Since you are so careful about the right and wrong way to install things. Your expansion tank installation won't pass the inspection at least in the area where I live. In my house the inspector told me that I can't use the pipe as the only support for the expansion tank weight and that I needed to use a bracket ($15) to be supported by the wall.
@TightWadDIY5 ай бұрын
Thanks for the heads up. What state are you in?
@sabakelelah Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the useful information
@TightWadDIY Жыл бұрын
My pleasure!
@JG39697 Жыл бұрын
When adding air to expansion tank, do you keep faucets in the ON position and main valve still closed
@mariobannano65929 ай бұрын
Thank you right to the point u show what exactly u need to do. Great video guy. God bless.😂
@TightWadDIY9 ай бұрын
Glad to help
@itsm3th3b337 ай бұрын
@@TightWadDIY Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you so much for the detailed instructions.
@jamesgrey6430 Жыл бұрын
Why can't you adjust the pressure with one of the main shutoff valves like you can do with a hose bib valve?
@TightWadDIY Жыл бұрын
A hose bib doesn’t adjust pressure, it adjusts flow.
@SemperGumbi0369 Жыл бұрын
@@TightWadDIY I still get those confused!
@thomasfitzgerald25954 ай бұрын
Where are you located?
@LuckyLindy39 Жыл бұрын
why did you drain the water in your home before making the pressure adjustment?
@TightWadDIY Жыл бұрын
That’s what my research said was best practice. Otherwise you could get a false reading based on water pressure. Draining it allows you to accurately inflate the bladder to the correct PSI.
@LuckyLindy39 Жыл бұрын
@@TightWadDIY Thanks. I guess you could reattach water pressure gauge after draining to verify lack of pressure in home before adjusting air pressure. Great video
@itsm3th3b337 ай бұрын
@@LuckyLindy39 That is exactly what I did. Seems to me these tanks are like car tires. Literally, down to the inflation valve. They need to be checked and inflated on a regular basis as air escapes.
@harleyb-ham266 Жыл бұрын
I've watch too many videos in regards to low water pressure and they all talk about adjusting it through a PRV. I have an older home in California and there is no PRV. How do you increase pressure if you don't have a PRV?????
@TightWadDIY Жыл бұрын
I assumed all home had one. Sorry, I’m not sure.
@itsm3th3b337 ай бұрын
I may have watched more videos than you. LOL I read somewhere that the minimum required by law is 20psi. If you're sure that you don't have a PRV, then measure the pressure at an outside garden bib. If it's below 20psi, call your city. But then again, your neighbors would also have low pressure... If it's only your home, they make water pump that will increase the pressure. But then again, you may not want to increase pressure too much due to old pipes may not be able to handle it.
@BloominOnion16 ай бұрын
booster pump
@metaldetectoruniverse2 ай бұрын
thank you for pointing me to this video from your other one. Question: when you open the outside spigot to drain the water in your house, do you use the outdoor regulated spigot or the unregulated spigot? I guess it doesn't matter but wanted to confirm.
@TightWadDIY2 ай бұрын
The lowest elevation spigot.
@thatguy70856 ай бұрын
Only issue… the expansion tank is not to code. It must be mounted to something. Cannot be just hanging there.
@TightWadDIY6 ай бұрын
Code is different in every state. This meets code in most.
@weekendhomeprojects2 жыл бұрын
Re-Upload? Still one of the best vids on the net!
@TightWadDIY2 жыл бұрын
Yes. I found a mistake so I took it down and uploaded it again. I appreciate it.
@ptech886 ай бұрын
As a plumber and owning my own business for 40 years i can count on one hand how many homes have pressure regulators. Most homes i deal with complain about pressure thats two low and i have to install a pressure boosting pump. Count yourself lucky if its this easy to increase you water pressure
@TightWadDIY6 ай бұрын
Thanks. I guess I’m lucky!
@amateurgardener93002 ай бұрын
Lucky
@robertholsopple9451 Жыл бұрын
My expansion tank doesn't have any way to check the pressure. Just a big grey tank with a drain with a yellow handled shutoff on the bottom. I drain the rust out of it 1x a year at that location. Why don't I have a fitting to check psi?
@TightWadDIY Жыл бұрын
Sorry I’m not familiar with that type of expansion tank.
@itsm3th3b337 ай бұрын
That sounds like your water heater, not expansion tank.
@libertylion60888 ай бұрын
I can't find a PRV in or around my home (built 2015).
@TightWadDIY8 ай бұрын
It’s wherever the water main enters your home.
@libertylion60888 ай бұрын
@@TightWadDIY You would think. But I can't find it.
@fittekownerАй бұрын
Water pressure gauge .
@TightWadDIYАй бұрын
Is that a question?
