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How to fix building water pressure problems originating at a water pump, pump control switch or water tank.

This article series describes how to adjust building water pressure by setting the water pump cut-in and cut-out pressure on the well water pump pressure control switch.

We also point to our article on how to adjust building municipal or community water pressure at a building.

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Check For Other Causes of Bad Water Pressure

Clogged copper supply pipes © D Friedman at InspectApedia.com If you have increased the water pump switch cut-in or cut-on pressure to a higher number, say 30 psi you may often find that this does not fix a building-wide water pressure problem.

Low water pressure is intermittent might in fact point to a problem with the well flow rate itself.
(WELL YIELD DEFINITION)

Once the well pump turns on and presuming you are running water continuously, especially if more than one fixture is running, you may see that your pump runs continuously until you turn the water off. If this is the case, it's not the starting water pressure setting that is at fault, it's the pump or piping or well that is limiting the water flow rate.

Often this means that the water flow rate through the system, from well through pump and pipes, elbows, valves, etc. is just not enough to meet the building water flow rate demand, and further diagnosis is in order.

Sometimes the cause of poor building water pressure is traced to an unexpected clogged supply pipe or to a valve that is partly closed. Our photo (above left) of copper supply piping (above left) was sent by reader Tom.C. who was tracking down a clog in the supply piping that meant poor water pressure from the point of the fitting you see above onwards through the plumbing fixtures served by that pipe.


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