Low Water Pressure Causes

Have you ever faced low water pressure at your home or office? This is quite irritation when you open the tap and experience low pressure of water. Some people get confuse with it that why is it happening. Some people know the reasons and they can easily manage the issue.

 Although you are not plumber, you should know that what are the causes of such situation?

Low Water pressure problem can even cease water in tap permanently if not solved urgently.

Two kinds of water pressure problems you may experience:

Single Fixture Low Water Pressure:

This is a condition of Water problem at only single fixture. This is easy to solve.

Whole House Low Water Pressure:

The problem can even occur to whole house water pressure. The reasons might be low municipal water pressure or a valve partially closed.

There are certain reasons of low water pressure at your home:

Issues relevant to Valve:

There is a valve in every home to open or close the water flow. The valves can be of two types as shown in the figure.  If you are experiencing low water pressure you are required to first check these valves. Check if the valve is not fully opened. In old home you may see many different valves.

Back Flow Preventer:

You may find PRV in some homes. There may be back flow preventer also.  PRV regulated the pressure of water coming in home. It has a disk and springs installed into it. When these get fails or start to fail, you will see the water pressure changes. If you are going to replace or check it first closes the main valve.

Piping issue:

Sometimes due to old piping, the pipes get close due to the corrosion and meral buildup. This is one of the serious issues and need to replace the whole pipe.

So this is an expensive issue to solve.

Leak in Pipe:

Sometimes leaks in pipes can lead to low water pressure. Leaks can be minor to major. This is also cause of water wastage. So we should keep checking the pipes and save it from leaks.

Peak Timings:

Often happens that you and many of your neighbourhood are using water at the same time. The water pressure divides in every home cause the low water pressure.

Whatever issue you are facing, ask for the plumber as early as possible. Water is the most important thing in life and it is so hard to live without it even a single day.