Hey guys,
I am on a municipal water supply in Pasco county Florida. We live in a home that was built less than a year ago and we've been having some issues with stinky water (smells like rotten eggs). We called in a warranty request with the builder and they sent out a plumber who recommended sanitizing the system by adding chlorine (I guess they would cut in somewhere and dump some bleach in). The builder didn't agree with the plumber and pointed the finger at the county.... So I decided to take a sample up to the county for a Bac-T test (still waiting on the results).
There may be an issue from the supply... Maybe contaminated lines since this is a brand new neighborhood and they are constantly cutting in to add new homes? I think that would require a flush and maybe a shock treatment to the mains... But I do find it odd that it really only smells bad for maybe the first 10 seconds I run a faucet or shower head that hasn't been used in a day or so... Makes me feel like the the issues is with my plumbing...
Any thoughts?
Also, I will soon be adding a new water softener to the equation since we have some pretty hard water out here. Since I will be messing with the plumbing anyway, I was thinking about adding a few unions to the 1" CPVC water line coming into the house. My thought is I could disconnect the union and pour bleach down the pipe anytime I needed to disinfect the system (of course bypassing the softener before I do this). The go inside and run each tap (hot and cold) to draw the chlorinated water through the system.
What do you think?
I am on a municipal water supply in Pasco county Florida. We live in a home that was built less than a year ago and we've been having some issues with stinky water (smells like rotten eggs). We called in a warranty request with the builder and they sent out a plumber who recommended sanitizing the system by adding chlorine (I guess they would cut in somewhere and dump some bleach in). The builder didn't agree with the plumber and pointed the finger at the county.... So I decided to take a sample up to the county for a Bac-T test (still waiting on the results).
There may be an issue from the supply... Maybe contaminated lines since this is a brand new neighborhood and they are constantly cutting in to add new homes? I think that would require a flush and maybe a shock treatment to the mains... But I do find it odd that it really only smells bad for maybe the first 10 seconds I run a faucet or shower head that hasn't been used in a day or so... Makes me feel like the the issues is with my plumbing...
Any thoughts?
Also, I will soon be adding a new water softener to the equation since we have some pretty hard water out here. Since I will be messing with the plumbing anyway, I was thinking about adding a few unions to the 1" CPVC water line coming into the house. My thought is I could disconnect the union and pour bleach down the pipe anytime I needed to disinfect the system (of course bypassing the softener before I do this). The go inside and run each tap (hot and cold) to draw the chlorinated water through the system.
What do you think?