Questions tagged [water-pressure]
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T&P Valve dripping after connecting new lines to water heater
I put in a new bathroom right by my water heater, about 25 ft of hot and cold pex line. Ever since The day I turned on the valves to do a leak test, I've had a very slow drip from my temperature ...
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Pressurized Container Automation [closed]
Not quite home-improvement, however the engineering question lends itself to the expertise of the fine folks in this forum.
I am interested in pressurizing a hopper of tennis balls with a device like:...
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Reduced hot water pressure
Our home was built in 2013 with a GE gas tankless hot water heater. Over the past year the hot water pressure has dropped considerably while the cold water pressure remains fine. I don’t know where to ...
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Pulsating (cold) tap water
When not running any warm water, and having my tap about half open, the cold water pulsates a bit. The stream moves forwards and backwards about half a centimeter. I'm assuming the pressure fluctuates....
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Installing 2 shower heads
I'm about to finish the rough plumbing in my shower, wife wants 2 shower heads. I'm fine with it, but what are the specs for the pipe size? Can I buy 2 shower valves with 1/2" inlets or do I need 3/4"?...
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How do I use this valve properly?
I have a valve in my heating system that I don't understand. I have searched on the internet but I haven't been able to find any information on it. What I do know is that the valve's purpose is that ...
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Low water pressure in a specific sink after turning off the supply lines
Water pressure is normal in my entire house, however, recently, I had to turn off the shutoff valves to a single sink.
Since I closed the shutoff valves and then opened them fully, the water ...
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Adjusting well pump pressure
We have a 40/60 pump currently, but we feel like the pressure is extremely low inside the house. I have not had a chance to check the air pressure in the tank yet, but that will be done this weekend. ...
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Why do I have low hot water pressure in showers only?
I have 2 showers in my house. Suddenly the hot water pressure dropped in both. The cold is fine and we haven't noticed any change in the faucets in the house. What could make my hot water pressure ...
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No cold water and low hot water
Our toilet valve and the pipe behind the bathtub burst. We had those repaired and when we turned the water back on, we have low hot water pressure and no cold water upstairs. We can't find any more ...
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Single handle faucet problems
We have a single handle faucet in our kitchen sink, it started having issues where the water flow would sometimes be fine, sometimes non at all, or somewhere in between, at random, but almost never ...
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Slow running cold water
My cold water tap in my bath has gone from fully running to a trickle. I have taken off the tap bit but all seems ok. Any suggestions please?
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What flow rate should I select in a shower head for a home with low water pressure?
We live in an apartment, and we have very low water pressure.
One of the shower heads I was looking at was the Speakman S-2252-E2 shower head, but I just noticed that it's available in 1.75 GPM, 2.0 ...
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Losing pressure on cold side when other faucet is on
What I have is that when I turn on the kitchen faucet to warm while washing dishes and someone uses the toilet or cold water on another faucet then the kitchen faucet gets very hot. I am on city water ...
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Would increasing pipe size just after the meter give better flow without increasing pressure too much?
I have a wife and 5 kids. Three of them are teenage girls, which means I hardly ever get a chance to shower. I wanted to put in a second bathroom to help fix this. I spoke with some local plumbers and ...
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How does water flow through my water heater and up to the top floor without a pump?
My house has a gas based water heater(geyser) on the outside. The plumber has connected it such that without the use of electric pump, just through pressure alone, hot water reaches the 1st and 2nd ...
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Depressurized pressure tank - how to pressurize again
We have a freshwater bore and I recently replaced the very old pump with a 1hp Pentax pump and Trevoli 18 litre pressure tank system. For reasons I won't go into, the pressure tank has lost its ...
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Why did we lose water pressure after cleaning well pump?
After we had our pump cleaned out, all the water pressure in the house (shower, bathroom sink, kitchen sink, etc) has gotten worse than it was before the cleaning.
I called someone to service our ...
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Valiant Boiler - 3 months old
In September I had a Valiant boiler fitted in my 2 bedroom house. It hasn’t worked properly ever since. Every time I put the heating on my pressure drops from 1.5 to 0.3 bars and I get the spanner ...
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Is a tank less water heater a bad choice for a house with low water flow?
We are thinking of replacing our current natural gas tank water heater by a high efficiency tank less heater.
However we have a water main issue, the house is from 1930 and the main is partially ...
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Well pressure gauge reads 0 PSI
So to begin, we have a deep submersible well pump. We noticed that our water pressure was getting weaker and weaker. At first I believe it was because of the well house not being properly insulated ...
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What happens if I have two water heaters and one's over-pressure relief valve fails?
If I have two water heaters with pressure relief valves and one heater miserably fails (ie over-pressure relief valve becomes "stuck close" and boiler also works at 100% duty cycle due to, for example,...
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Low water pressure in shower after turning off main
Had a bad drip in shower. Two handle shower replaced little rubber rings. Turned water back on and the shower barely comes out but all other sinks in the house seem to have plenty of pressure. Is ...
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Water pressure issues
I've been seeing some strange water pressure in my house, nothing has changed recently. I had always seen the pressure coming out hard at first, after the water heater had been running, but the ...
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water heater - flow problem
got a new 3 liter instant water heater installed. When the heater is off, water flow is normal. When it is on, about one liter or so hot water flows and then there is no water.
What might be the ...
