Solving a Spitting Faucet Mystery | Ask This Old House

preview_player
Показать описание
Ask This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey diagnoses and repairs a water system with air in it.

Skill Level: Expert

Tools List for Fixing a Spitting Faucet:

Shopping List:

Steps:
1. When dealing with water issues, start from the main water shut off and work your way back. Identify any areas where air is introduced to the system.
2. Check any potential obstructions in the water line. If there’s a filter, a pump, or anything other than a water line, check to make sure it’s working properly.
3. Water filters are naturally designed to clog, so be sure to check them often and change them regularly, as that could cause obstructions.
4. It’s also possible to put flow restrictors on the water line, which could be a simple ball valve with the handle removed, to control how much water enters and leaves various parts of the system, like a radon mitigation unit. Cut the line in the desired area and solder the valve in. Once the valve is set to the desired setting, remove the handle to prevent accidental changes to the valve.
5. If water flow is an issue, identify appliances that use an excess amount of water and consider replacing them with water conserving appliances.

Resources:

About Ask This Old House TV:
Homeowners have a virtual truckload of questions for us on smaller projects, and we're ready to answer. Ask This Old House solves the steady stream of home improvement problems faced by our viewers—and we make house calls! Ask This Old House features some familiar faces from This Old House, including Kevin O'Connor, general contractor Tom Silva, plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey, and landscape contractor Roger Cook.

Plus, download our FREE app for full-episode streaming to your connected TV, phone or tablet:

Follow This Old House and Ask This Old House:

Solving a Spitting Faucet Mystery | Ask This Old House
Рекомендации по теме
Комментарии
Автор

Absolutely the most complex home water supply systems I've ever seen

purenupe
Автор

Christmas morning 2019, been at my families for 2 hours. Sat down and watched a 10 minute video about radon and plumbing..I dont own a house, nor know how to plum... Merry Christmas

cberh
Автор

“Water is on”
“Water looks normal”
Me: the water is coming out white...

Mrmudbone_gaming
Автор

Let me just grab this random radon mitigation system that I just have in my truck...

WoodStoveEnthusiast
Автор

This is the first time I ever heard and saw anything about the well water radon extraction device. Thanks George for such simple explanation of the residential well water distribution system in general and the radon extraction device in specific. I learned something new and useful today.

Carpet-Safari
Автор

NO WONDER THE PRICE ON THE HOUSE WAS SUCH A GREAT DEAL. GUYS GOT CHERNOBYL UNDER HIS BASEMENT !

charlest.velten
Автор

Radon in the water. Everytime he drinks the tap its +3 Rads

Iamkitkatbar
Автор

Thanks Rich, you are quite the problem solver. You've helped me a lot thru the years with your great videos. Thanks for sharing.

olddawgdreaming
Автор

Tests the water: “3.6 roentgen. Not bad, not great.”

zoiks
Автор

Wow I'll never complain about my hard water again!

canuckloyalist
Автор

Richard's brilliance and expertise never ceases to amaze me

NumberSpace
Автор

I like having a well...very cheap to maintain overall. Spent 800 on new well pump and 200 on pressure tank couple times... Not bad for 20 years.. and maybe pumped septic 5 times about a $1000 total. So $2000 and around $600 for softner, and maybe $1000 in pellets. Compared with $60-$100 a momth water bill. Which is $720-$1200 per year times 20 is $14800-24000.

Costs balance out at the end of it, I like having constant water available without concern of unexpected water bills.

Gamerz
Автор

Richard Trethewey is a genius! I wish I could hire him.

acoustic
Автор

The first thing I'd do is get rid of that faucet.

spinb
Автор

It looks like milk coming out of that faucet

DuramaxLP
Автор

And the filter housing still had contaminates floating around (6:58) when he installed it with a new filter? Why?

jessejohnson
Автор

A proper solution would have been to increase flow INTO the radon remover instead of restricting flow afterward.

That guy had so little volume left over coming out of that faucet it makes me sad.

looncraz
Автор

He crushed it with the liquid mask. Outstanding!

WayneWBishop
Автор

Richard is a genius. Not sure how many people could have figured that out!

beotheguitarist
Автор

9:18 "....is actually radon..."
BINGO! good thing Richard fixed it!

DanBurgaud
visit shbcf.ru