@RC.56 Жыл бұрын
My expansion tank has no pressure whatsoever, I shut off the main and Drange the Spicket, empty, checked expansion tank, and there is no pressure
@TightWadDIY Жыл бұрын
The bladder may have failed or it was never properly installed.
@itsm3th3b337 ай бұрын
@@TightWadDIY I'm no plumber, but here's what I'm thinking: to determine if the bladder is working, turn off the main valve to the house; open a faucet to relieve the pressure in the system; pump air in the bladder tank; wait for a while and measure the pressure in the tank. If the bladder or tank is leaking, the pressure would be lower than what you put in. If it remains about the same, then the tank (and bladder) is OK. Is that correct?
@TightWadDIY7 ай бұрын
Sounds like a good plan to me! I’m not a plumber either though.
@samanderson7745 Жыл бұрын
Got a new PRV installed a few weeks ago. It now makes a lot of noise when I'm running a shower or the washing machine, like, it now sounds like a damn fog horn. I checked my pressure on a bib and it's at 40psi. I know that I need to increase the pressure in the PRV but by doing that will it also help reduce, or hopefully eliminate, the noise that it's making? If I can fix this myself without calling the plumber back it would be great.
@TightWadDIY Жыл бұрын
Mine makes that noise when I leave a hose bib turned on.
@SirPokemonX Жыл бұрын
Why does it make that noise though?
@TightWadDIY Жыл бұрын
@@SirPokemonX This article does a good job explaining several possible issues. dorringtonplumbing.com.au/fix-noisy-water-pipes/
@samanderson7745 Жыл бұрын
@SirPokemonX I can tell you that after I opened up the pressure a bit in the valve the noise has completely gone away, thankfully!
@markrush8071 Жыл бұрын
My pressure in my house drop it come on full then drop and won’t go back up for a while or even at all .I try flushing water heater but don’t know how long should I do that for
@TightWadDIY Жыл бұрын
Does it happen in every faucet or just one?
@markrush8071 Жыл бұрын
@@TightWadDIY every one and show dishwasher ,washing machine
@markrush8071 Жыл бұрын
@@TightWadDIY update it is my water filter system that has a blockage so gotta try to clean that to open values
@mariosifuentes5994 Жыл бұрын
@@markrush8071 cool I was thinking a faulty prv , for thats how they act, i add filters to my check out list .
@Lambchop598 ай бұрын
Thank u sir!
@TightWadDIY8 ай бұрын
It’s my pleasure!
@carterlawless59243 ай бұрын
Same guy that does grill this smoke that?
@TightWadDIY3 ай бұрын
Haha. It sure is! This is my original social media channel.
@carterlawless59243 ай бұрын
@@TightWadDIY so cool I stumbled across grilling first then now the home diy Good content
@GrillThisSmokeThat3 ай бұрын
@@carterlawless5924Thank you, Carter! I really appreciate your support.
@dollyrama1132 Жыл бұрын
Can u make a video for the side yard meters?
@TightWadDIY Жыл бұрын
I’m not sure what you mean.
@jeffwu1850 Жыл бұрын
So thr thermal expansion tank no need to installed by the water heater ?
@TightWadDIY Жыл бұрын
No. Just needs to be on the same line.
@patrickconger2292 Жыл бұрын
Why wouldn't you
@itsm3th3b337 ай бұрын
@@patrickconger2292 My guess: there is no room nearby the water heater for an expansion tank. Or it's impractical or too hard to install there.
@byrongonzalez8792 Жыл бұрын
I don't have a basement
@TightWadDIY Жыл бұрын
It will typically be in your crawl space or next to the water heater if you are on a slab.
@joli783638 ай бұрын
How about too much water pressure?
@TightWadDIY8 ай бұрын
You can turn it down with the PRV.
@joli783638 ай бұрын
@TightWadDIY my bathroom closer to the water heater shower head is leaking, thought it was just the head so I stuck my finger up the tube added pressure and then I released it air blew thru, do I have air trapped?
@joli783638 ай бұрын
@TightWadDIY the expansion tank is matching the city pressure, 40. I turned it down 37*
@GrillThisSmokeThat8 ай бұрын
@@joli78363You can’t trap air in water pipes. When they pressurize, they will push any air out.
@calvingriffin2274 Жыл бұрын
To drain the water before I check the bladder do I just turn off the water to the house then open up all the faucets, or do I have to drain the water heater? Thank you for the video.
@TightWadDIY Жыл бұрын
Just turn off the main waterline and open one hose bib outside. You really just need to relieve the pressure. You’re not trying to drain all of the water from the system.
@juliangert2 жыл бұрын
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@TightWadDIY2 жыл бұрын
Hey Julian. Click the LinkTree in the video description and you will see my email address. Feel free to send me a proposal.