Matt Chesmore
Usedandabused
Hello all,
My wife and I recently purchased a 1964 home, plumbed with all copper. I great variety of mixed sizes, 3/4" down to 3/8". I am on a well system with a non-bladder pressure tank, looks like it would hold 100 gals of water but I'm sure it doesn't.
We are in the beginning of remodeling creating a new guest bath/laundry. I drained the house down to add additional fixtures, when finished I turned the pump back on and all was fine. I had to drain the house down again but this time I though I was being smart and shut off the gate valve to the pressure tank so that it did not have to fill again.
Again finished what I was doing and turned the pump back on. Now I'm getting air out of the cold water side all the time. When left for something maybe like a half hour, the faucet closest to the tank will blow a glass out of your hand. The pressure switch cuts in and off as it should 40/60.
BTY, I am re-plumbing the entire ranch home as the furnace and water heater locations are changing and it appears like every sweat joint is turning green, maybe a slight leak?
Plus cold water has to travel the length of the home to get to the hot water tank, then hot water has the same journey back to get to the kitchen faucet. So trying to centrally locate the furnace, water heater, and manifold.
In 2007 I built a home for us and have been a carpenter for 20+ years, so I'm very comfy working with my hands. Possibly my biggest mistake was wanting to move to the country and selling the home we designed and built. The positive was that we made some money selling and have a pretty descent budget for this remodel project.
Any ideas why I'm getting the air? Logically I have to be pumping air in somehow, but I'm not sure if a waterlogged pressure tank could do this. So possible drain the tank again and start over? I hope it's not in the well supply as it runs under 12' of house. And if in the well plumbing itself will require call a well tech in I suppose.
My wife and I recently purchased a 1964 home, plumbed with all copper. I great variety of mixed sizes, 3/4" down to 3/8". I am on a well system with a non-bladder pressure tank, looks like it would hold 100 gals of water but I'm sure it doesn't.
We are in the beginning of remodeling creating a new guest bath/laundry. I drained the house down to add additional fixtures, when finished I turned the pump back on and all was fine. I had to drain the house down again but this time I though I was being smart and shut off the gate valve to the pressure tank so that it did not have to fill again.
Again finished what I was doing and turned the pump back on. Now I'm getting air out of the cold water side all the time. When left for something maybe like a half hour, the faucet closest to the tank will blow a glass out of your hand. The pressure switch cuts in and off as it should 40/60.
BTY, I am re-plumbing the entire ranch home as the furnace and water heater locations are changing and it appears like every sweat joint is turning green, maybe a slight leak?
Plus cold water has to travel the length of the home to get to the hot water tank, then hot water has the same journey back to get to the kitchen faucet. So trying to centrally locate the furnace, water heater, and manifold.
In 2007 I built a home for us and have been a carpenter for 20+ years, so I'm very comfy working with my hands. Possibly my biggest mistake was wanting to move to the country and selling the home we designed and built. The positive was that we made some money selling and have a pretty descent budget for this remodel project.
Any ideas why I'm getting the air? Logically I have to be pumping air in somehow, but I'm not sure if a waterlogged pressure tank could do this. So possible drain the tank again and start over? I hope it's not in the well supply as it runs under 12' of house. And if in the well plumbing itself will require call a well tech in I suppose.