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Shower flow rate is low after replacing cartridges
PLEASE HELP!!! My plumber replaced both GP77759 and GP500520 Kohler shower cartridges and now the water flow rate in the showers is very low. The flow rate was excellent prior to him simply replacing ...
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What Automatic Transfer Switch can switch between parallel sources without a priority setting so as to run a well pump from either of two homes?
We have two homes sharing a single well. The other homeowner and I want to change our water system so that we each have our own Pressure Tank and we can each run the well pump with power from our own ...
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Solar powered water pump
I have really low water pressure in my home at about 15 PSI and sometimes even 0. I already have a check valve on my main 3/4" line from the water meter. Since electricity is pretty expensive where I ...
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Where to install a water conditioner?
I want to install a water conditioner for the purpose of minimizing the sticking of minerals to the faucets and a shower glass. From what I read a catalytic water conditioner will do the job. I will ...
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Is this water pressure tank gauge working?
I feel like our pressure tank is running constantly lately. I just took a look at it and am puzzled by the gauge on the side. This isn't zero - it's maxed out. Broken? ..or is there a bomb growing ...
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Can I leave a garden hose under pressure for long periods of time? [duplicate]
Is it okay to leave the water pressure on using a garden hose and turn the water off by just the sprinkle nozzle? My water faucet is difficult to get to.
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Wire adjacent to water line.
In redoing the house I'm working on (to live in) I've finally gotten to the point to start Plumbing. The house has not had running water in at least a couple of years.
I was going to replace the ...
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SquidGee Dry System to prevent water seepage in basement?
One of the rooms in my basement has water seepage shown in the following:
Some work has been done to patch the honey combs. Due to limited budget, I can only do interior waterproofing. I plan on ...
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Water hammer, PRV, and safe water pressure at water heater
Our main water line into the house was making a loud whining noise whenever a shower was on, so we had a plumber come out and they decided to replace the PRV (which appeared original to the 1970's ...
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Adding whole home water filter to the main water line line
I would like to install a whole home water filter just after the water tank. The line coming out of the tank to the rest of the house is 3/4in pex. The filter systems that I have looked at so far are ...
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Well pump runs 15 seconds then off for 105 seconds until pressure is full.
Well is 165 feet deep according to county records. Well pump is approximately 100 feet deep (string and plumb bob so it's approximate at best). New pressure switch 40/60. Tank drained and aired up to ...
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Help with hiring pressure washing service
I need to get my 2400 sq.ft., 2-story house pressure washed, and had a few services visit the house to provide quotes. The quotes are widely different so I need some advice to decide. Service A said ...
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should I rework this 3/4“ main water line into 1/2” branch circuits?
The main water line into my house is 3/4". It then sizes down to 1/2" for the distribution throughout the house. I am wondering about the transition from 3/4" to 1/2" - what is the right way for that ...
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Find a Water Pump for Clothes Washer
I'm trying to run a front load He Samsung washer (13 gallons water per wash) with water from a 18gal tub sitting on top of it. This is not enough pressure to get the water to work. It needs a minimum ...
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Water pressure drops bad when using 2 appliances
Just bought a house. When using more than one anything in the house, the water pressure drops significantly. For exmaple: flush the toilet. While it's filling back up, the sink will just trickle ...
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Two water tanks at different levels to same output
The requirement here is something related with harvested rain water which is stored in one tank and fresh water stored at a higher level.
The building in consideration would have 2 levels and upper ...
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Does the pressure valve on the wall need to replaced
Hi I just got my hot water tank replaced and the repair man said that the water pressure was to strong and that I need replace the pressure valve. And that the part costs $500. Is this true or am I ...
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Burcam 506532ss booster pump pressure too high
New user here. Hope someone can help. I just installed a Burcam 506532ss Water Pressure Boost Pump
to help with my municipal water pressure.
Example: Burcam 506532ss Water Pressure Boost Pump (...
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Well pump wont stop running
Well pump runs non-stop shows zero pressure replace pressure switch no change - still l have pressure on the house.
Just can't figure out why the it is running all the time?
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Sink pressure increases after turning water off and on again?
The water pressure in my kitchen sink is usually low when I first turn it on, but if I turn it off an on again, the water pressure increases. Subsequent attempts to turn it on and off do not alter the ...
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Irrigation pressure vacuum assembly leaking
I am trying to dewinterize my sprinkler system the first time in a home we moved into. After turning on the water to it from the basement, the pressure vacuum assembly just outside the house was ...
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Will a water pressure booster stress my house's plumbing?
If two taps are opened at the same time on the main floor, or if one is opened on the main floor and one on the lower floor, the water pressure seems to be insufficient for both taps. The house is a ...
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Repressurising baxi duo tec 2 28ga combi boiler?
I have a towel radiator that really needs bleeding however I'm concerned that my boiler is going to need repressurising after bleeding. Most tutorials I have seen have had 2 blue taps that you need to ...
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Boiler Combi 24 pressure indicator always point to 0
I have a Boiler Combi 24 (UK) and this morning I just noticed that the pressure indicator is pointing to 0. However everything is working fine, I have heating and hot water.
Usually when the ...
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Will an expansion tank and water pressure regulator work over periods of non-use?
I have high water pressure coming into my house (~110psi) and a backflow preventer at the source. I do not currently have a pressure regulator or an expansion tank installed, though I'm considering ...
