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Any plumbing smarties among you all?

Posted by prayformojo (aka mayhem) Dec 25 '22, 12:01

Woke up yesterday to no hot or cold water to the kitchen sink or the dishwasher.

Can get water to the rest of the house - both in a bathroom on same floor as kitchen and bathroom on floor directly above kitchen.

I would imagine this rules out frozen pipe.

This afternoon - 24+ into it - I would start turning on told water in the sink. Noticed a drop came out. Thought it was just something residual that had been in the pipe.

But over the next hour I would turn the tap on, get a few more drops, then turn it off.

I leave the cold water tap on, and within about 10 minutes, the drops come out gradually faster until it's running on demand. So the cold water is back now.

Still no hot water.

Any ideas what's causing this?

I'd spent a lot of the day on hold trying to get hold of a plumber to no avail. As long as cold water stays on, I don't think we'll need an emergency call (emergency rates would apply tomorrow).

Responses:

Thanks everybody for the advice. Now I just have to figure out where the freeze occurred -- nm - prayformojo Dec 25, 13:25
Turn on and leave on the hot water tap until it also starts running again. Flowing water will break up an ice clog faster than heat -- nm - rollo Dec 25, 12:54 2
- Thanks. Will do. Getting intermittent drips every few minutes. -- nm - prayformojo Dec 25, 12:56 1
  - and now hot water's running to the sink and the dishwasher. -- nm - prayformojo Dec 25, 13:23
In fact: (not that I'm obsessing over figuring this out on Christmas) - prayformojo Dec 25, 12:53
Maybe it's a ghost. Or a vacuum/air pocket issue. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 25, 12:28
If sink is against the outside wall there is often no insulation around them. Keep vigilant for leaking water. -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 25, 12:26
I think you almost certainly have a frozen pipe somewhere between the working faucets and the non-working one. -- nm - Ender Dec 25, 12:16 3
- This would be my best guess as well. Is the pipe between the floors on an outside wall? -- nm - spamlet Dec 25, 12:30 2
  - Yes, but as far as I can tell, the same pipes supply the bathroom on the floor above -- nm - prayformojo Dec 25, 12:33 1
    - They have to branch off at some point, and it sounds like the freeze is after that. -- nm - Ender Dec 25, 13:07
did you walk the house and look at the walls, ceilings, corners & floors to see if it affected anything behind the walls? -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 25, 12:16 3
- as far as I can tell, nothing wrong either outside or in the basement -- nm - prayformojo Dec 25, 12:16 2
  - ok. that's the extent of my plumbing skills :))) -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 25, 12:19 1
    - mine too! -- nm - prayformojo Dec 25, 12:23

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