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JeanBean (NY)
Hello. I live in a 1 1/2 story house. I have a 3 piece bathroom upstairs, a 2 piece downstairs, a kitchen sink and a clothes washer. I want to replace my electric water heater with a gas one and also move its location at the same time. Additionally, i want to add a new 3 piece bathroom in my basement. The problem that im having is with water volume (or pressure, not sure which one applies). I have a 1/2" copper piping going into the meter. From there to and after the existing water heater the piping varries between 1/2" and 3/4". I know the best thing to do is to replace the 1/2" pipe from the city valve to the meter with 3/4" and repipe the house from there (using either a manifold or a 3/4" stub with 1/2" branches), but i just can't afford to replace this 1/2" city to meter pipe now as it is very costly (the city valve is located under my neighbour's driveway). Is there anything else i could do inside the house to help the water flow/volume/pressure at all, keeping that 1/2" inlet? Thanks, Jean
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bernabeu (SC)
not in a practical cost effective manner
any 'storage' solution would be costlier than a new main
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KCRoto (MO)
ditto. The only somewhat practical way would be to increase the main branches inside the house to 1" and add a pressure tank to the system, but that wouldn't even work for any extended use, such as multiple showers or a shower and laundry.
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Fixitangel (NC)
Quote: Is there anything else i could do inside the house to help the water flow/volume/pressure at all, keeping that 1/2" inlet?
Three things come to my mind; 1. Check your incoming pressure FIRST. It it's around 50 psi you could adjust your PRV up to 80 psi to get a little more for the system. 2. Communicate with all the family members about "staggering" shower/laundry/car wash/use times. so that not all the facilities are NOT used at the same time of day, and 3.Forget installing large rain shower car wash heads and multiple sprayers.
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bernabeu (SC)
incoming pressure - that would be BEFORE any PRV
house pressure - AFTER any PRV
IF, repeat IF, there were a PRV, THEN adjustment to 75-80 would be possible
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ravi102769 (VA)
You can use a whole house booster pump. I have used them in developments with low supply pressure. They simply pull the water from the main.
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