Plumbing – Replumb sillcocks to increase outdoor pressure

irrigationplumbing

I'm trying to increase pressure to my outside hoses for lawn watering and noticed that the sillcocks are all after my whole house water filter and they are all 1/2". Because of this, when I run the sprinklers, the whole house filter gets dirty and clogged very quickly. The plumbing from my well pressure tank is 3/4" and the pressure switch is set to 40/60.

Would I see a worthwhile pressure and flow increase to my outside impact sprinklers if I:

  • Plumb in a 3/4" tee before the whole house filter and run 1" PEX lines to sillcock valves
  • Replace existing 1/2" sillcocks with 3/4" sillcocks
  • Run 3/4" hose from sillcock to impact sprinklers

Thanks in advance!

Best Answer

I think your best improvement would come from adding the tee before the filter and running the new PEX to the sillcocks. I would hold off on replacing the sillcocks at the same time as adding the tee because you might not need to depending on the results from the tee. Plus, the 3/4" sillcocks might not fit through your brick walls. Do this in stages.