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    vikingdaddy1 Posts: 15, Reputation: 1
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    Jun 19, 2007, 11:45 AM
    Shower valve
    Hello I recently installed a bath tub in my basement. I installed ½” tee’s into the already existing ½” pex that was in the house for the hot and cold water and ran them over to the water valve via ½ pex since that’s what was used for everything else in the house. My problem is that there is a noticeable difference in water pressure when I fill the bathtub. The one up stairs which also runs off ½ pex
    Is fine. Why would the one down stairs which is closer to the water main have less pressure? Could it be because I went with the cheaper shower valve? There are shut off screws on the valve I checked and they are fully open. I am working with limited space so instead of having the faucet come out below the on-off valve I piped it over with galvanized pipe and had it run out next to the valve instead of below it (6” at most) would this cut the water pressure down? One more thing I mounted the valve between the wall studs so I had to put a 90 elbow on the cold water and then plug the pex into that. Could the 90 also cut down the pressure?
    Any help would be very appreciated
    Thanks
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    Jun 19, 2007, 03:11 PM
    Just for giggles, pop the cartridge out and flush out the valve body -- It's possible you may have debris in the line from the installation.

    Just a thought.
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    Jun 19, 2007, 05:46 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by iamgrowler
    just for giggles, pop the cartridge out and flush out the valve body -- It's possible you may have debris in the line from the installation.

    Just a thought.
    Just did it looked fine to me... I did a bucket test filled a 5 gallon bucket, up stairs and one down stairs the one up stairs took half the time. I just don't get why??
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    Jun 20, 2007, 11:56 AM
    Do they make different faucet's rated at different flow rates?
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    Jun 20, 2007, 05:29 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by vikingdaddy1
    Do they make different faucet's rated at different flow rates?
    Some of the lower end manufacturers gain their UPC and IAPMO ratings by besting the minimum low consumption standards.

    What brand of valve are we talking about here?
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    Jun 21, 2007, 05:10 AM
    Aqualux <----- Or something like that it is a brushed nickel very cool looking but only cost me 100.00 ever heard of one?
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