In addition to Dave's remarks, I don't think you really want more than
60 psi in your home - higher pressure is very hard on things like toilet
tank valves, ice makers, water heaters, and other fixtures. In the part
of our town that has piped in water, they require pressure reducers on
all subscribers' inlets to avoid such problems; the pressure at the
street can be as high as 100 psi (depending on how far below the tower
the house is), and more than one home (without a reducer) had burst
water heaters.
If your real problem is low flow rate, not low pressure, you may have
clogged pipes from calcium carbonate precipitation (aka "hard water").
Mike
Dave & Marlene wrote:
>
> Hi Scott,
>
> I have lived with 45 - 60 psi water pressure for years. I think you are
> going to a lot of trouble for little gain. Yeah - I guess booster pumps
> work, but as you outline, a lot of problems.
>
> In round numbers, you will get about 1/2 psi for every foot of
> elevation. For the water tower to provide 90 psi it will have to be 180
> ft tall plus. The other side is, you will need a 90 psi plus pump to
> fill the tower. Water towers are usually used to provide a larger
> volume, for short times, than your well can flow. (storage) Same with
> your present pressure tank. One uses compressed air, one uses gravity.
>
> Personally, I have never needed to etch glass with a garden hose.
>
> Dave Russell
>
> Scott Hall wrote:
>
>>
>> do the pumps actually work? is there a lag before they cut on?
>> alternatively, I was thinking about...a water tower (don't act like
>> I'm crazier then anyone else here). maybe above the second story,
>> built into an addition... seriously. just a larger, elevated storage
>> tank above the house, with the structure to keep it there safely.
>> just need a pump to get it there, but after that, gravity does the
>> rest. the problem I'm having is how high, and how big a pipe down to
>> get the desired pressure out. what I need is a municipal civil engineer.
>> scott
>
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