blownbyyou
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So I was wondering if anyone here had some insight into what could possibly be wrong because I am completely stumped. I just re did my upstairs bathroom and the pressure out of my brand new Delta Carlisle is so weak that when I turn on both the hand held only it barely has enough pressure to rinse the soap out of my wifes hair.
To give some background here are some quick bullet points.
-3/4 inch copper pipe (1 year old) ran from hot water heater to shower valve
-1/2 inch copper from valve to but the tub spout and shower head
-Rough in valve installed in correct orientation (up is up)
-Flow is as weak coming out of the tub spout as it is the shower head
-Water pressure previously was awesome
-No restrictions in the aerator or the cartridge (both were dissassembled last night
-Turning the hot water all the way on has the flow of a 97 year old male
-Water pressure in the house is around 40-50 psi from my memory(on well water)
-No other weak flowing faucets in the house.
Any other things to check? I didn't see any other flow restrictors
I am just lost here, or is this just the valve reducing flow to new federally mandated 2.5 gpm?
Thanks in advance
To give some background here are some quick bullet points.
-3/4 inch copper pipe (1 year old) ran from hot water heater to shower valve
-1/2 inch copper from valve to but the tub spout and shower head
-Rough in valve installed in correct orientation (up is up)
-Flow is as weak coming out of the tub spout as it is the shower head
-Water pressure previously was awesome
-No restrictions in the aerator or the cartridge (both were dissassembled last night
-Turning the hot water all the way on has the flow of a 97 year old male
-Water pressure in the house is around 40-50 psi from my memory(on well water)
-No other weak flowing faucets in the house.
Any other things to check? I didn't see any other flow restrictors
I am just lost here, or is this just the valve reducing flow to new federally mandated 2.5 gpm?
Thanks in advance
