Pressure drops and low water flow at home

Plumbing Forums

Help Support Plumbing Forums:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
Just out of curiousity, how close are you to a water tower? Do you know how far below your house is in relation to the water tower?
 
Just out of curiousity, how close are you to a water tower? Do you know how far below your house is in relation to the water tower?

The tower is fairly close less than a mile. My house is on a lot that's maybe 12feet above sea level and the water tower pretty tall. I get 60psi coming in but that pressure drops b/c of some restriction somewhere. Water department claims they have 8" main lines in my subdivision.
 
Have you talked to your neighbors to see if they share your problem?
 
Have you talked to your neighbors to see if they share your problem?
Yes one says his is fine but another says it sucks like mine does. The one that said his water flow sucked lives next door, at the end of the street like me. A worker with the water dept told me something about the houses on the end of the streets in my subdivision had a 3/4" tap that ran a "good ways" from the 8" main header to our meters.... sounds like it could be part of the problem but nothing I can really do about it, they're not gonna dig up the whole road just b/c one resident complains of low flow. Haha I know because I already requested that be done.
 
Last edited:
Back
Top