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Hi all - just moved into a house in Dublin, from the 1940s. Water pressure from the mains seems low throughout the house - lowish on the ground floor, lower still upstairs, and lowest in the loft where the water tank for the house can take ages to fill when water is drawn from it.
The council insist everything is ok, and came by today. Measuring the pressure on the cold water tap on the ground floor, they give readings of 12psi for the pressure (which they say is normal?) - and 2 litres/minute for the flow (which they say is very low, and should be around 10 litres/minute).
What should the correct readings be? We're being told by the council that the correct thing to do is change our water mains pipe from the house out to the street, as it's old lead, and will have become corroded/coated internally, and it's this buildup of debris that will be restricting the flow.
Does this sound feasible? Very confused by the whole pressure vs. flow issue, and don't want to rip up the entire front garden and part of the front of the house replacing the main water feed to the house, if it's not going to solve anything... any advice greatfully received!
The council insist everything is ok, and came by today. Measuring the pressure on the cold water tap on the ground floor, they give readings of 12psi for the pressure (which they say is normal?) - and 2 litres/minute for the flow (which they say is very low, and should be around 10 litres/minute).
What should the correct readings be? We're being told by the council that the correct thing to do is change our water mains pipe from the house out to the street, as it's old lead, and will have become corroded/coated internally, and it's this buildup of debris that will be restricting the flow.
Does this sound feasible? Very confused by the whole pressure vs. flow issue, and don't want to rip up the entire front garden and part of the front of the house replacing the main water feed to the house, if it's not going to solve anything... any advice greatfully received!