I rent a house that has very low water pressure throughout the house, especially the upstairs taps. The main shutoff in the basement is wide open. Any suggestions or ideas?
2007-03-20 06:06:44 · 7 answers · asked by biscuitperifrank 5 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
See if there is a pressure regulator valve, it will be located where near the whole house shut off. If there is, there is an adjusting screw to either increase or decrease the pressure, also sometimes the pressure regulator goes bad It is not terribly expensive to replace but in is not super cheap either ($120 or so for the valve plus labor). You can also test the pressure coming in from the main to help narrow down the problem. Since you are a renter there is not a real lot you can do. If it is because of the pipes the only way to really fix the problem is to re-plumb the house.
Talk to your landlord, see if they are willing to look into the problem, most of the fixes are not cheap.
2007-03-20 06:26:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the outcomes from the city will maximum in all possibility be effective...because of the undeniable fact that the exterior taps seem merely effective...meaning that water is getting with the aid of your water meter and it maximum in all possibility isn't the problem. yet with the city there; in line with possibility they are in a position to do a stress verify for you on the exterior taps...if it is below predicted, it ought to flag a difficulty. i do no longer understand if that they had come interior and do a verify...i think of that style of troubleshooting could be a sprint exterior of their centers. one ingredient you do no longer point out is the age of your place. My house is over thirty years previous. It has copper pipes throughout alternative than the place the pipe comes out of the wall. right this is what i got here across whilst i became attempting to strengthen the flow on the kitchen and bathing room sinks. below the sink; the place the pipe comes out of the wall; the pipe became Galvanized (no longer copper)...i think of this pipe is talked approximately as a Teat...after taking this off i got here across that the pipe became corroding on the interior (it looked effective on the exterior). The passage interior the direction of the pipe became merely a pair of million/8 inch. I replaced all of those pipes and greater the flow at each and every of the sinks. i do no longer keep in mind what cloth I used for the replace, i'm might have replaced it with new Galvanized pipe.. in case you discover a matching problem...in line with possibility somebody at a community homestead shop can propose some thing.
2016-12-18 18:48:28 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
check the pressure at the point of entry by disconnecting from the meter. if you have low pressure there, you'd have to replace the service line from the main. that's rather expensive, the landlord won't like that idea.
2007-03-20 06:20:48 · answer #3 · answered by sic-n-tired 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes clean out all the screens on the facutes with CLR tahe off the shower heads and clean them as well with CLR..
2007-03-20 06:10:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check the pipe line. Use a powerful pump set.
2007-03-20 06:10:07 · answer #5 · answered by Expression 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
complain to the water people
mine is too high
2007-03-20 06:11:48 · answer #6 · answered by FOA 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
may be a water leak that you are unaware of
2007-03-20 06:09:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