Suck!!!

wingedbride

I came home to meet our handyman. He had installed a new water line to our fridge and a new kitchen faucet a few months ago. Suddenly this week we lost water pressure in the sink and the water stopped coming through the fridge. So I thought maybe there was a leak in the line. Well, he just filled a glass from under the sink. Tons of water pressure, but the water is dark dark brown with rocks in it. This is going to suck. Hold me. 

HappyTummy613

STOP BRAGGING.

lisaiesha

Might I suggest drinking bottled water for awhile.

wingedbride

Ha! Well it's filtered and I read that it's probably rusty pipes which is not a health threat but ewww. Yeah. I have some heebs. Thankfully this is only our kitchen so hopefully the rest of our pipes are ok and it's not some heavy duty job. 

CaptainSerious

We have this same problem in Vermont.  We had to redo the bathroom, because the plumbing was outside the wall.  We now have a really really nice shower, but our water pressure is down to nothing.  The guy came and cleaned rocks out of the line once, which helped for a few days, but we are down to a trickle.

Please let me know what the solution is, because I'm worried about the fix, too.

CaptainSerious

See, the rock we had, we figured got in there when the new pipes were installed.  They run through a natural rock crawl-space from the basement into the bathroom.  I think the whole pipes might need to be removed, cleaned out, and replaced.

CaliopeSpidrman

Time to move.

wingedbride

Lol Cali. Ok. So he said the rock was rust bits. I mean it wasn't huge chunks but still. Anyway he flushed the line and it's ok for now. But there is a chance that we could get a leak so we have to decide if we want to replace the pipes. At least I have non gross water right now.