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I am doing some re plumbing on a house that has an 8' basement, 10' walls on the first floor and 2x10's floor joists, so the water from the city has to push a column of water up to the 2nd floor at a combined height of 19 feet straight up through 3/4 copper lines. The HO is saying that they have poor pressure upstairs. Now I am going to do a pressure test at street level by using a hose bib as a source. Then I will go to the second floor and compare readings. I feel as though if the towns pressure is low there is not going to be any pressure upstairs.
Option 1
Now I told the HO I could fix this. I have 2 choices here. Install an air ballast tank like the ones used on wells, rated about 5 to 10 gallons to boost the pressure. There is no need for electric as the city water pressure can fill the tanks in the basement then release the built up pressure into the second floor. Problem is that it will be 5 to 10 gallons and will stop and be slow again.
Option 2
Install a booster pump on both the hot and cold lines.
Anyone done this before? It will be a first for me.
Option 1
Now I told the HO I could fix this. I have 2 choices here. Install an air ballast tank like the ones used on wells, rated about 5 to 10 gallons to boost the pressure. There is no need for electric as the city water pressure can fill the tanks in the basement then release the built up pressure into the second floor. Problem is that it will be 5 to 10 gallons and will stop and be slow again.
Option 2
Install a booster pump on both the hot and cold lines.
Anyone done this before? It will be a first for me.