Straightup
Petty Officer 1st Class
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- Apr 5, 2005
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My house is 47 years old and I am experiencing slow hot water at the kitchen sink only. I am running a portable dishwasher so the hot gets left on overnight (being hooked up to the dishwasher). Also when the dishwasher is not hooked up and the hot is turned on at the sink you can hear banging / clunking in the pipes below. All of the rest of the hots in the rest of the house seem to have normal flow.
We have no water softener, our water is pretty hard.
The water heater is about 12 feet from where it goes up to the kitchen sink and that line is copper (about 5/8 O.D. line). Then at the base of the cabinet there is a steel line with a compression fitting that goes up to the fawcett - about 18". I took that line out last night and didn't see any blockage / sediment in that line.
The fawcett is a pretty cheap $50 one and is about 10 years old. Maybe full of crud?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions. - Straightup
We have no water softener, our water is pretty hard.
The water heater is about 12 feet from where it goes up to the kitchen sink and that line is copper (about 5/8 O.D. line). Then at the base of the cabinet there is a steel line with a compression fitting that goes up to the fawcett - about 18". I took that line out last night and didn't see any blockage / sediment in that line.
The fawcett is a pretty cheap $50 one and is about 10 years old. Maybe full of crud?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions. - Straightup