Any plumbers in the house?

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I bet she could help:

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When you put air on the plugged line is there pressure buildup or does it flow freely. Shut-off stem washer broke off. Lime/calcium plug....force vinegar down the line? Can you run a small stiff wire into it?:dunno:


Pressure builds up and is released when I remove the hose. It’s plugged, but how, where?

ive run some wire down, but can’t get past the first 90-degree elbow.
 

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lol.....
Hey I wonder if maybe the cartridge broke off in the faucet and is lodged at a bend in the pipe or something...I've had one break off(Moen)on me when changing it....one of the few times I started crying as a grown man....
Pimps don't cry... just sayin'
 

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I would try a smaller more flexible wire also I would pre-bend it in the direction of the 90 degree elbow, it doesn't take much of a bend.

Also can you tell a temperature difference in the copper pipe,, water and no water. Hot water makes it easier.

i like the suggestions. I’ll try it tomorrow. Thanks.
 

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As a last resort beings it's a double sink, I would cap the plugged line an double up on your cold water line. I'm 74 yo and full of ideas :lol:

After 16 years I think we should trade sinks. Only fair.
 

Seedy

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As a last resort beings it's a double sink, I would cap the plugged line an double up on your cold water line. I'm 74 yo and full of ideas :lol:

thats funny. This is the direction I’m leaning.
I’d rather run a drill than patch drywall.
 

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This sounds like an HGTV reality show. All you need is Cooter and JBoss as Cooter’s incompetent assistant for comic relief.

“The CD and Seedy Show with CC Cooter”

The show would suck ass, but my Wife would watch it anyway. She has terrible taste. She married me.



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If you think it's a mineral plug, would back filling with some vinegar be an option? I'd think overnight it'd eat through any calcium build up. Maybe follow up with a wire pipe cleaner? Just an odd thought
 

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Yep -- can sweat pipes. I finished the whole basement (structural, drywall, electricity, plumbing, etc.)

I built a two-stage whole-house water filter (15 micron > 5 micron).

I just can't believe it died 100% (functioning and used daily one day, and dead the next).
What seems odd is going in a day from all good to nothing. Usually a calcium or other mineral build up will gradually change the pressure.
Normally I’d be hesitant to join the crowd shouting out bad advice and be one more voice irritating you, but since you-know-who threw this out to the peanut gallery, I feel no remorse whatsoever.
 

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If you think it's a mineral plug, would back filling with some vinegar be an option? I'd think overnight it'd eat through any calcium build up. Maybe follow up with a wire pipe cleaner? Just an odd thought

The night before I washed the dog in the sink. It worked fine. Seems like it would have trickled. When I turned it on the next morning there was absolutely nothing. Not even a drip.
 

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This sounds like an HGTV reality show. All you need is Cooter and JBoss as Cooter’s incompetent assistant for comic relief.

“The CD and Seedy Show with CC Cooter”

The show would suck ass, but my Wife would watch it anyway. She has terrible taste. She married me.



Alex.

Speaking of advice, did you ever get the lights in your pool enclosure taped up to the ceiling?

@Seedy - abandon and cap the cold water that is stopped up- use a double angle stop (common on dishwasher) on the cold water that is working and run a new supply to the faucet thru the cabinet. Just keep in mind if its a mineral deposit, it may form in more lines, although those usually occur in the hot water distribution from electrolysis. <---like gren suggested
 

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@Seedy I just thought about this, you guys just finished a remodel, chances are if you cut into the water line for any reason you may have gotten a small piece of trash or some solder into the line that found it's way to a tight spot. Still at some point need to find the stoppage. Get out the punch saw.
 

Seedy

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You did open up a vent on the unclogged side when you put pressure on it. Open the cold water faucet on your sink should be enough. :dunno:


Yep. Next sink in series I opened the cold water. No sputter, no nothing.
 

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In case anyone is wondering how this reality show is going, seedy is not having fun....yet.
 

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Capped plugged line
Drilled a few holes
Ran a new line from my sink (cold side) to her sink.
Finished in an hour, as opposed to taking a week to do it the “right way” (aka cut drywall, find the blockage, cut and sweat pipes/elbows, patch drywall, paint)
 

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