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Crazy_quilter
Citizen
Username: Crazy_quilter
Post Number: 313
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, June 8, 2006 - 9:06 am: | 
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Here is my problem. I have sediment that clogs up my faucets and makes them leak. The plumber says he has never seen anything like it. i am in South Orange. He wants me to put a filter on my water before he will fix my leaking faucets (which are actually running quite a bit and driving me nuts). He first quoted me $200 for a filter but now says that was for a cold water filter and since it is the hot water where the sediment is coming out that i need a hot water filter and it will be $430! Then another $150 to fix just two of the faucets. I have a tankless hot water system installed this winter. Woolley Fuel who installed it claim they have never heard of this problem.
Questions: 1) why am i the only one with this problem?
2) Is the tankless system heating up the water so hot that the sediment precipitates out of the water?
3) what is the sediment? (it is brown and looks like sand. The plumber had it analyzed and it came back as "sediment"). The company that analyzed the water said i also need a water softener. the company is Wallin Associates who analyzed the water.
4) do i need a hot water filter for more money than a cold water filter? would the cold water filter not remove the sediment?
I am feeling quite persecuted and paranoid with this problem!
thank you for listening.
i also posted in south orange only section. |
Master Plvmber
Citizen
Username: Master_plvmber
Post Number: 538
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, June 8, 2006 - 9:20 am: |
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Very hot water can cause particulate matter to bind together and come out of solution.
Why not try lowering the water temperature first?
Master Plvmber |
Crazy_quilter
Citizen
Username: Crazy_quilter
Post Number: 315
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, June 8, 2006 - 9:58 am: |
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the water doesn't come out of the pipes very hot. if we lower the water temp. won't we have very luke warm showers?
is the water heated up very hot somewhere in the tankless system and then it is lower by the time it comes out of the pipes? |
doulamomma
Citizen
Username: Doulamomma
Post Number: 1490
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, June 8, 2006 - 10:14 am: |
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"The plumber had it analyzed and it came back as "sediment" "
I know this is no laughing matter, Crazy-quilter, but somehow this strikes me as funny - of course it's sediment!
Maybe get a second opinion?
this sux! |
Crazy_quilter
Citizen
Username: Crazy_quilter
Post Number: 318
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, June 8, 2006 - 11:58 am: |
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yeah, well i thought it was dirt! |
doulamomma
Citizen
Username: Doulamomma
Post Number: 1495
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, June 8, 2006 - 12:15 pm: |
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I guess I'm thinking that "sediment" covers a wide range of stuff, including dirt... |
Crazy_quilter
Citizen
Username: Crazy_quilter
Post Number: 319
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, June 8, 2006 - 1:41 pm: |
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i'm laughing too. i was very disappointed that the baggy full of stuff we sent off came back with the fancy and descriptive name of "sediment". (voice dripping with sarcasm).
maybe a second opinion is in order, but i keep thinking that all i wanted was my leaky faucets fixed! I've already spent $100, i'm being asked for $400 more, the plumber has been here three times, and they are still leaking! |
Dennis J O'Neill
Citizen
Username: Plungy
Post Number: 39
Registered: 6-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, June 8, 2006 - 1:57 pm: |
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I'm curious. When you say you had a "tankless system" installed. What specific type and brand of system did you have installed? |
Master Plvmber
Citizen
Username: Master_plvmber
Post Number: 539
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, June 8, 2006 - 6:07 pm: |
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So you're sure it's sediment and not schmutz? |
Crazy_quilter
Citizen
Username: Crazy_quilter
Post Number: 321
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, June 8, 2006 - 9:11 pm: |
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it's a weil-Mclain sgo-3 oil burner with tankless water heater. the stuff looks like sand or very small pebbles (is that schmutz?) it looks like you picked it off the beach, nice and clean. |
doulamomma
Citizen
Username: Doulamomma
Post Number: 1498
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, June 8, 2006 - 9:21 pm: |
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ah, see - that's it - you got the beach vacation model! |
Crazy_quilter
Citizen
Username: Crazy_quilter
Post Number: 323
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Friday, June 9, 2006 - 8:49 am: |
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a little bit of Delaware right in my basement! |
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