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Kara C
My faucet in the kitchen sink whistled for a few seconds when I turned on the hot water for a month or two. Now it no longer whistles, but my water pressure has decreased about 50% and the toilet starts running if I turn on the water for more than 5 minutes. Is it something with the faucet or the pipes? What can I do?
Answer
This is a weird one. The most likely cause of the faucet problem is debris - either part of the faucet mechanism - like a washer or an o-ring or something, broke loose and got lodged somewhere inside the water channel or in the little screen. Rust scale in the pipes can cause the same problem.
At the tip of the faucet there is an aerater - a little screen and water limiter - carefully remove that - then turn on the water full blast and see what happens. If you are lucky - the screen etc. is just dirty and the water pressure will be normal - OR the higher water pressure without the limiter of the aerator will force the crud out making things work normally - and you can just clean out the screen.
If that is not the problem - it is deeper down - inside the cartridge - you can replace the cartridge for a new one or just replace the entire faucet.
There should be no way that your toilet is impacted by what is going on with your faucet, unless the supply fill valve is bad and the change in relative water pressure is causing issues. More likely, (and definitely if it sometimes runs randomly even when you aren't using the faucet) is that the flapper valve or that seat is worn and the tank is slowly leaking into the bowl and causing the toilet to run excessively.
This is a weird one. The most likely cause of the faucet problem is debris - either part of the faucet mechanism - like a washer or an o-ring or something, broke loose and got lodged somewhere inside the water channel or in the little screen. Rust scale in the pipes can cause the same problem.
At the tip of the faucet there is an aerater - a little screen and water limiter - carefully remove that - then turn on the water full blast and see what happens. If you are lucky - the screen etc. is just dirty and the water pressure will be normal - OR the higher water pressure without the limiter of the aerator will force the crud out making things work normally - and you can just clean out the screen.
If that is not the problem - it is deeper down - inside the cartridge - you can replace the cartridge for a new one or just replace the entire faucet.
There should be no way that your toilet is impacted by what is going on with your faucet, unless the supply fill valve is bad and the change in relative water pressure is causing issues. More likely, (and definitely if it sometimes runs randomly even when you aren't using the faucet) is that the flapper valve or that seat is worn and the tank is slowly leaking into the bowl and causing the toilet to run excessively.
I have a pressure washer but I think my water pressure is a little low will this effect the pressure coming?
Curtis J
I have a electric pressure washer but I think my water pressure is a little low will this effect the overall pressure coming out it just doesn't seem to be as strong as I would have thought. Thanks
Answer
I agree with Chris about electric pressure washers. It seems the o-rings in the pump dry out prematurely especially if not operated over winter causing you to have low water pressure. This has happened twice to 2 units that the brand started with a "K". I was only able to use them one time each and that was when they were new out of the box.
I agree with Chris about electric pressure washers. It seems the o-rings in the pump dry out prematurely especially if not operated over winter causing you to have low water pressure. This has happened twice to 2 units that the brand started with a "K". I was only able to use them one time each and that was when they were new out of the box.
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