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Late evenings and mornings are poor, but afternoons and early evening are just fine, Kayaked up at Utica and elephant rock this afternoon, beautiful; no at Elephant rock but us.
Quote:thanks. i only have 1 ball valve that i operate when i winterize the house. pretty easy to tell when its open. i've winterized the house probably 15 times and this condition has always been the same. i don't know where a pressure regulator would be. all i have found is the actual meter itself down by the street. does that mean there will be something else that is going to be buried somewhere that i will have to dig up?I'm pretty sure your regulator would be in the "basement" part of your place. Our place has two valves plus a regulator. One valve is near the main water valve and the other is under the main floor of the cabin, and the regulator is there too. It will likely look "similar" to the attached photo. I'm sure your cabin was built after ours and ours has copper pipe and some kind of flexible plastic or rubber main (not PVC), so it's very doubtful you have any galvanized pipe.
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The PRV at my house is located just on my side of the water meter and is within the meter box. I had it replaced a few years ago and there was an improvement in pressure.
I drove up to Lake Alpine this morning. At about 8AM it was pretty smokey here in Dorrington and quite a bit thicker up there. I suspect it will clear some in the afternoon.
These updates on the air quality are great. Please keep them coming.
I wonder if you have galvanized pipes? pressure and flow are both required, not pressure alone. 60psi is the same in a 1/2" pipe or 3/4" pipe. But flow is very different. Old galvanized pipes will have pressure but not allow much water to flow.
thanks. i only have 1 ball valve that i operate when i winterize the house. pretty easy to tell when its open. i've winterized the house probably 15 times and this condition has always been the same. i don't know where a pressure regulator would be. all i have found is the actual meter itself down by the street. does that mean there will be something else that is going to be buried somewhere that i will have to dig up?
Love the Moose Lodge bear!!
LostBruce-what kind of camera do you have? I would love to see who visits us!
caught a bear on our "tree" camera a few weeks ago too. can't seem to figure out how to post a picture. pretty cool to check the pictures on the camera and see a bear. Usually just deer, squirrels, occasional coyote and fox. still waiting for a mountain lion to wander by someday.
Water pressure varies quite a bit in BTV depending on where you live. The higher the elevation, the lower the pressure. However, I would agree with joe. Check the regulator first.
Our water comes from the same place as fire hydrants. CCWD came by one day and checked the water pressure at the hydrant. It was about 60 pounds. A friend "down" the street has about 90 pounds before the regulator. Last time I checked my water pressure (several years ago) after the regulator it was about 45 pounds. Regulators are adjustable but make sure they aren't leaking.
CCWD recommends a pressure reducer as close to the street on/off valve as possible. That is where mine is located. I agree with the others above, check all the valves starting at the street. I'm sure you will find it.
If not, ask one of your neighbors if you can check their water pressure for comparison. If they have the same issue, maybe a call to CCWD is in order.
Carl
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A while back I discovered that the previous owner had turned down the pressure regulator. I turned it up a bit to what felt like "normal". Only guess as to why he did it was to lower the risk of pipes bursting but only guessing.
Our regulator was next to a shutoff valve that we have near the house, not the one at the street.Our hose spigot was underpowered – turned out my son had not opened the valve ALL the way when we sent him under to open them in Spring. Once we opened it up I had hose power again.
With that in mind, are you sure your various water valves are all the way open? Start at the meter, move to house, check under sinks…
