OT Boosting Water Pressure

[B1GEast]

Anyone ever have to do this?

 

[August_West]

Anyone ever have to do this?

My shower head was designed to hose off circus elephants

 

[8893]

My shower head was designed to hose off circus elephants

Coincidence?

 

[HooperScooper]

Anyone ever have to do this?

Yes, but it was 23 years ago when we bought the house. It's a small device that is attached to the water line that comes into the house in the basement. I don't remember it costing much or being a big deal for the plumber to install.

 

[Jaker]

Anyone ever have to do this?

What is your pressure now? Are you on a well or pud?

 

[B1GEast]

What is your pressure now? Are you on a well or pud?

Don't know, have to check it, but the washing machine won't run cause theirs nit eniugh force to draw water into the unit.

 

[B1GEast]

My shower head was designed to hose off circus elephants

 

[Jaker]

Don't know, have to check it, but the washing machine won't run cause theirs nit eniugh force to draw water into the unit.

sounds like sediment in the line blocking the flow to the washer. Is there bad pressure anywhere else?

 

[B1GEast]

sounds like sediment in the line blocking the flow to the washer. Is there bad pressure anywhere else?

The main shower flow could use some help. The road is elevated a bit, but we're not at the very top.

 

[Jaker]

The main shower flow could use some help. The road is elevated a bit, but we're not at the very top.

Typically, where the water main enters the hose there is a pressure regulator that can be adjusted to increase the pressure, unless you are on well water.

 

[B1GEast]

Typically, where the water main enters the hose there is a pressure regulator that can be adjusted to increase the pressure, unless you are on well water.

I'll take a look at it in the morning. Thanks

 

[temery]

If it's just for the shower, unscrew the head and knock out the flow restrictor

 

[RichCTBB]

If you have a well, your pressure switch and/or air tank could be off. You'll probably find out if you have well or city water as you go through the troubleshooting process.

 

[Deepster]

Coincidence?

That's funny. I was going to go more for the angle that Mrs ADub requested the boost in pressure....along with a detachable shower head.

 

[CL82]

sounds like sediment in the line blocking the flow to the washer. Is there bad pressure anywhere else?

or perhaps carbon on the valves?

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Don't know, have to check it, but the washing machine won't run cause theirs nit eniugh force to draw water into the unit.

I’m sure you have but did you try to clean the little filter on the end of the supply hose?

Wouldnt be the issue right now but a couple years ago we were getting an error code were there wasn’t enough water to fill the machine during very cold winter days. After trying a lot of google troubleshooting I figured out that water was freezing or turning to slush because the washer was fed by a pipe that ran along an under-insulated wall along our mudroom. I tore down the drywall and reinsulated and put up better drywall. Fixed the problem. Wife saw it as an opportunity for me to put up shiplap planks in the mudroom.