1" everywhere but a reducer after the softener

[Lon Beatty]

Hi -

I'm replacing the water softener in my home. The incoming water line is 1", the water softener connections are 1", and the house piping is 1" as well.

Previous owner has 3/4" pipe between the old softener outlet and the house pipe - even though that unit has a 1" outlet as well.

Is there a good reason to reduce the pipe for a foot or so before going back to 1"? Seems to me having 1" straight through would give me better water pressure.

Thanks!

 

[Smooky]

It will not affect the pressure. When you are replacing the softener it will be easy to change but I do not think it will make any difference.

 

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[Mikey]

It will affect the flow, but I doubt you'd have high enough flow rates to notice it. But, WTH, won't hurt to replace it.

 

[Lon Beatty]

Thanks!

 

[Reach4]

If you do replace a piece of pipe, you might want to add a boiler drain valve, to which you could attach a pressure gauge when you are trying to diagnose low pressure symptoms.

You could also consider putting a whole house cartridge filter in line while you are changing things, but that could cause noticeable pressure drop if you are having pressure problems.