[Groesbeck Hurricane]

Just wondering if anyone may have a suggestion. Prior to this situation we had great water pressure and could run three showers at once with more than enough pressure and hot water from the on-demand hot water heater.

The water company had a main line break about 1.5 miles up flow from my house. I am on the first branch (90 degree right turn) down flow from the break. There are no other customers between me and the break. To be neighborly, the water company never informed us of the line break or repair.

Started with some debris noted in the line and a noted reduction in flow. The water company came out, we have 30 pounds of pressure at the meter. This is down from 35/40. In the middle of the house we had three (3) pounds of pressure at the faucet. We average about one gallon per minute.

Today I dug up our line prior to going into the house. I cut the line so I could test water flow each direction. We have pressure on the line. I filled up five gallons in less than two minutes. There was a 90 degree angle prior to going into the house, there was a small rock stopped in the line that I knocked out.

Pushing from the beginning of the cold and hot side of the line I was filling up five gallons in about six minutes. Pushing back from the farthest point in the house there was zero flow backwards.

So we are averaging a water flow of one gallon per minute in the majority of our system. The farthest shower does not have adequate flow to kick on the central hot water heater. Could not run a bath in the tub for the little kids.

The lines are PEX, not PVC. The house is about 3 years old. We had great pressure up until the main line water repair mentioned above.

The builder and first plumber ignored the requirement to put the inbound plumbing in the walls and ceiling, they buried it under the slab. Yes, they are out of business. No recourse there.

What does the brain trust think is a good path forward? What options are available?