Possible burst pipe?

whitelightrider

Folks we were without water for about a day in the house. It came back and all seems fine. However the water coming from the utility is running slowly, and the washing machine (in the utility) is showing the water tap closed icon.

Just wondering if this could be a pipe still not fully thawed, or could we have a burst pipe in the ground? The water does come out, just not with any great pressure, and not for the washing machine.

Kensington

Whereabouts are you living? A lot of local authorities have water on reduced pressure at the moment.

whitelightrider

Kensington wrote: »

Whereabouts are you living? A lot of local authorities have water on reduced pressure at the moment.

Hi Kensington, doesnt apply to us. We sank our own well.

items

Water to WM might not be coming directly from mains, its bad practice. Your WM could / should be piped from attic tank, maybe tank got emptied so possible air lock in WM pipe work.

You WM could be piped off mains, sometimes its a requirement to have certain supplies taken off main separate than filtered side etc. If this is the case, a leak would mean constant, more than normal well pump operation.

Best find out where WM supply is coming from. If its defo supplied from well pump, shut off well pump after it pressurizes then monitor pump gauge, if pressure drops but no taps are open etc, then you have a leak.

If WM supplied from attic tank it could be an airlock, a few other cold taps may also suffer. Few ways to solve this problem but best find out where WM is supplied from.

whitelightrider

items wrote: »

Water to WM might not be coming directly from mains, its bad practice. Your WM could / should be piped from attic tank, maybe tank got emptied so possible air lock in WM pipe work.

You WM could be piped off mains, sometimes its a requirement to have certain supplies taken off main separate than filtered side etc. If this is the case, a leak would mean constant, more than normal well pump operation.

Best find out where WM supply is coming from. If its defo supplied from well pump, shut off well pump after it pressurizes then monitor pump gauge, if pressure drops but no taps are open etc, then you have a leak.

If WM supplied from attic tank it could be an airlock, a few other cold taps may also suffer. Few ways to solve this problem but best find out where WM is supplied from.

Hi items. We sank our own well and this is fed into the garage. All water is then fed from here into the house. All our tanks are in the garage too which is about 30ft from the house itself.
Im not sure where the WM is piped from. Plumber is calling tomorrow, hopefully, to check out why our UFH is working everywhere bar 1 room in the house! The joys of being a home owner :rolleyes:

items

Sounds like you've got a potable water storage tank in garage being filled by well pump, then water from tank is pumped into house, prob a grundfos pump. All supplies except kitchen sink should be taken off grundfos pump, although your WM might be taken off well pump if close to kitchen sink. You've a combination of pressurized supplies so any leaks are easy found, just have to know where water to WM is comming from.

Only one room not working while the rest work could be a simple acutator problem, all underfloor broken down into intividual zones, pipes cant be laid much more than 100 mtr in lenght so houses have many zones controled by seperate room stats which in turn control manifold actuators. If system has been installed recently, actuator should be replaced under guarentee.

Best of luck anyway.