I do have both hot and cold running water in my bathroom sink but the cold water in the bath/shower was just a bare trickle and I finally called my favorite plumber... Both he and I thought corrosion has built up in the old galvanized pipes and it would be a relatively easy fix....NOT!
Then he hoped the problem was where they had joined copper pipe to the old galvanized pipe and the only way to get to it was to tear out part of the wall in the pantry.. (an old closet)
So the one option left is tearing up the bathroom floor and possibly part of the laundry room floor to fix it. This is hardly a viable option because of the cost. The other options are to get a faucet/hose adapter and run a hose from the sink to the tub to take a shower or fill the tub with hot water and bring buckets of cold water from the kitchen...
So I ended the day with no fixed water line, several hours of a plumber, and a big mess in the bathroom and pantry. There is a shower upstairs which my husband uses... But the only reason our marriage has survived 38 years is because we have never had to share a bathroom. Today I am going out to find an adapter and short hose...
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Oh dear, not one of the better days :(. I know those kinds of things - we live in an old trailer with an addition and in the 7 years we've lived here we've had to replace the electrical panel (in the middle of winter), the furnace (in the middle of another winter) and fix a break in the sewer line (that one was in an October so it was only darn cold shoveling gravel instead of freezing). WE had to use a porta potti for about 2 weeks before the plumber could get here - DH was not happy to have to carry it to the outhouse at the other end of the park across the street every day. Good luck with your search.
what turmoil for some water, do hope you get it fixed, water is one thing we cannot do without isn`t it And now you have to repair all the damage caused by searching and not finding where the problem is, best of luck with it all
Plumbing is always such a nuisance...old or new! I am sorry you are having to deal with such issues. May you have better days ahead...
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