Handyman Corner for Tips and Advice

[Gusington]

It dries out in the summer.

[TheCommandTent]

If you discover a way to improve water pressure please post it. I have been looking for that info for a decade.

I am assuming you are on a well?  If so when is the last time you had the well and pipe from underground inspected.  Growing up we lost water pressure gradually over a number of years.  Finally my dad pulling the tubing up out of the ground at the head of the well and found where a rock must have been rubbing on the pipe over a number of years finally making a hole though it and thus leading to lower water pressure.  He patched the tube and reinforced the area and it was fine after that.

[Gusington]

We had the well refractured about 4 years ago. With this summer's renovations, if we can hook up to public water and sewer we are going to do that.

[GDS_Starfury]

so... you have been frakking around.

you sly fox you.

[bob48]

There is a waterfall about 1000 feet from my house, seriously.

Well, move 1000 feet and you'll have more water pressure.

Its so comforting to know that, in times of need, this sort of practical and helpful advice is so readily available.

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

There is a waterfall about 1000 feet from my house, seriously.

Well, move 1000 feet and you'll have more water pressure.

Its so comforting to know that, in times of need, this sort of practical and helpful advice is so readily available.

The boss looks out for his minions.
;)

[Windigo]

Getting back to Bison's issue of water pressure.... is it a neighbourhood issue or specific to your house? I hope its a common problem. Maybe you have a well and just need to adjust the regulator

[LongBlade]

Getting back to Bison's issue of water pressure.... is it a neighbourhood issue or specific to your house? I hope its a common problem. Maybe you have a well and just need to adjust the regulator

Hey, look! A sighting of Petrified Wood!

[Bison]

Getting back to Bison's issue of water pressure.... is it a neighbourhood issue or specific to your house? I hope its a common problem. Maybe you have a well and just need to adjust the regulator

Well we're on the city water main.  I've been meaning to talk with the neighbors about their water pressure levels, but I suspect it is a neighborhood wide issue.

[Bison]

My next project is to make a cabinet and workbench setup in the garage followed by a retaining wall in the backyard. 

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

If you have access to a pressure gauge, you can hook up to the connection coming into your house and check the pressure (or get Joe plumber to come check it for you).  If it's too low, you should ask the city to come out and check the position of the curb stop valve coming into your house from the corporation stop.  You can also check the PRV and adjust it if needed.

If the issue is neighbourhood wide, you can look into installing a small reservoir tank underground and hooking up a booster pump, pressure regulating valve, and a pressure sustaining valve.  Or you can build a raised cistern, pump water into that and rely on head pressure to give you adequate water pressure in the house.

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

It dries out in the summer.

Then stop sending the wife to camp during the summer heat.

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

If you have access to a pressure gauge, you can hook up to the connection coming into your house and check the pressure (or get Joe plumber to come check it for you).  If it's too low, you should ask the city to come out and check the position of the curb stop valve coming into your house from the corporation stop.  You can also check the PRV and adjust it if needed.

If the issue is neighbourhood wide, you can look into installing a small reservoir tank underground and hooking up a booster pump, pressure regulating valve, and a pressure sustaining valve.  Or you can build a raised cistern, pump water into that and rely on head pressure to give you adequate water pressure in the house.

Overkill. He said it was one toilet not the house. Probably a stuck ball float.

[Bison]

Well the water pressure issue is the whole house.  The toilet was but a symptom of the low pressure.  I think it might be worth at least having the pressure from the city line checked.

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

You should have 40-80 psi.