Do I have the dreaded water hammer?
MizLizzie
2 years ago
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Do I have the dreaded rodent?
Comments (18)hey T .. welcome back ... don't worry about the elf ... whatever ... yes.. you have rodents ... what kind no clue ... DO YOU SEE ANY PROBLEM IN THE HOSTA BEDS???? trapped me a skunk last night.. now i have to pay someone to get it out of here.. life isnt a disney movie in my garden ... besides that.. WHO CARE ABOUT GRASS ... lol ... once you get out there .. give us an update of any further facts ... like trails thru the hosta beds .. etc ... if you find an entry hole ... step on it.. if it is active.. it will be re-opened ... once you find an active hole... get a mouse trap [rat trap for chipmonks] ... apply some peanut butter on the release ... takes a lot of licking .. then invert a large black pot over it and the hole.. preferably setting it first ... the pot keeps friendly animals out.. and since they live underground.. and are used to darkness ... encourages them to come take a look ... once you get one.. you will be on your way to ID'ing what you have ... and once you know that.. you will know what to do ... mice eat grain.. hence the PD ... moles eat worms and grubs ... so its harder to attract them to a trap .. BTW.. i have moles.. that are the size of field mice ... there are big and small ones ... i dont have voles ... obviously.. they are vegetarians ... if they eat hosta .... so my knowledge is limited ... though you have lumps of gathered grass.. with voles.. you should also have very apparent trails ... as far as i know ... good luck ken ps: i really should not type in full caffeine buzz mode.. hope you can make heads and tales of this ramble.. lol .....See More1958 Home Window Well Fills w/Water - Do I have Drains?
Comments (5)If we trench around the whole house to put in PVC pipe a bit lower than any newly installed drain in the well, we'd have to dig up a few rows of cobble patio. That's the only area we can think of that has enough slope to drain the water away to. Covers won't work because the water is just filling in via the bottom. It's not rained hard enough lately to see if water is seeping in between the house & metal well. Thought maybe we'd rent an auger or Chipping hammer to hopefully dig down to cleanish gravel and clean the clay/soil out of the top. Thinking if that was done, maybe the water would trickle down. I take back what I said about my knowledge on fixes :). I do know I don't want to make a hole through the house to have an inside drain. Or - I'd "prefer" not to. Only a 1" pipe would fit between the walls which might be ok, but it would be very tricky to do without tearing apart all the drywall down there....See MoreUnusual Water Hammer Problem
Comments (1)IF you find the city to be a fault and they refuse to do something, take it to legal. About the only way you can 'make' them do something. Other ideas, I wonder if your PRV is faulty, I don't think it should allow pressure to go so high? Another way to help with the symptoms is to install a large expansion tank in the main line which acts as a buffer. It acts as a collecting tank and it has a bladder to control pressure....See MoreWashing Machine Water Hammer by Brand
Comments (21)Thanks to everyone for the comments. I wanted to give a little update on the filling patterns of my machine. I did a couple loads of laundry on Saturday and wrote down my observations. I did not time them with a stopwatch...I just did the old "one one thousand.....two one thousand....three one thousand...." approach like we did when we were kids... while I jotted down how many times and for roughly how long. A stopwatch would have gotten in the way during all the short bursts. I loaded my machine....and after it auto sensed the load size, it sensed it as a full load (4 out of 4 bars), so it should have used the most amount of water I guess. I used the following options....pre-wash... extra rinse....and water plus. Here's how the machine filled. During the "pre-wash" stage, I observed the following water filling bursts: - 12 short bursts of water, roughly 1 second each, maybe 3 or 4 seconds apart.....+/- - 1 long burst of water, roughly 30 seconds. - 2 medium bursts of water, roughly 7 seconds each. - 1 long burst of water, roughly 30 seconds. - 4 medium bursts of water, roughly 4 seconds each. - 1 long burst of water, roughly 35 seconds. So 21 separate bursts of water for the pre-wash stage. During the "main wash", stage, I observed the following: - 6 shorts bursts of water, roughly 1 second each - 1 long burst of water, roughly 30 seconds. - 5 short bursts of water, roughly 1 second each - 1 long burst of water, roughly 20 seconds - 4 medium bursts of water, roughly 4 seconds - 1 long burst of water, roughly 30 seconds. So 18 separate bursts of water for the main wash stage. For the "rinse" cycles, I did not count and/or time, however it was something like: - 1 long burst of water for maybe a minute, again I did not time it...it just fills... - 1 or 2 short to medium bursts...again, I did not time these I just wanted to give you guys an update, and see if anyone has water fill patterns like these or if these are completely ridiculous...which I think they are. Again, the machine is 9-10 years old....so it's time to start looking for a new one....this is driving me crazy. Someone asked if this was a new thing or if the machine always did this. To be honest....I didn't pay attention to fill patterns before I started having the hammer issues and water/mist shooting out of the exterior hose bib vacuum breakers awhile back.......so I cannot say for sure. Now I wish I had paid attention to it from the first day years back.....See MoreMizLizzie
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