Where is the water pressure to my garden faucet?
After the winter we opened the water valve to our outside water faucets but there was water pressure. Its a new construction house [1yr old]. What do we need to do to get the water pressure back into the outside piping? There was pressure prior to turning the water off for the winter.
Thank you.
if you have a "frost proof" faucet that was installed incorrectly of had a hose left on it thru winter, it may have broken (split) inside wall.
if you had water pressure before -either there is a leak or faucet is not opening all the way-take faucet off and see if it has pressure-go from there
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There is a valve somewhere that turns the water off before it gets to the outside valve. There may even be 2. Locate where the water line penetrates the exterior wall and trace it back to locate the valve(s). I doubt that you have a leak as you would hear the water running. If the house is that new, there may be a loose piece of solder or "crud" in the line that needs to be removed. This would require some pipe disassembly. Good luck.
References :
Maness Contracting, Inc. Wheeling, WV
if you have a "frost proof" faucet that was installed incorrectly of had a hose left on it thru winter, it may have broken (split) inside wall.
References :
master plumber