hey all,
I live in a 29 unit condo with about 10 units full at this time. it is a 2 story building and i live on a second floor unit. a few days ago, a neighbor of mine who also lives on the 2nd floor and about 6 units away had a huge flood in his condo while remodeling his kitchen, he cut a pipe(which he said was to prevent knocking) in his kitchen and flooded his unit for a good half hour before the main shut off valve outside was finally found and turned of untill pipe in condo was fixed. my water supply as was for everyone in the building was shut off for several hours. upon having fixed the pipe in his condo and then returning the valve outside wide open, i have had little to non existant water pressure which comes and goes. sometimes its bad pressure and sometimes in really really bad. in the shower, upon first turning on, will be ok for 10 seconds then the pressure becomes realy really bad and accompnied with a loud sound from the pipes as if there is air in the lines or something. also in the shower, i will get better pressure when i turn the knob all the way to its hottest setting but off course i cannot shower with scolding water nor should it have to turned that way to get good pressure. this has never happened before and started after the main water valve outside was reopened. i have cleaned out heads in case they may have been clogged but that isnt the problem. he has told me that he fixed it like it was before but its obvious the problem stems from the day all this happened.
why is this happening and how do i get this fixed.
Please help me figure this out. i am not a plumber and just cant figure this out. thanks
I live in a 29 unit condo with about 10 units full at this time. it is a 2 story building and i live on a second floor unit. a few days ago, a neighbor of mine who also lives on the 2nd floor and about 6 units away had a huge flood in his condo while remodeling his kitchen, he cut a pipe(which he said was to prevent knocking) in his kitchen and flooded his unit for a good half hour before the main shut off valve outside was finally found and turned of untill pipe in condo was fixed. my water supply as was for everyone in the building was shut off for several hours. upon having fixed the pipe in his condo and then returning the valve outside wide open, i have had little to non existant water pressure which comes and goes. sometimes its bad pressure and sometimes in really really bad. in the shower, upon first turning on, will be ok for 10 seconds then the pressure becomes realy really bad and accompnied with a loud sound from the pipes as if there is air in the lines or something. also in the shower, i will get better pressure when i turn the knob all the way to its hottest setting but off course i cannot shower with scolding water nor should it have to turned that way to get good pressure. this has never happened before and started after the main water valve outside was reopened. i have cleaned out heads in case they may have been clogged but that isnt the problem. he has told me that he fixed it like it was before but its obvious the problem stems from the day all this happened.
why is this happening and how do i get this fixed.
Please help me figure this out. i am not a plumber and just cant figure this out. thanks