jeffrey_m_sutton
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Hi All,
I've spent lots of time and money trying to resolve this on my own over the last two years so now I've come to the experts ! My problem is that the water flow into my tub is about 2.5 gpm (I actually put a five gallon bucket in the tub and timed how long it took to fill it) which takes way too long to fill up my tub (and is kind of a drag for the shower as well). I have a 3/4" main from city water and new 3/4" rolled copper service to the house (about a 50' run) off the main...I have a new PRV under the house which provides 55 psi on an outside hose bib and inside at my washing machine (I bought the gage and measured it myself)...in the shower (which may be 20 feet from where the service comes into the house) I have a new Moen single handle control valve fed by separate 1/2" hot and cold supplies off the 3/4" service.
It's a 50 year old house in a suburb of Atlanta (Decatur), but everything underneath is copper. The only galvanized piping left are three nipple pipes (if I used that correctly) that thread into the shut-offs for two toliets and one bathroom sink...I've called and paid a service call for a couple of plumbers who said that I just have to live with it...I don't mind spending whatever it might take to fix it, but I'd like to believe that what I do next will finally solve this problem. Do anyone have any suggestions or thoughts on my problem ? Thanks in adavance !
Jeff
I've spent lots of time and money trying to resolve this on my own over the last two years so now I've come to the experts ! My problem is that the water flow into my tub is about 2.5 gpm (I actually put a five gallon bucket in the tub and timed how long it took to fill it) which takes way too long to fill up my tub (and is kind of a drag for the shower as well). I have a 3/4" main from city water and new 3/4" rolled copper service to the house (about a 50' run) off the main...I have a new PRV under the house which provides 55 psi on an outside hose bib and inside at my washing machine (I bought the gage and measured it myself)...in the shower (which may be 20 feet from where the service comes into the house) I have a new Moen single handle control valve fed by separate 1/2" hot and cold supplies off the 3/4" service.
It's a 50 year old house in a suburb of Atlanta (Decatur), but everything underneath is copper. The only galvanized piping left are three nipple pipes (if I used that correctly) that thread into the shut-offs for two toliets and one bathroom sink...I've called and paid a service call for a couple of plumbers who said that I just have to live with it...I don't mind spending whatever it might take to fix it, but I'd like to believe that what I do next will finally solve this problem. Do anyone have any suggestions or thoughts on my problem ? Thanks in adavance !
Jeff