I have a single stored house with an overhead tank and a one inch pipe running down.
In bath rooms this one inch pipe is reduced to half inch as all our bath room fittings come with .5 inch gauge.
I am not sure whether increasing the pipe size from one inch to two inch will increase the pressure, as its more affordable than buying a pressure booster pump.
for a 15 L bucket, its taking about 10 mins to fill it. having a shower with current pressure is a dream. I need to fix this at the earliest as its becoming more frustrating with out water pressure.
please let me know your thoughts and comments.
Thanks
Subbu
Best Answer
Pressure
In a system fed from a header-tank, the pressure depends only on the height of the tank. To increase pressure you have only two or three options:
If your header-tank is filled from a high-pressure municipal supply, you would probably get better pressure from that directly but in most places this would be a large job involving extensive knowledge of plumbing and local laws or codes. Your existing pipework and fittings might not be suitable for high-pressure.
Flow rate
The rate of flow is affected by
Half-inch pipe is usually adequate for sinks, basins, showers etc.