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dpaiac9
Dec 2, 2005, 07:21 AM
:( Gas and Electricity Utility company installed a new meter outside our garage replacing the one that existed inside the garage. For no apparently logical explanation water pressure in my house has dropped significantly. Hot water is simply not enough for one person to take shower.

My house is 45 years old and I purchased it in 1992. Water pressure remained fantastic until yesterday. My 4 children before three of them moved out few years ago, and myself will take hot shower without complaining the quality and the quantity of the water every morning.

After the meter install, the utility service man went to see the furnace located in the basement. The water heater and the main water shutoff valve is also located there. I don't have no clue what he did with all those gadgets but he wanted us to turn off the heat and after a while told us to turn the heat back on before leaving our premises. What could possibly be the reason for the pressure drop. I would appreciate your help very much. I checked the shut off valve and found it fully open. Thanks.
Sincer

speedball1
Dec 2, 2005, 04:21 PM
"Gas and Electricity Utility company installed a new meter outside our garage replacing the one that existed inside the garage. For no apparently logical explanation water pressure in my house has dropped significantly."

The Power Company installed a new electric/gas meter and now you have no water pressure?

The only explanation I can come up with is that in doing so they disturbed some mineral build up on the pipe walls and now it's clogging your system. Have you checked a few aerators to see if the screens are clogged? If this were my call the first thing I would do is shut the water off at the meter and open up the4 house shut off. Then I'd turn the water back on for a few seconds and have someone check to see if there was a full stream. If not I would flush out the service line. If I had a strong stream then I would track the loss down from one fixture to the next. Somewhere along the way I'm going to run into a pressure drop. That's where I'd find the clog. You may need to bite the bullet and call in outside help to get your pressure back. Good luck, Tom