Plumbing explainer
Weak taps and showers
Low water pressure is frustrating, and its cause can sit anywhere from the tip of the faucet to the pipe under your front lawn. Working from the fixture back to the street finds it fastest.
- Aerators and heads cleaned
- Main valve fully open
- Pressure measured at a hose bib
- Pipe material identified
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- Shown before cut. You see the fault and the plan first.
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Start at the fixture
- If only one tap or shower is weak, remove the aerator or showerhead and check it for sand and limescale.
- Soak them in vinegar and rinse.
- A worn cartridge in a single-handle faucet can also restrict flow on one fixture.
Check the valves
- When the entire house is weak, make sure nobody left the main partly closed.
- After a repair, a valve is sometimes left partly closed.
- Old gate valves can also lose their wedge, leaving the handle open but the passage half blocked.
Pressure regulators
- Certain homes have a pressure reducing valve just past the meter, and those regulators age and gradually lose their setting.
- A gauge on a hose bib shows the static pressure in seconds and tells us whether the regulator needs adjusting or replacing.
Old and narrow pipe
- Galvanized steel narrows inside as rust builds up, and many older homes have a small-diameter service line.
- When those are the cause, replacing the pipe is the only real fix.
Close the main valve first, phone second.