How to adjust & measure home water pressure
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- Опубликовано: 22 май 2024
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Watch the entire process and know your local codes and pressure recommendations before adjusting your water pressure. Generally, you should not go above 85 psi but again that may vary based on where you live. I would just adjust it to the lowest psi you are comfortable with. In case you don't know PSI stands for Pounds Per Square Inch. The style of water regulators will vary. This one is a 3/4" WATTS brand model DU N45B M1 and the output psi range is between 25-75. If you do not know what you are doing do not attempt to adjust your water pressure. Adjusting it too high can cause damage to appliances and leaks in pipes, especially old weak ones.
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Thanks for the video. I had a plumber come to check my water heater. He actually turned up the water pressure to 95PSI and then told me I need to spend $1000 to replace the pressure regulator, in addition to $5000 to replace the water heater. He said he tried but was not able to adjust the pressure lower. After he left, I noticed the shower pressure was extremely high. I figured out how to adjust it and it's fine now. Gotta be careful with these Plumber scams!
$5,000 to replace a water heater? Report that scumbag to your local city hall immediately and get his contractors license revoked.
Thank you Adam. I bought the part from Amazon and hooked up to outside hose. Psi was 42....Went under house and increased it to 60 as the valve could handle up to 75. This was my first successful project after watching it on youtube first!
Paul DeMore was your under the house cause I can’t seem locate mine
Angel F do you have a well house?
I can't find my valve
I always install a 3 valve bypass,and pressure gauge before reduction valve and after,you can see the results.
Easy to follow. Your video helped clarify exactly where I could test the water pressure and where and how to regulate it. Exactly what I was looking to learn. Thank you for taking the time to make it. Much appreciated.
I'm not one to comment on many videos, but I have to say that this was nearly a perfect tutorial vid. Limited b.s., good demonstration, and nice explanation. Two virtual thumbs up.
Agreed!
I came to say exactly this. Thank you Adam
Agreed!! Thank you so much. All of it is great. After my guy replaced my water heater he said he turned down our pressure. My sprinklers won’t Eve pop up now!!! I need to turn it back up and I think I can with this video!!!! Thank you!!! ( and I never comment either!!)
Thanks SO MUCH! After I bought my home I was determined to have my dream refrigerator...REAL stainless steel Frigidaire Gallery Professional Series BIG side by side. Abt a year or so later my ice maker quit working. It was still under warranty from Sears. I was a under 30, a single homeowner & I'm female. I'm also the daughter of a former steamfitter who taught me how to do everything he taught my brothers. I did everything I was supposed to do. It was just a bad unit & needed to be replaced. The guy came from Sears & 1st tried to tell me I broke it & it wouldn't be covered. I KNEW I DIDN'T & it SHOULD & WOULD be covered. After he knew I wasn't budging he then went down to my basement & after several mins came back up & turned on my kitchen faucet. He rudely shouted @ me said "SEE?! :LOW WATER PRESSURE! YOUR PRESSURE VALVE IS BROKEN, WARRANTY IS VOIDED & YOU'RE PAYING FOR THIS!" He demanded over $500 for my new ice maker & the service call b4 he'd even order the replacement. I was so perplexed, ticked & a little scared but tried to keep my cool. Standing in my suit & heels I blurted out "Hey buddy, don't let the blonde hair fool you." That caught his attention. I had amazing water pressure before he went downstairs & told him so. Also told him my father, IQ of 165, former youngest foreman steamfitter, now President of a nationally successful automation company he started himself not only put in my hot water heater but my faucet & sprayer too & it was powerful before he came to look @ my ice maker...bcz it was...my dad would always joke how much stronger it was than his own. I asked him if he'd like me to call my father so he could tell my dad what he told me. He declined & the warranty covered it. I was so rattled & didn't know what the Sears guy did but knew he did something & also bcz I thought Sears would never be ok w/their employee doing that. I was young & naive but I know now THAT was part of his job. He JUST adjusted/lowered my pressure. I bought a new PRV & was going to learn to fix it but life happened & then my dad was in a fatal accident & water pressure was but wasn't high on my priority list. I still have the awful pressure & it's messing w/my Whirlpool fridge's ice maker & it brought it all back along w/the sadness of missing my dad...but YOU just taught me how to fix it. I'm sorry I am being so longwinded but I needed you to know YOU made a huge positive impact on my life w/your video today. You are AWESOME! I sincerely thank you from the bottom of my heart! I know my dad does too!🙏😇
Just wanted make sure I dropped a comment here to let you and any of your viewers know that this is a very good, spot on , no bs, easy to understand and follow video that I've actually had different homeowning friends and customers look up and watch to help them with there water pressure issues. All have had good results afterwards. Thank you for your time and sharing your knowledge.
