on 3 out of 7 cold water outlets.
This is a small house with one bathroom (tub, sink and toilet), kitchen (1 sink), detached utility/laundry room and two outdoor hose bibs. The hot water flow in the house is fine. The cold water flow on the two outside faucets, the laundry room, and the tub are all good. The cold water flow on the bathroom sink, toilet and kitchen sink are all very poor.
The house was built in 1951. This house is in Texas and all the water lines are run through the attic. Due to the shallow pitch of the roof, I have not been able to get up into it, so my observations are from what I can see with a flashlight through the attic access. It has galvanized pipe for all the cold water lines and its using black iron pipe on the hot water lines. It looks like the the hot water lines have been done at a later time and it also appears that the previous hot water lines (galvanized) are still laying in the attic. If not, then I can't figure out why there is so much pipe. Also, the water supply to the house is on the opposite side of all the fixtures, so there is a long run going through the attic that has a couple of T's running off it.
It appears that the lines in question are part of seperate run of pipe and my first thought was that the pipe had corroded internally. What puzzles me is why the rest of the cold water lines would not be affected. Also, this house has set empty for nearly two years and only recently had the water turned back on.
Any ideas on what the problem may be and how I can test for it would be appreciated.
I just bought a house recently that needs a lot of remodeling work. On the plumbing side I was hoping someone on this forum can help me identify what my problem may be. I am seeing poor water flow on 3 out of 7 cold water outlets.
This is a small house with one bathroom (tub, sink and toilet), kitchen (1 sink), detached utility/laundry room and two outdoor hose bibs. The hot water flow in the house is fine. The cold water flow on the two outside faucets, the laundry room, and the tub are all good. The cold water flow on the bathroom sink, toilet and kitchen sink are all very poor.
The house was built in 1951. This house is in Texas and all the water lines are run through the attic. Due to the shallow pitch of the roof, I have not been able to get up into it, so my observations are from what I can see with a flashlight through the attic access. It has galvanized pipe for all the cold water lines and its using black iron pipe on the hot water lines. It looks like the the hot water lines have been done at a later time and it also appears that the previous hot water lines (galvanized) are still laying in the attic. If not, then I can't figure out why there is so much pipe. Also, the water supply to the house is on the opposite side of all the fixtures, so there is a long run going through the attic that has a couple of T's running off it.
It appears that the lines in question are part of seperate run of pipe and my first thought was that the pipe had corroded internally. What puzzles me is why the rest of the cold water lines would not be affected. Also, this house has set empty for nearly two years and only recently had the water turned back on.
Any ideas on what the problem may be and how I can test for it would be appreciated.