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Posted by hr(bob) hofmann@att.net on October 8, 2009, 3:41 pm
> My friend has a problem getting blasted by hot or cold water when he
> is taking a shower and someone turns on the water elsewhere in his
> house. Curb pressure is about 100 PSI and regulator takes it down to
> 50 PSI. He has tried a new regulator. The distribution manifold is not
> near the regulator or water heater which is in the garage, rather it
> is near the middle of the house fed with 1/2 pipe. He doesn't want to
> add temperature compensating shower controls. I suggested that
> separate regulators for the hot and cold water supply might help. I am
> also trying to get him to install a permanent pressure gauge on the
> curb side, as I would like to see if the input side has been
> restricted somehow.
> Jimmie
If you turn the shutoff valves on toilets and sinks to refuce their
flow somewhat, that should help his showering. On toilets, if the
tanks take longer to fill, that is not usually a problem. On sinks,
cutting the flow to 1/2 of the wide-open flow is probably not going to
make anyone unhappy.
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> is taking a shower and someone turns on the water elsewhere in his
> house. Curb pressure is about 100 PSI and regulator takes it down to
> 50 PSI. He has tried a new regulator. The distribution manifold is not
> near the regulator or water heater which is in the garage, rather it
> is near the middle of the house fed with 1/2 pipe. He doesn't want to
> add temperature compensating shower controls. I suggested that
> separate regulators for the hot and cold water supply might help. I am
> also trying to get him to install a permanent pressure gauge on the
> curb side, as I would like to see if the input side has been
> restricted somehow.
> Jimmie