We own a colonial that was built in 1987. I'm the third owner of the house but we are good friends with the second owner, and there has NEVER been a water problem here. Water pressure has been great.
But the other night, while filling the tub for my son's bath, I noticed the water had very little pressure. Then all of a sudden it stopped completely. I shut off the valve, then two minutes later tried again and it was fine.
Last night the water pressure was low, but it didn't run dry.
Today, my wife took a shower first, then two minutes into my shower (which had very low pressure) the water shut off completely. I had to just keep waiting a few minutes then turning it on just to get all the soap off. 15 minutes later I was in the kitchen and the water was running fine.
We did no laundry last night, but we did do a load of dishes. But like I said, we could take showers while the dishwasher and washing machine was going, and it used to be fine.
I know it's impossible to determine from this what might be the problem, but I was hoping someone had an idea. Of course, we're hoping to put the house on the market soon, so I'm hoping this is something minor. We have a water softener and I'm going to check that when I get home from work to see if that has any errors.
Any ideas?
But the other night, while filling the tub for my son's bath, I noticed the water had very little pressure. Then all of a sudden it stopped completely. I shut off the valve, then two minutes later tried again and it was fine.
Last night the water pressure was low, but it didn't run dry.
Today, my wife took a shower first, then two minutes into my shower (which had very low pressure) the water shut off completely. I had to just keep waiting a few minutes then turning it on just to get all the soap off. 15 minutes later I was in the kitchen and the water was running fine.
We did no laundry last night, but we did do a load of dishes. But like I said, we could take showers while the dishwasher and washing machine was going, and it used to be fine.
I know it's impossible to determine from this what might be the problem, but I was hoping someone had an idea. Of course, we're hoping to put the house on the market soon, so I'm hoping this is something minor. We have a water softener and I'm going to check that when I get home from work to see if that has any errors.
Any ideas?