Hello Out There!
Ive moved into a house about a month ago, and the water pressure is horrible!
It will take a good 5 - 10 minutes to fill a bath tub because the water coming out is short of a drizzle, the shower head (new / replaced)... well lets just say there is more pressure coming out of the eves trough when it rains.
I have cleaned / removed the airgators (sorry spelling is off) from the washroom sink, kitchen sink (replaced with a spray head). I removed the faucet off the tub to see if maybe there was a blockage in the pipe, nope. I am unable to remove the tap because its one of those combined taps (has hot / cold controls in one tap).
like this one
The kitchen sink, still little pressure, but we can get a decent spray from the spray head on the faucet some times..
There is a tap out side, and it gets all right pressure.
Now some information on the house.
We are on well water, the pump is in the house (in the crawl space) I am told that there is a pressure tank down there as well ( I have not verified this, I have been down in the crawl space to replace an inline filter, I did see a blue tank down there - a bit bigger than a propane cylinder, but I never physically inspected it.)
The piping throughout the crawlspace is 1/2" pex.
When cleaning out the airigators I managed to clean some sediment from the screens. (could this be a blockage IN the lines?)
The well it self is about 50 feet from the house.
I have installed a brand new hot water tank, (and the pressure to it sucks as well).
So, any ideas how to get the pressure up - can you turn it up on the tank? OR am I basically stuck with the pressure Ive got?
- My parents are on well water (different location) but they have awesome pressure (also have copper pipes) - does the piping make a difference?
Thanks in advance guys.
SB