nick.hauer
New Member
I’ll try my best to keep this brief but detailed. Two weeks ago I had my water heater and water softener replaced for age. The install all seemed typical, pressure code in my city is 80 PSI max, which I was told by technician I was right at. I chose to still have a pressure reduction valve installed that caps pressure at 75 psi on my main in, tech said I wouldn’t notice a pressure drop. My water pressure for my master bathroom was ALWAYS fantastic……until now.
I have a handle for the walk in shower that operates basically as a 3/4 turn type from cold to hot. Before installation of the new equipment I could turn that handle about halfway up to start feeling the warm water and turn it up gradually to feel warmer water during the course of a shower. Now I have to turn it almost all the way maxed out to even start feeling the warm water. The other odd thing is my pressure has dropped noticeably to the shower since the installation and at some point when I turn the water warmer you can physically see and feel the pressure drop even more.
I’ve changed the shower head once, cleaned and put back the original one once, bumped up and gauged my main line pressure back to just under 80. Nothing helps. Not sure what is going on. Company that installed said there may be an issue with mixing valve but that’s all they could offer. Any ideas? Anything I omitted let me know and thanks for any input.
I have a handle for the walk in shower that operates basically as a 3/4 turn type from cold to hot. Before installation of the new equipment I could turn that handle about halfway up to start feeling the warm water and turn it up gradually to feel warmer water during the course of a shower. Now I have to turn it almost all the way maxed out to even start feeling the warm water. The other odd thing is my pressure has dropped noticeably to the shower since the installation and at some point when I turn the water warmer you can physically see and feel the pressure drop even more.
I’ve changed the shower head once, cleaned and put back the original one once, bumped up and gauged my main line pressure back to just under 80. Nothing helps. Not sure what is going on. Company that installed said there may be an issue with mixing valve but that’s all they could offer. Any ideas? Anything I omitted let me know and thanks for any input.