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Tammygx9
Jun 8, 2013, 04:12 PM
My dogs broke one of my water pipes under my mobile home right below the elbow.We have repair that and all of my faucets work fine except my cold water in the kitchen.The hot is working fine.What can I do?

Milo Dolezal
Jun 8, 2013, 04:25 PM
I assume your plumbing is PVC or CPVC. Repair of "plastic" plumbing is relatively easy and inexpensive. Cut of about 6" of pipe on each side of the damaged elbow. Buy 2 couplings and 1- 90 ell and short piece of pipe and install it in place of the removed pipe. Use glue designed for the type of plastic pipe you will be using.

If it is a Butelyne pipe ( gray flexible " of pipe on each side of the damaged elbow. Buy 2 couplings and 1- 90 ell and short piece of pipe and install it in place of the removed pipe. Use glue designed for the type of plastic pipe you will be using.

If it is a Butelyne pipe ( gray flexible " ) than you have to find a store that sells Butelyne pipe and fittings. Basically, repair is the same as with PVC pipe - only you use special compression fittings to make new connections.

If you cannot do it yourself than any handyman should be able to handle this repair.

Hope that helps. Milo

Tammygx9
Jun 8, 2013, 04:37 PM
I just wrote about my dogs breaking my pipe .We did fix the pipe and everything works except the cold water in the kitchen.All faucets through out my home works fine even the hot water in the kitchen but the cold water comes out in a trickle.Thats what I need to know about.

mygirlsdad77
Jun 8, 2013, 08:04 PM
Is this a single handle or two handle faucet at the kitchen sink?