air

Hey all! First post so go easy on me. Just finished roughing in my house. I capped all my lines and went to throw 5 psi of air into the DWV system to check for leaks. Couldn't build any pressure at all so I started looking around. Shot a bunch of soapy water around my sewage ejector basin. It...

Hello, I recently installed a pretty DIY outdoor irrigation setup. It has a 4- way splitter coming off the spigot that supports 2 sprinklers and 2 lines to the irrigation. And now I have air in my pipes which is causing issues with my washer and other things inside. I'm guessing it has to...

I have an Autotrol 255 system and it was working well until I changed out the resin lately and since then I am having trouble drawing brine. At the beginning of the brine draw the water in the air check valve goes down and the valve closes. I can get it to work if I go to the refill stage for a...

My Navien Combi Boiler installed Dec 2019 consistently runs at a high pressure - 27-30psi. The following conditions exist: I have a 4-zone system with Tac0-570-2 valves in a 3,000 sq. ft. home with highly oxygenated well water; when first installed it was not set for fin radiators- that was...

Hello. I have a little plumbing mystery. I share a well with a neighbor who has a greensand filter to remove iron and manganese and then pumps it into a 300 gallon tank in my garage. I have a 240v Grundfos MQ3-45 Mark III to pump it from there through a 20" big blue filter, a Fleck 5600SXT 32k...

I did maintenance on my unit last night. I have 2 expansion tanks i changed 1 of my expansion tanks the other I took off the one I bought didn’t fit I put it back on ..The expansion tank I replace pre charged at 40.9 psi so I set my other expansion tank to 35 psi..After the maintenance I turn my...

We have connected a deeper well to our existing jet pump. We put the 1 inch poly line in the ground and after entering the basement I put it up on the joists above, then down to the pump at the far side of the house. After filling the pipe with a hose, it seemed to be working, but on the...

Hey everybody I've got another question for the amazing people on this forum that will hopefully be easy for one of you experts to answer as it will hopefully be just an informational adventure for me. I've recently replaced the temperature pressure relief valve, expansion tank, and auto air...

Hello All, I have an older well drilled in about 1960 it's shallow (~70 feet deep). About 1.5 years ago we switched over to the grundfos/aquasol 2 constant pressure system and didn't have any issues with it. Also installed a pelican salt free softener and pH neutralizer (injector pump). Has a...

Hi Everyone, I'm diagnosing a well issue. Long story short a splice broke in the supply line from the well to house. Introduced a lots of fines over the years... (don't ask, that's the long story.) I found the broken splice and repaired it. We've been flushing the system for a couple of...

I'm not sure if this is for sure coming from the hot water heater as I can't pinpoint where it's directly coming from, but I've isolated it to the area of the water heater and seems to be coming from underneath in a pipe or somewhere I can't shine a flashlight into. But the noise as best as I...

We purchased a house last March and in July, our well pump died. We had it changed and ever since, we get air in our water lines after the sprinklers run for a while. We didn’t have the issue before, we installed the same 3hp submersible pump and the same controller box. The water level is at...

Well, I've got a well problem that is about to drive me mad. I've talked to the person who drilled the well three years ago and all they are doing is sending me around in circles. So, here is what I got: 2'' well drilled 130' deep with 10' screen at the bottom and static water level at 50' and...