Dear all,
I'm hoping you can help with this because our plumber is trying hard but he's struggling to solve the problem.
I'll describe the system. The water enters the apartment in a washing machine cupboard. At the inlet and at the washing machine the pressure is high. The pipework then branches one way to the kitchen and another way to the two bathrooms. Water pressure at all other faucets is very low, both for hot and for cold.
Now about 2 years ago the pressure was very low at the faucets. The plumber came and he took the faucets off the wall and the pipes were backed up with silt. He flushed all the silt out and everything was fine. I think this happened again about a year later. Cleared the silt. Everything fine.
So now the tenant has been away for 6 months. When she came back she has this problem with the water pressure. The plumber has tried what he did before. Couldn't find any problem. Our assumption is that since the tenant has been away for so long the silt in all the pipework has solidified at some point between the faucets and the main inlet. The plumber went back there yesterday and he's tried using the water from the washing machine connection to back flush the pipework from one faucet into the bath. This didn't help. He's tried running all taps at the same time. Didn't help. Cleaned all aerators and tap filters. Hasn't helped.
Does anyone have any idea how we could potentially clean the inside of the pipework? Obviously this is more difficult since it's potable water.
Thanks. Just let me know if any questions.
Dan
I'm hoping you can help with this because our plumber is trying hard but he's struggling to solve the problem.
I'll describe the system. The water enters the apartment in a washing machine cupboard. At the inlet and at the washing machine the pressure is high. The pipework then branches one way to the kitchen and another way to the two bathrooms. Water pressure at all other faucets is very low, both for hot and for cold.
Now about 2 years ago the pressure was very low at the faucets. The plumber came and he took the faucets off the wall and the pipes were backed up with silt. He flushed all the silt out and everything was fine. I think this happened again about a year later. Cleared the silt. Everything fine.
So now the tenant has been away for 6 months. When she came back she has this problem with the water pressure. The plumber has tried what he did before. Couldn't find any problem. Our assumption is that since the tenant has been away for so long the silt in all the pipework has solidified at some point between the faucets and the main inlet. The plumber went back there yesterday and he's tried using the water from the washing machine connection to back flush the pipework from one faucet into the bath. This didn't help. He's tried running all taps at the same time. Didn't help. Cleaned all aerators and tap filters. Hasn't helped.
Does anyone have any idea how we could potentially clean the inside of the pipework? Obviously this is more difficult since it's potable water.
Thanks. Just let me know if any questions.
Dan