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.