dsteph3
New Member
My water pressure has always been bad at my house. The quality of the water was even worse, so I installed a whole house filter and water softener at the beginning of this year. I understand that as the filter gets dirtier, the pressure will reduce. However, it seems bad even with a new filter. I'm looking into a pressure booster (e.g http://www.globalindustrial.com/g/plumbing/water-pressure/boosters/water-pressure-booster-kits). My questions are:
1) Will I still see improvement in pressure even with the filter being the bottleneck.
2) Do I install it before or after the filter and softener? Currently, the first thing after the main line into the house is the filter, then the softener.
My initial thoughts are that if I put it after the filter and softener, it would prolong the life of the booster since it won’t see all the sediment and hard water. However, it may not get the necessary flow to sustain any type of pressure.
Thanks in advance for any advise!
Dan
1) Will I still see improvement in pressure even with the filter being the bottleneck.
2) Do I install it before or after the filter and softener? Currently, the first thing after the main line into the house is the filter, then the softener.
My initial thoughts are that if I put it after the filter and softener, it would prolong the life of the booster since it won’t see all the sediment and hard water. However, it may not get the necessary flow to sustain any type of pressure.
Thanks in advance for any advise!
Dan