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Constant low pressure in fine weather

  • 03-07-2014 9:11am
    #1
    happywithlife
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,324 ✭✭✭


    Much as I love the fine weather it plays havoc with my water pressure
    I'm rural based but on the mains, pretty much the last house on my line
    I cannot run the dishwasher for example at the moment cos the pressure is too low
    I have to do laundry late at night / early in the morning - not a hope I can put on a wash during the day
    I sometimes loose water completely in the cold water tap during late afternoon - just as I try to make dinner.
    In a busy household with 3 small kids this is wrecking my head.
    I have raised the issue with waterworks Ireland but with no joy.

    Short of installing my own well what can I do? If anything?

    On a side note we do have the large water tank out the back which feeds the showers/toilets etc but fecking plumber set things up first day to run the dishwasher and washing machine off the same line as the main water tap - how expensive would it be (roughly) to redirect these appliances off the water tank? Would this solve my problem? Seriously can't put up with this much longer :-(


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  • #2
    Sleeper12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,189 ✭✭✭✭Sleeper12


    If everyone had water meters your water pressure wouldn't drop in the summer. People waste water all year round but more so in the summer
    I don't work for Irish water. :)


  • #3
    gctest50
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,605 ✭✭✭gctest50


    happywithlife wrote: »
    On a side note we do have the large water tank out the back which feeds the showers/toilets etc but fecking plumber set things up first day to run the dishwasher and washing machine off the same line as the main water tap - how expensive would it be (roughly) to redirect these appliances off the water tank? Would this solve my problem? Seriously can't put up with this much longer :-(

    You'd have to be careful ( setup-wise ) running dishwasher etc from a tank in case of waterborne bugs - in the warm weather they could multiply to fatal levels


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