KrazyPlace
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We moved into this house 8 months ago and I have been fighting a chalky substance that keeps plugging up the faucets. It shows up in both bathrooms (faucets, showers, tubs) and the kitchen faucet and now I'm having flow restriction problems with the dishwasher.
I've flushed the lines (all of them) and I get a bunch of this stuff out. I would discribe it as a white chalky substance. It looks like 'Dow Flake', but it can be broken up in between my fingers into a coarse powder.
One of my faucets gets plugged in the hot water handle's valve, but not on the cold side. The other faucets get plugged after the handles in the discharge strainer (sorry, wrong term there... maybe aerator?). I didn't get any of this stuff out of the water heater when I did the flush, but this stuff floats and the drain is on the bottom. I didn't flush it 'empty', I just did a flush through.
Any suggestions? I have some of the chalky material, can I take it to someone to figure out what it is? Thanks for your advice!!
I've flushed the lines (all of them) and I get a bunch of this stuff out. I would discribe it as a white chalky substance. It looks like 'Dow Flake', but it can be broken up in between my fingers into a coarse powder.
One of my faucets gets plugged in the hot water handle's valve, but not on the cold side. The other faucets get plugged after the handles in the discharge strainer (sorry, wrong term there... maybe aerator?). I didn't get any of this stuff out of the water heater when I did the flush, but this stuff floats and the drain is on the bottom. I didn't flush it 'empty', I just did a flush through.
Any suggestions? I have some of the chalky material, can I take it to someone to figure out what it is? Thanks for your advice!!