AVGJoe101
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Hello all and thanks to those dropping in to take time to review this and offer any insight.
So I was having issues with the Pressure Reducing Valve/Pressure Relief Valve making clicking noise, banging noises and believe or not chirping noises. I called in a plumber to replace the valve and this is how it went down.
1st visit: He replaced the PRV and the pipe work after the valve that splits off to the cold and hot pipes to the house. He had me test the faucets in the bathroom next to the closet where the PRV is at. All faucets flowed with water like their supposed to.
2nd visit: about 10-15 minutes after he left, when I was cleaning up the area of the closet where the PRV is at and putting things back in the closet, I noticed a spraying sound, I looked down and saw water spraying out of the hot pipe side where he did his repairs. I shut off the water at the ball closing valve he added since the original one didnt work. I looked down and noticed a cut below where he put his crimping adapter on the copper hot side pipe. I called him and told him what happened. He came back as soon as he could. He was here for about 15 minutes or so to fix the leak. Looks like he installed a shark bite fitting on the copper tube to adapter his Pex hose to it. After his repair he left.
Aftermath: So later that night when it was time for me to use the shower, barely any water was coming out of the shower faucet.
My average joe diagnosis: Trying to do this myself as the plumber that worked on it charged me an arm and leg to replace the PRV. Charged me twice as much than what he initially quoted me. So I am thinking ok, probably some debris may be clogging up the cartridge. I took the cartridge out and opened it up and didnt see anything. I went ahead and took that cartridge to another shower of the house, installed it and tested it. It flows with water. So then I decided to leave the cartridge out of the shower faucet of my shower (the one that didnt work) and crack open the ball valve the plumber installed to see if any water was coming out of the shower faucet body valve. Only the hot side was flowing with water, the cold side was dry as bones. Then went to every faucet of the house inside and outside to see if they flow with cold water and hot water. They all work. So now I know that the cold side of my shower faucet does not flow with water and the outside faucet just outside my room doesnt flow with water. At this point thinking that maybe the shower faucet body valve cold side is clogged up (which I know doesnt affect the outside faucet) but went ahead and disconnected the cold pipe from the body valve to see. Cut a section of the drywall out from the bedroom side (dont care as I am having the house renovated). Cut a section of the piping out and couldnt see any clogs. At this point I decided to hook up my air compressor to the outside faucet just outside my room as this is the one that also didnt work. Ran about 40-45 psi of pressure through the piping and the results: air was moving freely out of the cold side of the shower faucet (the one that didnt work), and flowed air out of all the other faucets of the house.
Currently: The cold side of the shower faucet of my bathroom does not flow with any water and the outside faucet of my bedroom does not flow out any water. Doesnt appear to be any clogs in the pipes. All other faucets of the house flow with cold and hot water.
My bedroom layout.
The PRV the plumber repaired
Back side of the shower faucet that doesn't flow out any cold water
Shower Faucet (right now their should be cold water coming out of the blue hose...)
This probably isn't anything new to you pro plumbers. Any ideas?
So I was having issues with the Pressure Reducing Valve/Pressure Relief Valve making clicking noise, banging noises and believe or not chirping noises. I called in a plumber to replace the valve and this is how it went down.
1st visit: He replaced the PRV and the pipe work after the valve that splits off to the cold and hot pipes to the house. He had me test the faucets in the bathroom next to the closet where the PRV is at. All faucets flowed with water like their supposed to.
2nd visit: about 10-15 minutes after he left, when I was cleaning up the area of the closet where the PRV is at and putting things back in the closet, I noticed a spraying sound, I looked down and saw water spraying out of the hot pipe side where he did his repairs. I shut off the water at the ball closing valve he added since the original one didnt work. I looked down and noticed a cut below where he put his crimping adapter on the copper hot side pipe. I called him and told him what happened. He came back as soon as he could. He was here for about 15 minutes or so to fix the leak. Looks like he installed a shark bite fitting on the copper tube to adapter his Pex hose to it. After his repair he left.
Aftermath: So later that night when it was time for me to use the shower, barely any water was coming out of the shower faucet.
My average joe diagnosis: Trying to do this myself as the plumber that worked on it charged me an arm and leg to replace the PRV. Charged me twice as much than what he initially quoted me. So I am thinking ok, probably some debris may be clogging up the cartridge. I took the cartridge out and opened it up and didnt see anything. I went ahead and took that cartridge to another shower of the house, installed it and tested it. It flows with water. So then I decided to leave the cartridge out of the shower faucet of my shower (the one that didnt work) and crack open the ball valve the plumber installed to see if any water was coming out of the shower faucet body valve. Only the hot side was flowing with water, the cold side was dry as bones. Then went to every faucet of the house inside and outside to see if they flow with cold water and hot water. They all work. So now I know that the cold side of my shower faucet does not flow with water and the outside faucet just outside my room doesnt flow with water. At this point thinking that maybe the shower faucet body valve cold side is clogged up (which I know doesnt affect the outside faucet) but went ahead and disconnected the cold pipe from the body valve to see. Cut a section of the drywall out from the bedroom side (dont care as I am having the house renovated). Cut a section of the piping out and couldnt see any clogs. At this point I decided to hook up my air compressor to the outside faucet just outside my room as this is the one that also didnt work. Ran about 40-45 psi of pressure through the piping and the results: air was moving freely out of the cold side of the shower faucet (the one that didnt work), and flowed air out of all the other faucets of the house.
Currently: The cold side of the shower faucet of my bathroom does not flow with any water and the outside faucet of my bedroom does not flow out any water. Doesnt appear to be any clogs in the pipes. All other faucets of the house flow with cold and hot water.
My bedroom layout.
The PRV the plumber repaired
Back side of the shower faucet that doesn't flow out any cold water
Shower Faucet (right now their should be cold water coming out of the blue hose...)
This probably isn't anything new to you pro plumbers. Any ideas?
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