I’ll tell you this. I increased my pressure over 70 psi and you gotta be careful. All the toilets and sinks and various connections seem to break faster and/or eventually leak. Pressures regulation is safer at default levels 45-50- I think out of reducer. The cheap toilet components and cheaper seals now days don’t seem to like higher pressures. Basically you’ll risk popping lines and instigate a flood. As me how I know. And when insurance companies come in, they check to see if you played with it as an excuse not to pay a claim. Just a heads up.
Your exactly right 60 psi is fine,the higher the pressure more water you use,water hammer can start and I've seen water heaters work backwards, not one of these guys factor in thermal expansion.
How do you know?
@@meme5887 I am a plumber.
Seen all kinds of problems with pressure over 60 psi.
@@truth6600 I'm dealing with a new amazon site that is dealing g with all of the issues u are talking about. They have 80 plus psi, they blew some seals already too
This was incredibly helpful. Our water pressure has been very low and this has helped me increase it. Thanks!
9 minute video and a 5 dollar gauge vs a minimum $100 + visit from the plummer. Thanks!
please contact me. I am a local here at West Valley City and my first spring I already encountered the problem of having leaking sprinklers. I hope that is not the case.
Where did you find it for 5 bucks?
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It’s spelled plumber. Damn son where did you to school at 😂👋
Where did you get for $5?
This was easy to do and seems to have help out with the water pressure. I was thinking about going 1 or 2 more turns but I thought I would give it a couple of days and look for water leeks. Thank You.
Thanks God I found this video! There are too many tutorials out there but this is the right model and very accurate tutorial I've seen so far.
This is the only video that showed me exactly what i needed to know. Thank you for uploading youve earned a sub
You sir, are a damn genius! This solved my water pressure problem instantly! Thank you!!
Thanks Adam. 7 years later this video is still helping people!
thanks, I managed to increase my 35psi to now 50 psi which is great! was scared to do this but after watching your video, helped alot.
thanks!
This cleared up a lot for me! Thank you for sharing this and for taking the time to film and produce this video.
Thank you for information, took 10 minutes to adjust the psi of my house accordingly.
This is what I needed to know. Very good video on house water pressure. Thanks
Thanks so much , I was able to do this while my husband slept 😍 great video.
Can you tell what causes this value to make s whistle noise
More pressure = use more water, spend more of husbands money when y’all could invest it
I would love to wake up and find out that my wife took care of some problem around the house. God bless you :)
Did you tell him or wait for him to notice? If you waited.. did he notice?
Great video, it provided me with exactly what I needed to know.
Awesome. You totally answered my questions. Thank you!!
Adam, you may want to mention to the people that Have a Thermal Expansion Tank on their system that when you adjust the water pressure in your water system that you also have to adjust the air pressure in the expansion tank. The two pressures must match for the expansion tank to work properly. This is a good informative video. Thank you for posting.
Great point Roger. Thanks for the comment!
What happens if you adjust the prv but not the expansion tank? My prv was an issue (psi went up to 100) and it was just replaced under warranty, but ive noticed the psi increases throughout the day or early morning hours. At one point, it got back up to the max prv level of 75, but it was set to about 65...so its fluctuating anywhere from 5-10 psi
When plumbers came to troubleshoot the psi and when they replaced the prv (and adjusting the psi after the prv replacement), they never adjusted the expansion tank
the air in the expansion tank is extremely easy to adjust yourself with a simple bicycle pump that has an air gauge attached to it. But be careful. Because I do not know the max air pressure of the expansion tank. You will have to do your homework on that part. My water pressure and expansion tank are both set at 45psi.
Just a footnote. If you try to attach the bicycle pump to the expansion tank and water comes out, that means the air bladder inside the expansion tank has gone bad and you will have to replace the expansion tank.
Great video! I was able to adjust my house water pressure after watching it.
Great video Adam. My water pressure is low, now I know how to do it. Thanks to you
I'm going to try this! My old house has water pressure like a firehose; blows the plastic plumbing fittings to smithereens. Very informative, thanks.
Adam thank you very much for sharing this procedure. Besides fixing or regulating the water pressure; you seem to have very soothing voice, and photogenic face. You should be a Hollywood movie star.........really!!!!!!! Thank you.
Great low key extremely easy to follow instructions .. keep it up!!
Really good video. Thanks for the information and easy to follow instructions!
