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Posted by hallerb@aol.com on June 9, 2008, 8:14 am
> I would appreciate any advice anyone could give me on this subject.
> I live in an area that is known for good water and good water
> pressure.
> I moved into the house which is about 10-15 years old, about 2 years
> ago. =EF=BF=BDThe water pressure was poor at the time. =EF=BF=BDI don't re=
call all the
> particulars that led me to it, but I replaced a device that goes
> between the water main and the house. =EF=BF=BDIt regulates pressure and I=
> think I couldn't make it give me any more pressure.
> This may have helped a little with the poor water pressure but only a
> little, if that.
>
> Recently I tested the water pressure and it was between 15-20 (PSI I
> think). =EF=BF=BDThis seems low to me.
>
> To confuse things a bit more, I think that when I replaced the
> pressure regulator between the house and the water main, the pressure
> may have shown 60psi, but the pressure in the house was still very
> poor.
>
> At my old house when I would wash cloths and put the washer on HOT
> water, it filled up the washer fairly slowly but when I put it on warm
> (thus getting hot and cold) it really blasted out. =EF=BF=BDAt my current
> house when I select WARM it dribbles out like the hot use to and takes
> forever to fill up the =EF=BF=BDwashing machine.
>
> I don't know if it gives any idea of flow rate, but when I wrote this
> at 4am it took me 8 seconds to fill up a gallon milk jug, but it
> usually takes about 10-11 seconds during the day.
>
> I doubt I've explained this well enough, or given enough information,
> or the right information for anyone to diagnose this problem. =EF=BF=BDHow=
ever
> it is my hope that someone could tell me what different things may be
> wrong and where I should start to diagnose and fix the problem.
>
> Many thanks.
>
> Irving
theres pressure, and theres flow.
they are two different items.
begin by caling your water company, hopefully they will come out for
free and check.
I had a similar poroblem once, finally traced to a piece of rust stuck
in my main shut off valve..........
it clogged things so flow was poor.........
last year my bathroom had a similiar problem, and i had a terrible
problem closing the ball valve to the bath hot line to check the
faucets.
had to use a pipe over the end of the ball valve lever.......
faucets looked fine, but after turning everything back on it was good
flow again.........
found some grit in tub
conclusion......... something jammed at ball valve, i disloged it when
closing ball valve, after turning things back on the remnnts of the
junk exited in the tub which was set at full on.....
call water company first, and ask neighbors hw theirs is before
calling
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