View media item 883Hello,
My parents have fallen ill and unable to take care of their home. I am looking into some of the issues with the plumbing and have some questions.
Background:
Problem:
The upstairs bathrooms do not get enough volume and/or pressure to them.
When I look in the basement I see post the water treatment system the following is happening:
My question:
My thought process here is to try and maximize the amount of ¾” line and minimize the amount of ½” tees that tee off of ½” lines.
Thoughts?
I attached a terrible drawing to help explain what I mean...
My parents have fallen ill and unable to take care of their home. I am looking into some of the issues with the plumbing and have some questions.
Background:
- 2008 build
- Rural area on a well/septic
- 1500 sq foot, 2 story home, 2.5 baths
- Poured concrete crawl space
- Water treatment system includes
- Pressure tank
- Air pump to help remove sulfur smell/taste
- Bleeder tank
- Charcoal filter
- Water softener
- UV light
Problem:
The upstairs bathrooms do not get enough volume and/or pressure to them.
When I look in the basement I see post the water treatment system the following is happening:
- 3/4” copper trunk line running out from system. Goes to tankless hot water heater and the hot line (3/4”) comes back and meets beside the cold line
- Here there is a ½” tee that goes to the kitchen sink (hot and cold). This works fine
- Over a few feet there is another ½” tee for both the cold and hot. This runs over and ultimately supplies 13 devices (3 toilets, 5 sinks, 2 showers, 1 bathtub, 1 laundry machine, 1 outdoor spigot).
My question:
- Does it make sense that the ¾” trunk line tees to a ½” line that runs through the rest of the house? I would have thought there should be multiple tees off of the trunk line instead?
- Would it make sense for me to do the following to help fix:
- Use a 3/4'” x ¾” x ¾” slip tee in the cooper pipe to essentially replace the ½” tee and run a longer ¾” pex line.
- Tee off of this ¾” pex line in various spots where appropriate
My thought process here is to try and maximize the amount of ¾” line and minimize the amount of ½” tees that tee off of ½” lines.
Thoughts?
I attached a terrible drawing to help explain what I mean...