zenn68
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I have been reading trough alot of these posts here. Trying to get a handle on the low water pressure in my house. I just moved from the city to a 40 yr old house upstate. Has private well water and septic, so this is all new to me.
Big question: what can I do to increase water pressure troughout the house?
Background: House has been vacant for over year. Currently one bathroom, adding a second soon. As far as I can see, 1/4 in copper troughout. At just about every faucet or spiggot when first turn on the water, it comes out dark rusty colored for a few seconds. Also at every faucet i get very little water pressure, its almost a trickle in the bathtub, even took out the fixtures, and just running water from the shut off valves. Takes almost 5 minutes to fill the toilet, 1.6gal.
Well pump in basement feeds into a pressure tank. With entire system drained pressure tank reads zero. but when filled with water cut in out is steady at 30/50 and operated fine. I don't see a valve on tank to add air.
Would replacing the tank increase water pressure trough out the house, or do I maybe need a new well pump.
BTW.
I connected a hose directly to the drain valve under the tank, opened it up and ran the well pump, water pressure there is excellent.
Big question: what can I do to increase water pressure troughout the house?
Background: House has been vacant for over year. Currently one bathroom, adding a second soon. As far as I can see, 1/4 in copper troughout. At just about every faucet or spiggot when first turn on the water, it comes out dark rusty colored for a few seconds. Also at every faucet i get very little water pressure, its almost a trickle in the bathtub, even took out the fixtures, and just running water from the shut off valves. Takes almost 5 minutes to fill the toilet, 1.6gal.
Well pump in basement feeds into a pressure tank. With entire system drained pressure tank reads zero. but when filled with water cut in out is steady at 30/50 and operated fine. I don't see a valve on tank to add air.
Would replacing the tank increase water pressure trough out the house, or do I maybe need a new well pump.
BTW.
I connected a hose directly to the drain valve under the tank, opened it up and ran the well pump, water pressure there is excellent.