Hi guys
I'm re-finishing my laundry room and was forced to cut and cap a couple of pipes to the water softener so I could have full access to the floor. Today I have no water pressure in most of the house. I've already tried:
1. Opening all faucets, including externals, to bleed the pipes
2. Opening the pressure valve on the water heater
Didn't make any difference.
The only thing that seems to give me pressure upstairs and down is turning the sink on in the downstairs washroom and covering the faucet with a rag. When I do this, I get water flowing upstairs and down. The only water coming out of the downstairs washroom is cold. When I put pressure on it, I get hot water flowing to other outlets if I open the hot water valve.
From what I've read, I believe I have an airlock situation. Apparently the fix to this is to connect a hose from a functioning faucet to the non-functioning faucet which I've tried with success. To be clear, the non-functioning faucet runs both hot and cold water and it only fails when selecting hot water only. I've tried connecting the cold water hose from outside to the shared hot/cold faucet in the downstairs washroom to push any air that may be in the pipes out but had no success. 4
Now, here's the most important part. I no longer want the downstairs washroom. The renovations I've started are to take out an entirely too cramped washroom to make more general space. I suspect if I cut and cap the lines leading to the soon to be decommissioned washroom may fix the problem, but I'm not sure if I'm making the situation worse or not.
Please help.
Tks
I'm re-finishing my laundry room and was forced to cut and cap a couple of pipes to the water softener so I could have full access to the floor. Today I have no water pressure in most of the house. I've already tried:
1. Opening all faucets, including externals, to bleed the pipes
2. Opening the pressure valve on the water heater
Didn't make any difference.
The only thing that seems to give me pressure upstairs and down is turning the sink on in the downstairs washroom and covering the faucet with a rag. When I do this, I get water flowing upstairs and down. The only water coming out of the downstairs washroom is cold. When I put pressure on it, I get hot water flowing to other outlets if I open the hot water valve.
From what I've read, I believe I have an airlock situation. Apparently the fix to this is to connect a hose from a functioning faucet to the non-functioning faucet which I've tried with success. To be clear, the non-functioning faucet runs both hot and cold water and it only fails when selecting hot water only. I've tried connecting the cold water hose from outside to the shared hot/cold faucet in the downstairs washroom to push any air that may be in the pipes out but had no success. 4
Now, here's the most important part. I no longer want the downstairs washroom. The renovations I've started are to take out an entirely too cramped washroom to make more general space. I suspect if I cut and cap the lines leading to the soon to be decommissioned washroom may fix the problem, but I'm not sure if I'm making the situation worse or not.
Please help.
Tks