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Water Pressure blowout!
This might be on-topic if you dock your boat at one of Charleston's local
marinas, at the same altitude as my poor mobile home on the Ashley 8 miles upriver from City Marina's Megadock...... As usual on Wed morning I met my old ham radio buddies at Bojangles for breakfast. Fuel prices increased 1c/gallon during breakfast, dispite the tanking of oil prices. I left late, as usual, and came home to feed my parrots. As I moved towards the head to drain off some excess coffee, I could hear water running that sounded like a waterfall....not good. The fitting to the toilet valve WAS, and is no longer, a friction fitting forced into a rubber clamp in the valve's base. It's been there like that since 1981, the day it was delivered. Today, while I was gone, of course, this pipe blew out of the valve's fitting dropping back into a perfect position to spray water on the ceiling, down the walls, and into the heating system ductwork "drains", where it ends up soaking the fiberglass insulation under the house, ensuring all the cheap pressboard flooring gets its next dose of humidity to destroy it. Everything, of course, was soaked completely. There was a 24-pack of toilet paper sitting on a stool. It must have weighed 70 pounds when I hauled it outside in a waterproof bag! So, today was plumbing day. All new valves, fittings, NO FRICTION FITTINGS reinforced by stainless steel. The plumbing warehouse didn't have a garden hose fitting pressure regulator, so I ended up at Camping World and bought the biggest inline brass pressure regulator available, adjustable with built-in pressure guage. The house has 40 PSI water tonight. For a few bucks, I bought from Camping World another pressure guage that just fits over a garden hose outlet. It measures 115 PSI at my water inlet!! Don't hook your boat up directly to any Charleston, SC, USA, water tap without a regulator or you may be as sorry as I am tonight. God what a mess it was to clean up. I'm still waiting for some stuff to drain before I can wash it all. It's just too heavy to move. 115 PSI IS JUST TOO MUCH PRESSURE! How stupid they're delivering it, here. |
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Water Pressure blowout!
"Larry" wrote in message ... This might be on-topic if you dock your boat at one of Charleston's local marinas, at the same altitude as my poor mobile home on the Ashley 8 miles upriver from City Marina's Megadock...... As usual on Wed morning I met my old ham radio buddies at Bojangles for breakfast. Fuel prices increased 1c/gallon during breakfast, dispite the tanking of oil prices. I left late, as usual, and came home to feed my parrots. As I moved towards the head to drain off some excess coffee, I could hear water running that sounded like a waterfall....not good. The fitting to the toilet valve WAS, and is no longer, a friction fitting forced into a rubber clamp in the valve's base. It's been there like that since 1981, the day it was delivered. Today, while I was gone, of course, this pipe blew out of the valve's fitting dropping back into a perfect position to spray water on the ceiling, down the walls, and into the heating system ductwork "drains", where it ends up soaking the fiberglass insulation under the house, ensuring all the cheap pressboard flooring gets its next dose of humidity to destroy it. Everything, of course, was soaked completely. There was a 24-pack of toilet paper sitting on a stool. It must have weighed 70 pounds when I hauled it outside in a waterproof bag! So, today was plumbing day. All new valves, fittings, NO FRICTION FITTINGS reinforced by stainless steel. The plumbing warehouse didn't have a garden hose fitting pressure regulator, so I ended up at Camping World and bought the biggest inline brass pressure regulator available, adjustable with built-in pressure guage. The house has 40 PSI water tonight. For a few bucks, I bought from Camping World another pressure guage that just fits over a garden hose outlet. It measures 115 PSI at my water inlet!! Don't hook your boat up directly to any Charleston, SC, USA, water tap without a regulator or you may be as sorry as I am tonight. God what a mess it was to clean up. I'm still waiting for some stuff to drain before I can wash it all. It's just too heavy to move. 115 PSI IS JUST TOO MUCH PRESSURE! How stupid they're delivering it, here. Sue the ******* for damages. It is totally illegal for any municipality to have higher than 80psi water pressure. Here in the Florida Keys, the Aqueduct authority tops it out at 60psi in the distribution system. There is a good chance that the pressure regulating Watts valve are inoperable from a high pressure transmission line. These valves should be set to distribution pressure. They can fail open and allow transmission pressure into the distribution lines. Any damage to house plumbing (and probably boat plumbing should be the water utility's responsibility. Get some documentation, photos, etc of that ridiculous pressure. Wilbur Hubbard |
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Water Pressure blowout!
On Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:21:14 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote: "Larry" wrote in message .. . This might be on-topic if you dock your boat at one of Charleston's local marinas, at the same altitude as my poor mobile home on the Ashley 8 miles upriver from City Marina's Megadock...... As usual on Wed morning I met my old ham radio buddies at Bojangles for breakfast. Fuel prices increased 1c/gallon during breakfast, dispite the tanking of oil prices. I left late, as usual, and came home to feed my parrots. As I moved towards the head to drain off some excess coffee, I could hear water running that sounded like a waterfall....not good. The fitting to the toilet valve WAS, and is no longer, a friction fitting forced into a rubber clamp in the valve's base. It's been there like that since 1981, the day it was delivered. Today, while I was gone, of course, this pipe blew out of the valve's fitting dropping back into a perfect position to spray water on the ceiling, down the walls, and into the heating system ductwork "drains", where it ends up soaking the fiberglass insulation under the house, ensuring all the cheap pressboard flooring gets its next dose of humidity to destroy it. Everything, of course, was soaked completely. There was a 24-pack of toilet paper sitting on a stool. It must have weighed 70 pounds when I hauled it outside in a waterproof bag! So, today was plumbing day. All new valves, fittings, NO FRICTION FITTINGS reinforced by stainless steel. The plumbing warehouse didn't have a garden hose fitting pressure regulator, so I ended up at Camping World and bought the biggest inline brass pressure regulator available, adjustable with built-in pressure guage. The house has 40 PSI water tonight. For a few bucks, I bought from Camping World another pressure guage that just fits over a garden hose outlet. It measures 115 PSI at my water inlet!! Don't hook your boat up directly to any Charleston, SC, USA, water tap without a regulator or you may be as sorry as I am tonight. God what a mess it was to clean up. I'm still waiting for some stuff to drain before I can wash it all. It's just too heavy to move. 115 PSI IS JUST TOO MUCH PRESSURE! How stupid they're delivering it, here. Sue the ******* for damages. It is totally illegal for any municipality to have higher than 80psi water pressure. Here in the Florida Keys, the Aqueduct authority tops it out at 60psi in the distribution system. There is a good chance that the pressure regulating Watts valve are inoperable from a high pressure transmission line. These valves should be set to distribution pressure. They can fail open and allow transmission pressure into the distribution lines. Any damage to house plumbing (and probably boat plumbing should be the water utility's responsibility. Get some documentation, photos, etc of that ridiculous pressure. Wilbur Hubbard Thus speaks an expert water-man. The meter reader..... Cheers, Bruce (bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom) |
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Water Pressure blowout!
Larry wrote:
This might be on-topic if you dock your boat at one of Charleston's local marinas, at the same altitude as my poor mobile home on the Ashley 8 miles upriver from City Marina's Megadock...... As usual on Wed morning I met my old ham radio buddies at Bojangles for breakfast. Fuel prices increased 1c/gallon during breakfast, dispite the tanking of oil prices. I left late, as usual, and came home to feed my parrots. As I moved towards the head to drain off some excess coffee, I could hear water running that sounded like a waterfall....not good. The fitting to the toilet valve WAS, and is no longer, a friction fitting forced into a rubber clamp in the valve's base. It's been there like that since 1981, the day it was delivered. Today, while I was gone, of course, this pipe blew out of the valve's fitting dropping back into a perfect position to spray water on the ceiling, down the walls, and into the heating system ductwork "drains", where it ends up soaking the fiberglass insulation under the house, ensuring all the cheap pressboard flooring gets its next dose of humidity to destroy it. Everything, of course, was soaked completely. There was a 24-pack of toilet paper sitting on a stool. It must have weighed 70 pounds when I hauled it outside in a waterproof bag! So, today was plumbing day. All new valves, fittings, NO FRICTION FITTINGS reinforced by stainless steel. The plumbing warehouse didn't have a garden hose fitting pressure regulator, so I ended up at Camping World and bought the biggest inline brass pressure regulator available, adjustable with built-in pressure guage. The house has 40 PSI water tonight. For a few bucks, I bought from Camping World another pressure guage that just fits over a garden hose outlet. It measures 115 PSI at my water inlet!! Don't hook your boat up directly to any Charleston, SC, USA, water tap without a regulator or you may be as sorry as I am tonight. God what a mess it was to clean up. I'm still waiting for some stuff to drain before I can wash it all. It's just too heavy to move. 115 PSI IS JUST TOO MUCH PRESSURE! How stupid they're delivering it, here. Required by fire insurance company on the piers. Gordon |
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Water Pressure blowout!
