Decreased water pressure/flow in kitchen tap.

[MariGold]

Hi All,

I reside in a house (build on 30x40 & only ground floor) which is about 5 yrs hold (had purchased it about 3 years ago).

Found that for the past month or so, water pressure in the kitchen tap is very much reduced (tried cleaning the mesh within the kitchen water tap but did not help much). Also found that the force at which water used to flow in the bathroom has also decreased considerably.

We have CMC water (bore-well water supplied to the entire street by the local corporator) which fills our sump and we have an overhead tank (500L I think). The pipes supplying water from the overhead tank to the taps are made up of plastic.

Any idea what could be causing this problem?

Thanks in advance.

Regards.

[kpb2308]

Since you are using borewell water, it is known to cause scales and deteriorate the pipes. This could be causing blockage of water.

[MariGold]

Hi kpb2308,

Thanks for the reply.

Is there any thing that I can do to fix the problem? alternatively what is the solution for the current situation?

[MariGold]

Will removing the tap and cleaning the muddy particle if any help. That is the least I can do? Or is there any alternative?

Would like to know if there is any drainex equivalent for water pipes (plastic pipes) as well which I can use to clear blockages if any.

[kpb2308]

You may want to check with some good plumber. I think removing the taps and flushing out water at high pressure may help clear off some loose scales, if the problem is due to scaling.
Preventive solution once this issue is resolved is to have a water softner at your tank outlet.

[msn1270]

if you are facing low water pressure across all your taps, then you also need to see inside the Overhead tank.
If the tank is not cleaned from long time or any slurry at the bottom/obstacles at the exist point in the tank,
then also it affects the overall output flow from the tank and subsequently it affects at the Taps.

[MariGold]

Thanks all for your valuable feedback.

Recently cleaned the overhead tank myself. The floor of the tank had quite a bit of fine mud particles. Found that the even the outlet pipe of the tank (which has it's inlet in the tank) had been partially clogged by the mud. Cleaned the tank's bottom and also the mud from the outlet pipe as much as I possibly could.
With this, looks like the situation has improved a bit. thought I am still not satisfied with the pressure in the kitchen tap.

[msn1270]

Probably one more round of thorough cleaning(yourselves or using a plumber) of supply pipes might resolve your issue.

[Prasad.Krishnan]

We had a unique problem in our house....basically the tap which was fitted in the lowest height (near the toilet) got blocked and no water flowed. When we got a plumber to look into it, he removed some particle and claimed it to be the bone of a bird. We were surprised since the tanks have their lids tightly closed but we're attributing it to the pipes that originate from the tank and which have their top-ends left open for ventilation (those with a T joint). Probably birds had left their feed into these holes, mistaking them for a tree-hole. We've now wrapped these openings with a thin wire mesh and haven't seen a recurrence of this issue yet.