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...does not know ass from hole in ground.
I am not any kind of expert in anything home-related. We know this because I have posted about broken stuff before. However, I generally have the intuition, common sense, and willingness to research to do better work than most of the people who do this shit for a living, it would seem. No offense to any plumbers, electricians, et al; my city just seems especially full of morons who think their piece of paper means they can do whatever they want (kinda like college).
Anyway...pipe burst in front yard. I think I posted about that. I started digging, got to pipe. Found prior shit work. Plumber was called, shit was supposed to be fixed.
Water pressure has been terrible ever since. The city was probably piping it in above spec, apparently without a regulator under the house. Regulator installed, supposedly set correctly. Water pressure has been garbage ever since. So I went under there to look at his work, and found some lazy nickel-ass shit. Regulator has tag saying it was set to 50psi, I'm assuming by the manufacturer. 1) Isn't that low? 2) Would 50psi keep the washer from filling at a normal pace, or keep me from being able to wash the damn shampoo out of my hair? I'm betting the pressure is well below 50 pounds.
3) Pics of garbahe repair incoming...
[edit 6/13: Adding on with repair. Little late...]
I just posted this at the end of the thread, figured I'd add it to the OP...disregarding the leaks, here's our 'water pressure' problem...don't use this crap, people.
I am not any kind of expert in anything home-related. We know this because I have posted about broken stuff before. However, I generally have the intuition, common sense, and willingness to research to do better work than most of the people who do this shit for a living, it would seem. No offense to any plumbers, electricians, et al; my city just seems especially full of morons who think their piece of paper means they can do whatever they want (kinda like college).
Anyway...pipe burst in front yard. I think I posted about that. I started digging, got to pipe. Found prior shit work. Plumber was called, shit was supposed to be fixed.
Water pressure has been terrible ever since. The city was probably piping it in above spec, apparently without a regulator under the house. Regulator installed, supposedly set correctly. Water pressure has been garbage ever since. So I went under there to look at his work, and found some lazy nickel-ass shit. Regulator has tag saying it was set to 50psi, I'm assuming by the manufacturer. 1) Isn't that low? 2) Would 50psi keep the washer from filling at a normal pace, or keep me from being able to wash the damn shampoo out of my hair? I'm betting the pressure is well below 50 pounds.
3) Pics of garbahe repair incoming...
[edit 6/13: Adding on with repair. Little late...]
I just posted this at the end of the thread, figured I'd add it to the OP...disregarding the leaks, here's our 'water pressure' problem...don't use this crap, people.
me said:I still don't get these fittings. Is this even installed right? This is the upper end of that pex hose, intact with a piece of old copper pipe still stuck in it. It does not seem to match what their website shows. Also, hello restriction. That's gotta be close to a halving of the pipe's flowable area (in cross-section).
Without pulling out the micrometers...1/2" pipe is 5/8" OD with about .050" thick walls. So .525" ID, area = ~.22 sq in.
Putting out a conservative guess, that white plastic and the gap around it is another .075" off of each side (yeah, it's way more than the thickness of the copper walls; pic may suggest otherwise, but that copper is rolled in a bit from the tubing cutter)...giving us an area of...hey, I guess good: ~.11 sq in.
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