HOW TO FIX LOW WATER PRESSURE in your HOME....(The SOLUTION..)

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

The Solution to this low water pressure and flow problem all depends if the customer wants to go for it.... However in this video we use the Salamander AquaScan to make the job alot easier to find out whats going on. If you like the content on the channel then get subscribed and hit that "Like" Button..... Thanks Mark

[@fozz1260]

Hey Mark, I work as engineer on the water board, we are governed to provide a minimum of 9ltrs/min at 10mhd. The water board need to prove the flow and pressure to the boundary as it could be a comms pipe issue from the main. We have also seen the same faults with the water softeners and PRVs, would be interesting to see what the flow and pressure would be around the property with the PRV pieced through as at 3bar I wouldn’t say they need one

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Thanks for the reply mate…. What’s “10mhd”??….. I’m thinking 10m Head??

[@fozz1260]

10 MHD is meters head which is approx 1bar, great content by the way

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Thankyou buddy….. Yep, thought it may be…👍🏼 We have zero pressure at the first floor (10 meters)… flow rate of 6/7 l/min And nothing on the second floor🤦🏻‍♂️

[@peterduffield221]

Love how you show it as it is , with mistakes as well ( forgetting to turn the valve off 🤣) Great video cheers

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Thanks mate….. it’s not all plain sailing🤣🤣 Easy mistake… that’s why it happened🤦🏻‍♂️

[@chrisholt2474]

Hi Mark, that all appears to be a bit of a conundrum. The mains pump booster appears to be the way to go I think. It will be interesting to see the difference in pressure, if you get the go ahead for the job. Have a great week and as always, take care. 👍👍👍

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Thanks mate….. yer looking forward to getting it sorted

[@Rob-ru1dh]

Love the van chat hello I said to you a while back about when my son died a I allways watch your videos and you made me laugh you didn't turn the valve off we are all human mark we all make mistakes but ye keep the van chats

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

🙏🏼🙏🏼…. Hey buddy… Yep we all make mistakes…. This one I got very wet 🤣🤣

[@gordonsheating6770]

I had a very similar issue. I would take the mulibkock off and check that first as a piece of the non return valve had come away and was restricting pressure and flow. Once removed, all was working as it should.

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Yep tricky to diagnose sometimes

[@SouthWestWildernessScotland]

Mark, That's a handy bit of gear to have, expensive yes, but certainly looks like it would point you in the right direction of the fault.

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Yep very handy to have 👍🏼👍🏼

[@davesmalley-bp7ey]

enjoyable and interesting video Mark thanks

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Thanks mate glad you enjoyed it

[@glyndavies591]

A tricky one Mark hope you get it fixed the aqua scan very useful bit of kit

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Yep had to properly go over it all…. Certainly needs sorting out

[@DAVIDWRIGHT-uw4cw]

Hi mark. I watch all your videos when they come out always a good watch. I used to fit meters for our local water board and call outs to any low-pressure problems. I was just wondering if this problem has happened recently or something getting worse over time. We would always check the stop cock in fully open, check flow and pressure before the meter as they can block up and reduce or even stop the flow. There is also the possibility of a leak on the supply pipe which very rarely show on the surface. The PRV can show pressure but reduce flow. Looking forward to how you sort it

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Thanks for the comment mate. I’m sure the customer has spoke to the water board (Severn Trent) and they said it’s all ok.. What would be the minimum you would let go into a property??

[@DAVIDWRIGHT-uw4cw]

the minimum allowable pressure is 1 bar. and anything below 10 liters per minute is considered poor

[@Adie2024]

Still loving your videos mark even though I don’t get chance to comment much on them these days as always busy but keep up the good work buddy as you say it’s real world plumbing. Be good if you could get an accumulator in the garage and a 28 fed from it to the main it would make all the difference

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Thanks mate….. wondered where you had got to 🤣👍🏼👍🏼

[@barryl.2688]

Thank you again for the video Mark.

