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Low Water Pressure Options
Hi Everyone.
I have an old house - circa 1920, and have 1/2" water pipes throughout the house, and a 3/4" main that was replaced within the past 5 years. My problem is that, with 1/2" pipes, a faucet turned on downstairs will affect the flow while someone is in the shower upstairs. Apart from changing all the pipes to 3/4" to increase overall flow throughout the house - an option that is going to be extremely expensive and invasive, I would like to see if there are any other options. For example, is there a whole-house pump that I can attach near the main that can increase the water pressure in my house in order to avoide the impacts I mentioned above? |
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On May 27, 9:57*am, "
wrote: Hi Everyone. I have an old house - circa 1920, and have 1/2" water pipes throughout the house, and a 3/4" main that was replaced within the past 5 years. My problem is that, with 1/2" pipes, a faucet turned on downstairs will affect the flow while someone is in the shower upstairs. Apart from changing all the pipes to 3/4" to increase overall flow throughout the house - an option that is going to be extremely expensive and invasive, I would like to see if there are any other options. *For example, is there a whole-house pump that I can attach near the main that can increase the water pressure in my house in order to avoide the impacts I mentioned above? I just replaced hot water pipe that was from the 40s that was so corroded only a dribble came through, you couldnt even see through a 4" section cut out. Increasing pressure on old pipe is asking for trouble, Replacing with Cpvc and Pvc is easy and cheap. Usualy the HW gets clogged first, but it could be another issue, a clog somewhere. Is HW ok, is it all the same age, what is water pressure incomming. |
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