Thanks Adam, I suggest that you mention the physics of liquid pressure in a closed system (no escape), is distributed equally through the system to the farthest point and in all directions. When a faucet is opened, the system is no longer closed, and the pressure will drop and I would expect the regulator to compensate to keep the pressure close to the adjusted setting. Mine drops from 60 psi closed, to 40 with a faucet open. I was hoping to find a hint as to how much of a drop can be expected. I would guesstimate that nearly a 50% drop indicates a malfunction of the product. Think I may have to call Watt Customer Service for the info; not having much luck on the web. My source psi from the county is 150psi which kicks of the relief valve on most water heaters, interesting.
Awesome video Adam. Thank you, I will try to adjust mine before I actually replace it and hopefuly it works.
Thank you for the very clear and concise lesson. It was very helpful!
Thanks, Adam. Great explanation and very helpful. Appreciate it.
Thank you soooo much for your Video . It took me 10 minutes to fix the problem.. I am sure there are many of us would greatly appreciated like I do. Stay safe, be safe. Happy New Year to all of yous!!!
Thanks so much AdamDIY...I found the exact same PRV in my basement and now the pressure is much better. Just think. I bought the house a month ago and have been taking trickle type showers, now I'm back in waterpik massage HEAVEN. Bless u. LOL
Im gonna try it myself. Trickle showers are the worst. How can you even wash your nuts properly with that type of pressure? 😵
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You earned a subscribe. Great video that saved me a lot of low water pressure grief!
Awesome sauce, explained perfectly thanks for the help.
Adam, thank you so much for this video! We'll surely put it to use!
I've been having issues with busted lines , today I checked my water pressure and it's 125 psi , going to get it fixed !
Damn. You must be clean as hell after your showers 😂😂
Have not tried it yet, but I thought it was a good detailed video. I will try it this weekend and let you know how it goes.
You really need a gauge with two needles one tells you what the pressure surges to at night. That is the most important thing, If you have a regulator it creates a closed system. so you need to relieve the pressure with an expansion tank above your hot water tank. This comes from more experiance than this guy is old. I used to be a A plumber that solved problems. This is one of the most common ones.
My home has a regulator ... I do not have an expansion tank .. water frequently leaks from the hot water heaters pressure relief value. My water pressure is 62 ... would lowering the pressure help stop the leaking or should I get the expansion tank?
Fantastic video! Thank you and now I have to correct Sparky based on the info. you gave me.
Great Video! Now I know how to check and adjust the water pressure myself.
You are my hero, you did a wonderful job showing and explaining. I now have Great water pressure
Very helpful Adam thank you!
THNX-- for the info I am a senior on SS and having help like this is a big savings.. I will now see if I can find -- and do as you showed... I will try and remember to post later what I did..
You never posted what you did! Could you fic your problem
This helped me to know what I needed before I went under the house. Thanks
Thanks good video, Good close ups on the gauge. Thanks!
Thank you. This was very helpful and direct.
Very smart, very informative, very detailed. Well done and thanks a bunch!
thank you sooo much for this!! the water pressure in my place was terrible and i was thinking it was the fault of the regulator that my landlord installed recently. Then I did some research, found this video, and just had my boyfriend fix it!! I can't wait to wash my hair tonight.
I'm a Kiwi living of the grid.
My water comes from a storage tank that is feed via the roof from rainwater.
I don't have anything like yours, but that valve thing you turn is that what is called the A-Jax valve here in NZ, ours being entirely different in shape and size.
My hot water cylinder has a tap but it does not have an out let like yours.
God knows where the hose joining the tap goes to perhaps outside, that being the case then ya it would be like your used to drain sh?? from the cylinder, but then to confirm this would be a test in its self when I know there is no way one could crawl under the house to check.
I like your video and will test things my way as ya my hot water is almost none existent when it comes to showers.
Takes much time just to wet the body let alone to wash :).
Thank you so much! I finally have water pressure!
Good video just the right amount of explanation for me!
Great video. Thanks! Very helpful!
Excellent, easy tips. Well done. Very clear. Thank you.
Yep, just learn, about water pressure valve. Tanks!!
Thanks for the video. Fixed my low water pressure problem. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you for taking the time to make this video for us ... subscribed :)
Good Grief! Wish I had seen this a few years ago. Thanks Very MUCH?
Great video
Simple straight to the point
very nicely done and explaine thanks andy
Thank you this helped a lot.
Adam you do a great job of explaining your subject!we live in a second and thirdfloor apartment and the water pressure sucks since they put the valve in plus they r replacing the very old water lines in the street and now its worse.i use a nice shower as therepy for my heath issies and I will give it a try.thanks
Glad to help!
Wow! Thanks! Nice clear demo and commentary.
Yes, this was helpful thank you. We learned that the pressure coming in to our house was over 115 psi, after a newly installed extension tank to our water heater was no longer working. The same plumber installed a pressure reducing valve like you have shown. Seems to me one could or should have been installed with a gauge on it, though it would have to fit behind wall paneling without protruding beyond the pipes. It seems odd that one wouldn't know how much pressure is added by just turning the end screw blindly.
