A few years back I had no water to a toilet. The valve in the 1/2" supply line was clogged with a tiny root wad.
This thread- https://terrylove.com/forums/index....omplete-replacement-pump-tank-etc-nuts.54424/ -details how I found a broken well line with roots growing in the crack. That is where the plug came from. But it seems unlikely they was the only roots in the lines--I pulled a three foot string of fine roots out of the crack in the well line.
Water flow seems a bit slow on a couple of outside spigots, and I want to measure it to see if it is partially plugged. - at 50 psi, how much water should come out of a 1/2" copper line in gpm?
Assuming there is a restriction, is the standard procedure to take off the valve and blow out the line?
Is there normally a check valve where the 1" poly connects to the main house supply line?
I am thinking of places some roots could lodge in the lines.
This thread- https://terrylove.com/forums/index....omplete-replacement-pump-tank-etc-nuts.54424/ -details how I found a broken well line with roots growing in the crack. That is where the plug came from. But it seems unlikely they was the only roots in the lines--I pulled a three foot string of fine roots out of the crack in the well line.
Water flow seems a bit slow on a couple of outside spigots, and I want to measure it to see if it is partially plugged. - at 50 psi, how much water should come out of a 1/2" copper line in gpm?
Assuming there is a restriction, is the standard procedure to take off the valve and blow out the line?
Is there normally a check valve where the 1" poly connects to the main house supply line?
I am thinking of places some roots could lodge in the lines.