Plumbing pressure relief
I'm running on internal water (not city water). I don't leave the water heater turned on all the time (too wasteful to do so) and when I turn it on it raises the pressure in the whole plumbing system ...
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Lynnmor wrote:mobeewan wrote:
Accumulator tanks are now required at the hot water outlet pipe of water heaters on residential construction and when replacing WHs in existing homes.
I believe that is local codes, it wouldn't make sense for those on a well with an open system that has no check valve after the tank.
A "properly" installed water well WILL have a check valve at the pump.
Never want water to flow back into your well.
My well driller put a check valve above the submersible pump down the well.. I have an additional check valve between the pressure tank and well head for good measure.
No check valve at my water heater and never had issues with T&P valve seeping or leaking on my home system.
The OPs issue, I think folks may be overlooking is they may have a FAULTY TOILET valve..
I ran into that with a brand new toilet I bought to replace the 1980s toilet in my TT. The original 1980s toilet I fought constant leakages since I had bought it.. Replaced the water valve hoping that would fix the leaks.. Nope, turned out the toilet had cracks in the plastic all over the place..
Figured the new toilet would fix my leaks.. NOPE. Didn't leak when I was hooked up to my home water system which is set to a max of 50 PSI..
Hooked up to a campground and had leaks at the toilet again!
Fought that for several yrs..
Finally got fed up with these leaks, and one night at a campground I watched the connections at the toilet valve very slowly leak a little drop of water every half hr..
Bought a replacement valve and no more leaks..
The original valve had a slight weld mismatch in the plastic right near the inlet.. Came that way right from the manufacturer :M
The mismatch in the plastic weld of the flush valve was OK with LOWER pressure on my home water system, but it would weep when hooked up to a campground which had considerably higher water pressure than my home system.
My suggestion is the OP needs to gain access to the water flush valve and monitor where the water leak is really coming from..
Not sure what toilet the OP has but my replacement was a Thetford bravura..
