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Yeah, this. Two days ago we returned home from a short trip and when we turned on the tap for the first time the water pressure seemed unusually high for 5-10
by lisper 4y ago
Yeah, this.
Two days ago we returned home from a short trip and when we turned on the tap for the first time the water pressure seemed unusually high for 5-10 seconds before returning to normal. I would have thought nothing of it except that about fifteen years ago I had experienced the same phenomenon after installing a water pressure booster pump in our house and so I learned the hard way about the need for thermal expansion tanks in modern domestic plumbing [1] and so I knew right away that our tank had failed and needed to be replaced. It's a pretty trivial DIY project, but only if you do it before your pipes burst. I suspect most people have never even heard of a thermal expansion tank.
[1] https://homeinspectioninsider.com/thermal-expansion-tanks-installed/ https://homeinspectioninsider.com/thermal-expansion-tanks-in...
- whimsicalism 4y ago> I suspect most people have never even heard of a thermal expansion tank. I suspect that if you did surveys every year going back to the 19th century, in every single one of them the majority of people would have never heard of a thermal expansion tank.
- lisper 4y agoThat's because they didn't exist back then. But I'll bet most people could tell you why they had separate hot and cold water taps. (These things are related BTW.)
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- lupire 4y agoI have a joint hot and cold water tap, so...
- lisper 4y agoI'm referring to a setup like this: https://st.hzcdn.com/fimgs/b0f25dc10b76dbe4_6198-w500-h666-b0-p0--.jpg https://st.hzcdn.com/fimgs/b0f25dc10b76dbe4_6198-w500-h666-b... where the hot and cold water come out in two different places.