Water Pipe

It's a little dissatisfying to spend all that money on something you think you don't really need. In this case it was just a few more PSI in the water main, but it had to be done. The problem was that if you ran 2 taps, or water-using appliances together, the water flow seemed to halve.

That's one thing when it's just 2 people, but with it being a duplex we foresaw trouble if 2 apartments were trying to use water at once, so the main had to be replaced.

The problem was that the pipe was probably the original so about 90 years old and made of corroding steel. Consequently, the inside was tiny and looked like this:

The old corroded pipe

Time for a new one which meant digging a new trench in the front yard.

When they dug out the old pipe they found an inexplicable hole in the ground. It started about 12 inches under the surface, and ran down to nearly 5 feet. The plumbers were baffled and there was no sign of flowing water. I filled it in with dirt and gravel.

 The hole, and the old water pipe

The new pipe installed

Now we have normal water pressure. Good