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Glad you enjoyed it mate

[@johnwaby4321]

That's a very strange one .. I have come across something like this before . And the plumber had to install two large water storage tanks and a booster pump to pressure the tanks . And increased the copper pipes .. A lot of work involved 😯

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

That’s basically what I may have to do, fit the tank boost

[@mattundercoat]

Thanks for that, Mark. Bit of a head-scratcher. Was it something that came on gradually or was it just crap one day out of nowhere? What's next door's water pressure like? I might be tempted to run a bit of temporary hose up the stairs from the best ground floor point, just to see the effect of the hydrostatic head on its own - but then again the ground floor shower wasn't much cop either. Has somebody chucked in another housing estate just up the road or something?

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

1bar of working pressure should do 10meters of head….. we have nothing here 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

[@vaidas1217]

I think this could be faulty pressure reducing valves. I had similar problem as well

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Not when it’s coming directly off the main…. Before the PRV….😬

[@vaidas1217]

@@MJTiffPlumbing didn’t catch that in a video, well then definitely not

[@JR-1983]

Really interesting video, be good to see after the tank booster is fitted. What is the cost to get the booster in out of interest?

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Yep will be a full video on the tank boost when it goes in👍🏼👍🏼

[@JR-1983]

@@MJTiffPlumbing that's another Sunday night sorted 👍🏻

[@tirvplumbing]

Could there be a restriction in the pipework going to the bathrooms? Needle in a haystack trying to find it though.

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

It’s 18L/Min direct off the mains stop tap….

[@chlalew]

Looks like a mains issue to me, but if Trent reckons it's fine could there be a problem with incoming stopcock?

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

They have been out to check and it’s ok for there “parameters” 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@se032131]

Are the valves at the watermeter totally open and not broken?

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Yep as open as they can be👍🏼

[@geometryexplainseverything4926]

House that size should have had an accumulator fitted from day one ? I had a faulty PRV, always change this first...but definitely fit an accumulator..nice gadget ! I have an old spring loaded one i did a demonstration to show impossible Jet fuel rates with....😂

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Yep think that’s going to be the solution…👍🏼

[@geometryexplainseverything4926]

​@@MJTiffPlumbing£395 weeks wages for us guys in Northern Ireland 😅

[@Roverturbo]

You had 18l minute at the water softener outlier and 15l on the same pipe not even .5 of a meter further down. After it went through the prv? I’d be taking that off.

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Will double check that👍🏼👍🏼

[@MadDog_Rules]

1. Double check all valves are fully open. 3. Check if low pressure taps are forcing the high pressure back in on itself. 4. Check pressure balancing valve. 5. Check diverter valves. 6 Check water pressure reduction valve. 7. Flush system. Low pressure taps are for non-pressurised or open-vented systems. And are designed to reduce the pressure build-up in open-vented systems. Sometimes a mix mash of low pressure and high pressure fittings, can cause a drop in pressure elsewhere through the house.

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

As you can see in the video.. we have low pressure near on straight off the main buddy (0.3bar) along with low flow ….. Pressure drops off straight away from the filling look and open pipework to outside tap…

[@CommercialGasEngineerVideos]

Amazing thumbnail. Intro and editing. Right font and colours. Proper youtuber right there. Get in!!! Cool digital pressure gadget, not seen that one.

