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So what's working ?Standing pressure!!
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So what's working ?Standing pressure!!
What have you got at the showers and bath?
Any inline strainers on the taps and showers?....you know the rubber washer type.
If the taps are restricting flow then there shouldn't be a reduction when another is opened.
Have the taps got diffusers on the outlet as this is always a crap catcher and often overlooked.
So the tap is losing 1 bar ?
Jase, did you bypass the softener and test.
Unless it's a hiflo type softener you can easily lose a bar there !
Yes and tested before and after water softener and as said before, not loosing any pressure through water softener, hi flow kit fitted on the water softenerJase, did you bypass the softener and test.
Unless it's a hiflo type softener you can easily lose a bar there !
Hshah, where did the taps come from? Did u buy them or did the builder?
The rest are all low pressure showers so should work ok?
Phoenix Square Stainless Steel Thermostatic Shower Column - SC002
This one requires 2 bar minimum pressure?
2 bar standing pressure at garden tap ? how many floors has the house got ? did you measure the dynamic pressure ?
Ok. Pipe work right sizes? Have u checked that pipe isn't inserted too far into a tee? Or cheap ISO fitted?
Had one where branch on tee obstructed 95% of main pipe.
Not piped in 10mm is it? Sounds very much like an obstruction. 25mm mdpe restricted? Pebble?
Fit a tee on mdpe. Measure flow rate and dynamic pressure.
Sounds to me like a restriction in there somewhere. I've had foreign objects in the pipework before from a pebble to marbles (disgruntled builder), but when this is the case you normally get a spurt of decent pressure followed almost instantly by the drop.
I would look back to post #26 Jase, if the water board are to be believed at the meter you have 24ltr a min and at the stop tap as the new main enters the house you have 18ltrs a min! How longs the new water main? Your losing upto 6ltrs a min just their!
Could even be a possible fault with the nrv in the meter.
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