I noticed, awhile back, that there was air in the line of our kitchen faucet every morning. Then it grew worse, to about every 6 hours. When we found a puddle under the sink (going to get something), I noticed there was water up high on the main faucet as well as beading and dripping from the hot side line. Needless to say we knew stuff was broken and leaking.
Had Huachuca Plumbing come out and investigate. They finally told me there was NO water leaking from the lines (contrary to what I told them I saw with my own eyes), but ONLY seeping in from under the seal and dripping down. Cost? $59. Solution? None.
We bought a new faucet from Lowes (Moen rules! Will never buy a Price-Pfister again!) and I finally decided to save money and remove/install myself. After finally getting the P-P removed (yanking and tearing and cutting), I installed the Moen (it was a breeze!) and... amazingly enough... there has not been one episode of air in the line since!
Why? Because there WAS a leak (most probably at the points mentioned earlier). I thought the air was coming in from elsewhere in the water pipes, from... something... somewhere. But my (unknowledgeable) assumption was actually wrong. It was all just under the sink!
In all this, I've learned not all plumbers are the "know-it-all" people we tend to think of them as. And... you CAN learn how to do things (and learn other stuff in the process) without having a plumber do it all for you.
I'm disappointed in the service I got from HP, but grateful it didn't cost more. And exceedingly grateful, in trying to save money, I was able to do something I felt totally inadequate to do and surpassed my own expectations! And learned something about air in the line, too!
Never too old (even at 48) to learn that you can do things you didn't think you could and learn things you didn't know, to boot! AUSA!
All USA
I noticed, awhile back, that there was air in the line of our kitchen faucet every morning. Then it grew worse, to about every 6 hours. When we found a puddle under the sink (going to get something), I noticed there was water up high on the main faucet as well as beading and dripping from the hot side line. Needless to say we knew stuff was broken and leaking. Had Huachuca Plumbing come out and investigate. They finally told me there was NO water leaking from the lines (contrary to what I told them I saw with my own eyes), but ONLY seeping in from under the seal and dripping down. Cost? $59. Solution? None. We bought a new faucet from Lowes (Moen rules! Will never buy a Price-Pfister again!) and I finally decided to save money and remove/install myself. After finally getting the P-P removed (yanking and tearing and cutting), I installed the Moen (it was a breeze!) and... amazingly enough... there has not been one episode of air in the line since! Why? Because there WAS a leak (most probably at the points mentioned earlier). I thought the air was coming in from elsewhere in the water pipes, from... something... somewhere. But my (unknowledgeable) assumption was actually wrong. It was all just under the sink! In all this, I've learned not all plumbers are the "know-it-all" people we tend to think of them as. And... you CAN learn how to do things (and learn other stuff in the process) without having a plumber do it all for you. I'm disappointed in the service I got from HP, but grateful it didn't cost more. And exceedingly grateful, in trying to save money, I was able to do something I felt totally inadequate to do and surpassed my own expectations! And learned something about air in the line, too! Never too old (even at 48) to learn that you can do things you didn't think you could and learn things you didn't know, to boot! AUSA!