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Thanks mate…. Appreciate that…. The AquaScan is a great bit of kit

[@ecofilterireland6454]

Proper head scratcher that one 😵‍💫 I would've disconnected the softener for a start. I had an issue before where the piston stack inside the softener was on it's last legs and the 4 bar pressure coming in was forcing it to discharge water to the waste and affecting pressure in the rest of the house. Another thing I've seen regularly with old softeners is the resin expands over time where there's lots of chlorine in the water and after a regeneration, the resin leaks into the plumbing system and blocks taps, filling valves etc etc. Probably nothing to do with the softener but hopefully my nightmares will help someone fix a head scratcher 😎

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

I did run the test bypassing the softener and it was the same…. Bloody things

[@ecofilterireland6454]

@@MJTiffPlumbingah fuck. Not to worry, only another 25 years until retirement Marko, we'll struggle on until then 😄😄

[@piedthepiper]

Its gonna be the illumaniti man, the only possible explanation now 😂

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Hahahaha…. They get everywhere

[@neiltitmus9744]

I had to put a new main on mu house as the lead was very restrictive

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Yep lead mains are so bad

[@Amanpatel-il9bq]

Could it be that the pipework is not properly designed? A smaller pipe diameter feeding multiple outlets causes higher resistance and a low flow rate.

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Possibly mate…… but taking all of that out isn’t an option.. However the Tank Boost could save the day

[@matthewsmyth2833]

Too busy trying to get a brand Deal you forgot to turn valve off. 😂 clean up in hallway number 4

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Already got that deal mate…… keep up🤣

[@matthewsmyth2833]

@MJTiffPlumbing you big show off lad. Just a lesson on how to use it now big lad

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Could have cut that bit out pal, but it’s Real World Plumbing on this channel.

[@matthewsmyth2833]

@MJTiffPlumbing is it I thought you was kidding us all on. Make sure you sell enough of your brand Deal to not loose the deal pal. Every problem surely needs 1 tiff

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Don’t need to sell any…. It’s about the awareness of the product….👍🏼👍🏼

[@philiphillier7588]

It’s not the water meter is it

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Apparently not according to the water board

[@jamessemple5072]

Sounds like it needs a need main putting in chief

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Main is giving what it needs to from Seven Trent’s end…..

[@79mbruce]

Out of interest, prior to you testing, did the customer complain to water company? And if so, what did the water company do or say?

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Yes they did… and the water company said it’s fine… as it’s hits there “parameters”

[@79mbruce]

@@MJTiffPlumbing That’s a kick in the short and curlies…looking forward to future video on this as I can’t imagine that the customer can live with low pressure / flow. 😢

[@matthewsmyth2833]

Lies ​@@MJTiffPlumbing

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Yep will be sorting it 👍🏼👍🏼

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

@matthewsmyth2833 what you on about??

[@ChrisCowley1]

£440 for one of those AquaScans. What a scam!

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

All depends on how it improves your certain type of work… Press is expensive, some think it a waste of money and others it saves money….. Each to there own buddy

[@ChrisCowley1]

@@MJTiffPlumbing Don't get me wrong - I can see they're a lot easier to use than a separate pressure gauge and flow cup, but £440 is crazy money for what you actually get. The cost of manufacture must be about 40 quid!

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

It’s not something for you then mate….. if you don’t see the benefit and what it does, time saved, accuracy etc etc….

[@56ty78ui]

Just an advert for Salamander AquaScan and Booster in this video. If you need an expensive digital water pressure tester, you are not a plumber. JS. God knows what our plumbing forebearers did 50-60 years ago without these gadgets.

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Says the guy replying on an iPhone or computer…… it’s called evolution mate, it happens constantly…

[@56ty78ui]

@@MJTiffPlumbing I'm female actually, but thanks

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

You’re welcome 👍🏼

[@Liverpool1ne]

Never met a woman called Russ before. Always a first I guess.

[@jjfarrell9349]

That's the trouble with quick release connectors - they release quick even when there's full pressure behind them! No chance to notice that first weep so you can just nip it up again.

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

It was me disconnecting it without turning the water off first, wasn’t an issue with the connector

[@jjfarrell9349]

@@MJTiffPlumbing Understood, but with a normal connector you'd see water leak as you started to undo it and immediately nip it up again before any damage was done - not an option with a quick release where it's full flow immediately and you're battling the pressure to get it back on.

[@MJTiffPlumbing]

Got ya…👍🏼👍🏼