low pressure

Hello all! We're on a well with fairly high iron content from what I'm told. We're really struggling with water pressure/flow in the whole house. The shower is weak, and if someone flushes a toilet, it slows to a drip. Same goes for trying to run two faucets at once, barely a trickle. The...

I am roughing in my master bathroom shower. I have two shower heads off a diverter valve and posi temp valve. The supply line is 1/2 inch off 3/4. The issue is that the flow on one of the heads is about a 1/4 less than the other. One of the shower heads is 2.5 ft from the diverter and the...

I did most of the construction on a new Detached Accessory Dwelling Unit that passed final inspection about 8 weeks ago. I hired a professional plumber to do my ground work under the slab on grade, and I did all of the plumbing above ground. The new DADU's water line uses an existing 3/4" copper...

I've been experiencing low water pressure and flow. I started checking it over the last few weeks. Pressure fluctuates but it usually hovers between 12 and 24 PSI. Flow also fluctuates. The best I've measured is 1.5 GPM, but that's rare. It's been as low as almost 0.5 GPM at times. I let...

Hi all, i'm new here and this is my first time owning a house with a well. Is the gauge on the pressure tank supposed to go in between 45 and 70 psi back and forth as water is being used? (video: ) Is this called short cycling? There is also clicking sounds and vibrations when it hits 70psi...

I have a five-year-old, 4 station system sprinkler, two stations higher than the manifold, one lower and one dripper. Orbit valves, Hunter rotator nozzles, Rainbird controller. When I turn on any station, either manualy or via the controller, the pressure is so low I don't get an adequate spray...

Hi I have a well system. Well pump is a submersible 4" 7GPM 3/4HP pump installed about 150-160 ft deep in a 200 foot deep well. The pump was replaced in 2012/2013 timeframe. The well is about 100 feet away from the pressure tank in the basement and is connected via a 1.5" pvc pipe buried...

My bathroom faucet water was smelling like sulfur, but not the rest of the water faucets, so I took out the aerator to clean it and found a bunch of little rocks that look like solder. Flush the hot and the cold got a bunch of solder rocks from the cold side especially if I tapped or shook the...

We had a new softener professionally installed over 2 years ago - Hellenbrand ProMate 6.0. Until recently we've had no issues whatsoever. Recently, though, we've had a problem with very salty and dirty water when first using faucets the morning after a regeneration. My initial reading of...

Hey guys I am new to Tankless Water Heaters, I just ordered a a electric tankless RTEX 18 for my house. It’s sn old single wide mobile home I think this one will be able to do what I need it to with ease. So I have never owned a house before this one I bought it 10 years ago it was put here in...

Hello. First time posting, I searched for my question and didn't find anything. My house has terrible water pressure. I am on a well. The pressure tank gives good pressure and even the first hose outlet off the main before entering the house is good. But everything after the pipe enters the...

I'm rehabbing a home with one 2nd floor bathroom. The bathroom had terrible water pressure if any one fixture was running, and the shower always had bad pressure. When the walls were open I realized the whole home was running off 1/2 pipe. I replaced everything with 3/4 inch from the meter...

Searching around on Google for this topic keeps bringing me to threads on this forum, although in reviewing them none seem to be exactly what I'm experiencing. So, time to create an account and ask, I guess! In a tearing-the-bathroom-down-to-the-studs remodel, we went with a Kohler...

First time home owner! The house has a well. Which has been pretty painless the last few years. Pressure started to seem a bit lower than normal, so I replaced my pressure tank, after thinking the air bladder went bad. (it was also a bit small, and very old. In hindsight, maybe wasnt but, but...

Afternoon, I cleaned my Utica Boiler (1980s?), burners (lots of rust), and letting air out of the radiators. (The unit supplies two floors from the basement.) The issue is that none of the second floor radiators release hot water when bled but only air. (They have improved in heating their...

I installed a brand new kitchen faucet. I've never done it before. My water pressure now is extremely low - just a strong dribble. The water pressure was never an issue with the old faucet. What did I do wrong? It's so low that it's very doubtful the issue is due to a pressure regulator or...

I am working on a well that is about 20' deep and we are not getting enough pressure to make a lawn sprinkler work. This system 20' well above ground 3/4 HP pump 10 gal pressure tank pressure switch is fixed type at 20 - 40 PSI We drained the tank of all water, then pressurized it to 18 PSI...

Hello, I just purchased a home and my first home with a well. When we moved in we knew there was a low pressure issue so I did what I thought was logical; recharged pressure tank to 38 PSI (it was at 0), put in new 40/60 pressure switch, removed and cleaned gate style shut off valve. I had a...

Hello, we have well water, for the passed few months our upstairs water pressure has gotten significantly worse. It began by going in and out of pressure, this got worse when the filter needed changing. When we changed the filter it would get a little better, but not much and not for long. Now...

I'm at a total loss. We live in a community that has water supplied by well and storage tank. We've always had a sediment issue. So, I installed a full house, GE filter. I have 55psi going into the filter, but I have no pressure in the house. If you flush a toilet, it will take a minute to...