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Rich Greenberg
 
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Default Low water pressure on one side of house.

In article .com,
wrote:
I'm not sure where to start looking for a clogged pipe. Would i start
from the street and follow to the bibb? If it is a clogged pipe, how do
i clean it out? Seems like some extensive digging might need to to be
done to find the problem. The odd thing is it happened suddenly. It
wasn't a gradual decrease in pressure.All valves are on.


The first step is to isolate the section of pipe that is blocked.

If 2 or 3 are weak, find what pipe(s) a

1) Common to all weak bibbs/faucets
2) not used by any bibbs/faucets with normal flow.

A very simple example. "X" represents a faucet.

a X---------| d
b X---------|------------|
c X---------| |
| f
e X----------------------|--------------- supply
g X----------------------|

If a, b, & c are slow and e & g are OK. pipe segment "d" is most likely
clogged.

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