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bah84 (IL)
Hello,
I am having a major issue with either the pressure or volume in my home. It is most noticeable in the shower, however it's apparent at the faucets at wall. I live in a relatively smaller home, built on a slab. Over the past 12-18 months I have begun to notice a gradual decrease in the water flow. I have a showerhead with about 5 positions, and now can only use it on one position to shower, and the quality of the shower is terrible. The faucets seem to have less pressure also like I said. This problem has seemed to worsen with time. I have checked the shower head, cleaned it, etc. and it is not the problem (which is also evidenced by the noticeable decrease on the faucets around the house). I checked the pressure on an exterior hose spigot and it showed 36 with no water on in the house. Turn on a faucet in the house and it dropped to near 30. Two faucets and it dropped to 28. Bear in mind, I'm on a municipal water system, not a well.
I have contacted the city water department multiple times. They replaced my meter, and checked the pressure in the meter pit (showed the same). They seem to have no answer for me. I asked whether it was possible that a valve in their system was partially closed somewhere or something and they said no. I have never shut off the ball valve in the utility closet that would shut my water down to the house. I have checked it, it's open the same as the day I bought the place. I am at a loss for what to do next, but this is ridiculous. Another point I'd like to bring up is that when I used to run my shower it would "whistle" from the diverter...it has stopped doing that and I never replaced the diverter to fix it. It's more than apparent that the lack of flow/pressure has stopped that noise.
Any and all help will be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
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m & m (MD)
Ask a neighbor if you could check theirs the same way you checked your own. Where is your PRV located? The meter pit usually precedes the PRV, meaning that the poor pressure is the municipalities fault.
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hj (AZ)
If the city pressure is the same as what you measured, then the low pressure comes from them, but there is no way we can diagnose what the cause is.
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srloren (CA)
Your pressure seems low. Like was mentioned check to see if your pressure regulator has a filter screen that needs to be cleaned.
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