Yes they do clog! PEX elbow

[trotter13]

I was reading a post about PEX elbow 90 degree. He asked do they clog? Well now I can confirm they indeed do clog.
I have two elbows before my house filter. The water pressure got lower and lower. This went on for three weeks, then one day nothing. No water!
I had to blow out my lines with a compressor. I have to replace the PEX elbows with Shark bites.

Tom

 

[Reach4]

Clogged with what?

You may want to drain your pressure tank more often.

 

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[trotter13]

Clogged with what?

You may want to drain your pressure tank more often.

I drained the tank 5x already. Must be sediment. I blow it out through the little screw on.

 

[Reach4]

I drained the tank 5x already. Must be sediment. I blow it out through the little screw on.

Are you referring to the schrader valve on the top of the pressure tank, or what?

Usually you would have a boiler drain valve at the low end of your tank plumbing... on the tank tee if you have a tank tee. You can put a garden hose on that, and with the pump off, let the tank empty.

But anyway, what did the elbows clog with? Rust, orange slime, black sediment, brown sand, what?