On Wed, 18 Feb 2009 23:14:51 +0000, Larry wrote:
This might be on-topic if you dock your boat at one of Charleston's local marinas, at the same altitude as my poor mobile home on the Ashley 8 miles upriver from City Marina's Megadock...... As usual on Wed morning I met my old ham radio buddies at Bojangles for breakfast. Fuel prices increased 1c/gallon during breakfast, dispite the tanking of oil prices. I left late, as usual, and came home to feed my parrots. As I moved towards the head to drain off some excess coffee, I could hear water running that sounded like a waterfall....not good. The fitting to the toilet valve WAS, and is no longer, a friction fitting forced into a rubber clamp in the valve's base. It's been there like that since 1981, the day it was delivered. Today, while I was gone, of course, this pipe blew out of the valve's fitting dropping back into a perfect position to spray water on the ceiling, down the walls, and into the heating system ductwork "drains", where it ends up soaking the fiberglass insulation under the house, ensuring all the cheap pressboard flooring gets its next dose of humidity to destroy it. Everything, of course, was soaked completely. There was a 24-pack of toilet paper sitting on a stool. It must have weighed 70 pounds when I hauled it outside in a waterproof bag! So, today was plumbing day. All new valves, fittings, NO FRICTION FITTINGS reinforced by stainless steel. The plumbing warehouse didn't have a garden hose fitting pressure regulator, so I ended up at Camping World and bought the biggest inline brass pressure regulator available, adjustable with built-in pressure guage. The house has 40 PSI water tonight. For a few bucks, I bought from Camping World another pressure guage that just fits over a garden hose outlet. It measures 115 PSI at my water inlet!! Don't hook your boat up directly to any Charleston, SC, USA, water tap without a regulator or you may be as sorry as I am tonight. God what a mess it was to clean up. I'm still waiting for some stuff to drain before I can wash it all. It's just too heavy to move. 115 PSI IS JUST TOO MUCH PRESSURE! How stupid they're delivering it, here. I tend to doubt it's 115 psi. Recheck it with a known good gage. 115 would blow stuff apart all over town. Too bad about the damage in your place. By "friction" fitting are you talking about a compression fitting? A compression fitting on copper or steel tube should be a reliable fitting. --Vic |
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Water Pressure blowout!
"Vic Smith" wrote in message news On Wed, 18 Feb 2009 23:14:51 +0000, Larry wrote: This might be on-topic if you dock your boat at one of Charleston's local marinas, at the same altitude as my poor mobile home on the Ashley 8 miles upriver from City Marina's Megadock...... As usual on Wed morning I met my old ham radio buddies at Bojangles for breakfast. Fuel prices increased 1c/gallon during breakfast, dispite the tanking of oil prices. I left late, as usual, and came home to feed my parrots. As I moved towards the head to drain off some excess coffee, I could hear water running that sounded like a waterfall....not good. The fitting to the toilet valve WAS, and is no longer, a friction fitting forced into a rubber clamp in the valve's base. It's been there like that since 1981, the day it was delivered. Today, while I was gone, of course, this pipe blew out of the valve's fitting dropping back into a perfect position to spray water on the ceiling, down the walls, and into the heating system ductwork "drains", where it ends up soaking the fiberglass insulation under the house, ensuring all the cheap pressboard flooring gets its next dose of humidity to destroy it. Everything, of course, was soaked completely. There was a 24-pack of toilet paper sitting on a stool. It must have weighed 70 pounds when I hauled it outside in a waterproof bag! So, today was plumbing day. All new valves, fittings, NO FRICTION FITTINGS reinforced by stainless steel. The plumbing warehouse didn't have a garden hose fitting pressure regulator, so I ended up at Camping World and bought the biggest inline brass pressure regulator available, adjustable with built-in pressure guage. The house has 40 PSI water tonight. For a few bucks, I bought from Camping World another pressure guage that just fits over a garden hose outlet. It measures 115 PSI at my water inlet!! Don't hook your boat up directly to any Charleston, SC, USA, water tap without a regulator or you may be as sorry as I am tonight. God what a mess it was to clean up. I'm still waiting for some stuff to drain before I can wash it all. It's just too heavy to move. 115 PSI IS JUST TOO MUCH PRESSURE! How stupid they're delivering it, here. I tend to doubt it's 115 psi. Recheck it with a known good gage. 115 would blow stuff apart all over town. Too bad about the damage in your place. By "friction" fitting are you talking about a compression fitting? A compression fitting on copper or steel tube should be a reliable fitting. --Vic I disagree. It probably IS 115psi. I think there is a faulty regulating valve that serves that part of town's distribution system. Transmission mains can be pressurized up to 150psi. http://www.watts.com/pro/_products.asp?catId=69 These valves should reduce that pressure to 50-60psi for residential use. House plumbing is not rated for much more than 80 psi. Wilbur Hubbard |
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Water Pressure blowout!
"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in
anews.com: I disagree. It probably IS 115psi. I think there is a faulty regulating valve that serves that part of town's distribution system. Transmission mains can be pressurized up to 150psi. http://www.watts.com/pro/_products.asp?catId=69 These valves should reduce that pressure to 50-60psi for residential use. House plumbing is not rated for much more than 80 psi. Wilbur Hubbard Thanks, Wilbur. I'm going to contact them tomorrow after my adrenaline stops flowing so hard. The guage I'm using is new, a really nice one. I've checked it before and, down here on the lowest point of the system, the pressure has always been in the 80-90 PSI range right here on the river. The only garden hoses that can survive are the best nylon reinforced ones. Those little pressure washer nozzles clean the black right off the patio at that pressure. Well, the bathroom's very clean, tonight, from its "pressure washing"....even the walls! I'm feeling better and the cursing has mostly stopped..... I was NOT a pleasant person around noon.......dammit. |
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Water Pressure blowout!
Vic Smith wrote in
news By "friction" fitting are you talking about a compression fitting? A compression fitting on copper or steel tube should be a reliable fitting. Yes, thanks. I couldn't think of "compression" while typing at all. I am a man and, therefore, not multitasking...(c;] |
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