Candlestick
New Member
This is a bit of a puzzle. I have a manufactured home which was installed in Dec 08. It uses PEX tubing and has a demand water heater. About once a month I have to remove the diffusers from the bathroom and kitchen sinks and showers and remove the particles which have nearly blocked all water flow. These particles appear to be of two types. One looks like very small stones and the other looks like very small pieces of wood. The house is fed from a well through a feed off a 3200 gallon tank, then through a pressure pump and then to the house. My first thought was that the particles were from the well, so I installed a whole house filter downstream of the pressure pump about a year ago. No effect and none of the particles I've found could have made it through that filter. I've already changed the filter once and there were no similar particles embedded in it.
My next thought was construction debris left in the lines. There was some of that, perhaps, but after two years you'd think it'd be cleared out. All faucets are mixed faucets so have no way to tell if problem is related to only hot or cold.
My current theories are: this is a Pex by-product (glue?) or something is coming out of solution when the water is heated. Any ideas?
My next thought was construction debris left in the lines. There was some of that, perhaps, but after two years you'd think it'd be cleared out. All faucets are mixed faucets so have no way to tell if problem is related to only hot or cold.
My current theories are: this is a Pex by-product (glue?) or something is coming out of solution when the water is heated. Any ideas?