Any thoughts about this? Your easy solution of using a separate pressure valve would solve my asking him to change it out for one with a gauge.
Thanks again for your good information.
Hey Adam, Thanks! I was wondering what you think the avg life of a Watts pressure reducing valve should be? If replacing it, I have to take the whole thing out, right? Versus just the cone shaped component. Thanks again, MD
My plumbing looks almost identical to your video except I have a double check valve leading to the house fire sprinkler system. Also, I have a permanent pressure gauge near where the sprinkler drain line is located. This gauge reads 150 psi (not controllable by PRV since it's not in that part of the line) . I bought a gauge like yours and checked pressure at a hose connection and at water heater drain connection - both read about 105 psi. I did all this because we had a recent violent pipe rattling when both washing machine and shower were in use. I discovered that the water heater expansion tank diaphragm has broken. (A pressure check at bottom of tank emitted water instead of air.) Our water pressure does not seem extreme, but it sounds like we need to get it down to a maximum of 85 psi.
We had new shower head installed. After removing the shower head and the bath tub faucet the pressure is still low but prior to that the pressure was fine. I am thinking it may be the rough in valve?
Great video! Thanks a lot!
Thank you! This was soooo helpful!
Excellent. Well done
Thank You! I learnt more then I knew.
thanks helped a lot
Thanks. :) Helped me a lot today.
Thank you! You seem like a good soul.
Excellent video- thanks.
Great video keep very instructive
Great video, I'll be doing this tomorrow.
Thank you. Going to do this in my home right now!
Great video. Thanks Adam.
Great video! Thanks for the info it really helped us out.
+AdamDIY Great video. I have a 15 year old house with a 6 to7 year old Watt LFN35BZ3 showing a 30psi. The area we live in has high alkaline in the water.This is the 2nd regulator as the first was replaced by the home builder while under warranty. My Questions: (1)You have any thoughts on water quality and its affect on these devices? (2)You think it might just be a matter of getting a pressure gauge and adjusting my pressure up, to say 50psi?
(3) The pipes don't "hammer" s and bang,when turning on, particularly from outside locations, but the pipes do a type of singing/high pitch humming sound, regardless of flow rate(up or down at the wall) from the street to the regulator. Would that still come under "hammer" problems?
Thank you! My pipes stopped vibrating with just one counter clockwise turn. I will have to get a gauge to confirm the pressure.
You should be getting the same water pressure in your hot water tank as your hose bib. That drain valve probably is caked full of calcium restricting the flow.
Put the gauge on your washing machine outlet.
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Phenomenal video! Thanks! 😊
You just saved me major money man, thank you. I could not figure out why my sprinklers were not working properly, this immediately fixed the problem
Man. Thank you so much! Perfect video!!
👍🏼very simple. Thanks a bunch
Seemed easy to follow, now just need to put into practice.
Helpful. Thank you.
Just...excellent video. You saved my day!!!
yes Adam, do you do very well explain how to do thanks. All the best to you.
Well done & well presented.
Excellent tutorial.! My pressure regulator is a Zurn Wilkins and it has no screw driver type slot to adjust the water pressure.Only a xex bolt on the end. I guess i just hold the inner bolt nearest the valve with a wrench and just use another wrench to turn the bolt clockwise to increase the water pressure?
Thank you. So easy!
this is very clear thank you
GRACIAS mi aprendi mas aqui algo mas, thank you
Thanks for posting, a life saver. I was about to call a plumber because I was trying to increase water pressure but turning counterclockwise instead of clockwise
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Pressure gauge: Amazon / Harbor Frt: a bit more than $5, but close; you'll need another few $$ worth of fittings to fit the hose bibb. Don't raise your pressure to 80#: no point: it just stresses all the water components (which are generally rated 80#). Most expectations are filled at 60# which is where most flow restrictors are designed. Most irrigation systems max at 30#, so the more house pressure, the more stress on all that plastic in the yard: usually not worth it. Tank type flush fixtures are designed on 15#, so you will find that somewhere 15~60 is usually workable. [Flush type WC valves need 25#, but you usually only find those in commercial apps.] Broadly, the higher the pressure, the faster the wear on components. High pressure also causes more scaling on hot water: scaling is a function of temperature, calcium concentration, and sudden pressure loss (so more pressure = more scale upon release).
This was perfect man. I know nothing about this stuff and 2 years ago in my condo I did the exact opposite thing and broke my PRV and $600 later the plumber fixed everything. I used your video tonight and adjusted it in my new house and it worked perfectly. Thanks so much for doing this.