usjeh99
May 12, 2009, 05:09 AM
This spring I noticed that my existing frostfree sillcock on the front of the house had been damaged so I replaced it with a new one, choosing to solder it to the water pipes as the original was.
It's a quarter turn sillcock but when I turn it on, the water pressure is noticeably lower than before. I checked the back of the house and the water pressure coming from there is high like it was before. They are both controlled with the same shutoff valve.
Is there an adjustment in the new quarterturn sillcock that I need to make or did I possibly get an abundance of solder into the pipe while soldering?
The only other difference in what I had before is that I put in a regular copper pipe union/coupler to join a pipe that I had cut further back in the water line.
Any ideas on the low water pressure?
Thanks
Eric
It's a quarter turn sillcock but when I turn it on, the water pressure is noticeably lower than before. I checked the back of the house and the water pressure coming from there is high like it was before. They are both controlled with the same shutoff valve.
Is there an adjustment in the new quarterturn sillcock that I need to make or did I possibly get an abundance of solder into the pipe while soldering?
The only other difference in what I had before is that I put in a regular copper pipe union/coupler to join a pipe that I had cut further back in the water line.
Any ideas on the low water pressure?
Thanks
Eric