Hi all,
First time posting. I am building a new home and just finished my plumbing trim out. I have noticed before now (but it's now painfully apparent), that I have issues with water pressure. Pressure is very good when I first turn on the tap, but fades dramatically within 15 seconds or so. I tested the water pressure at an outside spicket and have 80 PSI static pressure, but if I turn on another spicket, then it drops to below 15 PSI. If I turn it all off and wait 30 seconds or so, it builds back up to 80 PSI.
On the advice of local building inspector, I ran 1'' pex from 3/4'' meter to my house, some 525 feet away (with about 275' going up hill). PEX is run throughout the house.
I called in a service plumber, and he told me that I needed a larger meter valve (2''). I called the city water engineer, and he told me I did NOT need a larger meter, but I did need to run 2'' PEX to my home.
At this point, the expense is too great to run new pipe (assuming this would fix it, the plumbing I called in didn't think so....). Do I need a booster pump? Or do I need a booster pump and some kind of tank for on demand water? What do you recommend I do now. The house is now nearly complete and ready to move in (except for water pressure issue).
Any help would be very much appreciated.
First time posting. I am building a new home and just finished my plumbing trim out. I have noticed before now (but it's now painfully apparent), that I have issues with water pressure. Pressure is very good when I first turn on the tap, but fades dramatically within 15 seconds or so. I tested the water pressure at an outside spicket and have 80 PSI static pressure, but if I turn on another spicket, then it drops to below 15 PSI. If I turn it all off and wait 30 seconds or so, it builds back up to 80 PSI.
On the advice of local building inspector, I ran 1'' pex from 3/4'' meter to my house, some 525 feet away (with about 275' going up hill). PEX is run throughout the house.
I called in a service plumber, and he told me that I needed a larger meter valve (2''). I called the city water engineer, and he told me I did NOT need a larger meter, but I did need to run 2'' PEX to my home.
At this point, the expense is too great to run new pipe (assuming this would fix it, the plumbing I called in didn't think so....). Do I need a booster pump? Or do I need a booster pump and some kind of tank for on demand water? What do you recommend I do now. The house is now nearly complete and ready to move in (except for water pressure issue).
Any help would be very much appreciated.