How to Fix Low Water Pressure in Your House | Re-pipe the house and cheaper solutions!

You may need to repipe your house to fix your low water pressure problem. But, Jim shares cheaper ways to fix low water pressure. Troubleshoot yourself!

Here is everything you need to know about low water pressure in your house from a retired plumber. Jim breaks down the causes of low water pressure and how to troubleshoot each one so you can get rid of low pressure and enjoy your showers again.

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Chapters: How and When to Replace a Water Heater Pressure Relief Valve
00:00 Intro
00:26 Sources of water and different water pressures coming to the home
01:41 Why you have low water pressure on a well
03:25 What to do when you have low water pressure in your house

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[Giolongino]

Water Pressure Regulator... Most likely the problem and it was not even mentioned.

[nadinabolton]

I had low pressure didn't know what to do manager kept saying that they're going to come fix, anyway come to find out my water was off outside lio 😂😂😂I can't believe 2months and they didn't figure it out

[NYCCamper]

Thats mine. Good flow in one bathroom and not the other. The other bathroom goes low and lower and occasionally goes back to normal.

[evocativeswine]

My water pressure has been great until maybe four days ago. Now all my faucets are running slow

[tedlahm]

most everyone will get Pressure and Volume confused.
High School Physics.

[TBechs]

I have good pressure when running a single device. However, if I use multiple devices at once, the pressure noticeably drops. I know this is a flow issue, but what exactly could be casing it? It happens throughout the entire house, so it must be an issue from the main to the house...

[louish.]

And if your main shut off valve is galvanized going to the street that’s a big big $$$

[louish.]

And if the house Ben sitting for years can be bad valves and bad water tank full of rust .

[missionscrpprwill]

Ok While I Watch This Video I Won't Piss Him Off...

[FlamingPastrie]

I’d be honored if you could throw your two cents at my problem. 2 years ago I replaced my well pump and for a year and a half I had great water pressure 50-70 PSI in the house. The last 6 months the pressure has not changed leaving the pump shed but when the water gets to the house it’s half of what it used to be. When the pump clicks on it is barley noticeable and when it’s off the water has hardly any pressure. But again, the pressure at the filters / bladder tank / pump are all adequate PSI. I don’t have any leaks and the pump operates well. I’ve done many tests and replacements within my shed and feel I’ve ruled it out as a problem. I’m thinking it may be corroded pipes or blockage but I don’t know how anything could big enough could get through a pre filter along with 3 sediment filters. Anyways I’d appreciate your opinion on the situation.

[DanuelTuason]

My water pressure in the house is a bit low in the mornings but very high in the evenings to a point that i get some pvc joints bursting. Is it ok to install a water regulating valve to avoid too much pressure in the evening? But after doing that will i still get a good water pressure in the morning or nothing at all without adjusting the prv?

[SusanaBarrera-lt]

What if you have good water pressure until someone flushes toilet or someone else uses water in the house. Then pressure goes down. Only one person can use water at a time in my expensive house Plumbers haven’t figured out why?

[michelleschmitz]

We used to have good water pressure, but we just had to replace our water heater and due to a problem in replacing it, we had to turn off our master water to the whole house. When it was replaced and master water turned back on, the hot water now has low pressure in all faucets How do I unblock that?

[williamjohnson]

I watch your videos religiously. I have low water pressure in kitchen only. Have taken faucet apart, don’t see anything clogged. What else could it be.

[MsBird]

This was very helpful and informative. Thank you for sharing this video!

[susannebrule]

How about if you have no hot water and all your sink are low water pressure and showers

[jaechoi]

Pls someone tell me the answer I need real help. We recently fixed leaky shower faucet on our basement floor, and during that we turned off the source valve and turned it back on, but after the perfect fixing the leaky faucet. The water pressure of kitchen sink has been lowered a lot... I thought our pipe got exploded, but by watching the meter, when closing every faucets in my house the meter stopped correctly and no water leaks from the wall or from the ground, no drippin sound while using the sink faucet. It has been almost 10days. Is something going wrong?? Or it is my original water pressure? (every bathrooms water pressure seems fine except the sink.)

[bk]

Nice videos keep them coming we can all learn from them thank you from Michigan

[themoldysoldier]

Here in central Iowa we get about 45-50 and every town has a water tower.

[tayloriginals]

What if I only have low hot water pressure? What causes that?