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DougSheppard · Jun 26, 2012, 03:16 PM

I have decent pressure inside my house but outside at the water hose the pressure drops for some reason. Sprinklers don't work like they are supposed to etc... Any ideas on what to do?

Thanks,
Doug

hkstroud · Jun 26, 2012, 06:24 PM

How many sprinkler heads are you trying to use at one time?

DougSheppard · Jun 27, 2012, 07:39 PM

Originally Posted by hkstroud

How many sprinkler heads are you trying to use at one time?

Just one. The kids can't even play in the sprinkler hardly because of poor pressure.

hkstroud · Jun 27, 2012, 07:48 PM

That's bad. Suspect it is a volume problem not pressure.

Check inside the house for a stop valve that may not be fully open if this is not a frost proof hose bib. Check even if it is.

Turn off water and remove valve stem of hose bib. Turn on water briefly to flush out hose bib. Something may be caught in the hose bib, reducing volume.

DougSheppard · Jun 27, 2012, 08:20 PM

Originally Posted by hkstroud

That's bad. Suspect it is a volume problem not pressure.

Check inside the house for a stop valve that may not be fully open if this is not a frost proof hose bib. Check even if it is.

Turn off water and remove valve stem of hose bib. Turn on water briefly to flush out hose bib. Something may be caught in the hose bib, reducing volume.

I will try that. Any specific place I should look for this vaulve

hkstroud · Jun 27, 2012, 08:39 PM

I am assuming you live in a place where it freezes, at least occasionally, in the winter.

If you have a basement follow the piping going through the basement wall.

If you have crawl space it could be in the crawl space.

If you have crawl space or slab, do you have a utility closet where the water heater is.

If so, in that utility closet you should see the main water line coming into the house and piping to the water heater. You should also see piping going to kitchen and baths. These might have stop valves, they might not. A line going to the hose bib should have a stop valve.

DougSheppard · Jun 28, 2012, 04:33 AM

Originally Posted by hkstroud

I am assuming you live in a place where it freezes, at least occasionally, in the winter.

If you have a basement follow the piping going thru the basement wall.

If you have crawl space it could be in the crawl space.

If you have crawl space or slab, do you have a utility closet where the water heater is.

If so, in that utility closet you should see the main water line coming into the house and piping to the water heater. You should also see piping going to kitchen and baths. These might have stop valves, they might not. A line going to the hose bib should have a stop valve.

I'm not real sure what exactly a hose bib is

hkstroud · Jun 28, 2012, 04:52 AM

Just the name of the type of valve you attach a hose to. Same thing as spigot, or outside faucet. Stop valve is a valve that is put on the line before it reaches it final destination. Gives you a way of turning the water off so you can service the valve at the end of the line.
Stop valves are put in lines to hose bibs so you can turn the water off and drain the hose bib in the winter.

DougSheppard · Jun 28, 2012, 06:47 AM

Originally Posted by hkstroud

Just the name of the type of valve you attach a hose to. Same thing as spigot, or outside faucet. Stop valve is a valve that is put on the line before it reaches it final destination. Gives you a way of turning the water off so you can service the valve at the end of the line.
Stop valves are put in lines to hose bibs so you can turn the water off and drain the hose bib in the winter.

Ok thanks I'll try that out