Fourth Floor Apartment: Low Water Pressure in Kitchen Tap & Dishwasher, Solutions & Advice

Question

I am asking for advice !!!
I live in a block of flats on the fourth floor, and I have low water pressure in the kitchen tap, even if I want to fill the kettle, I have to wait a while, it wasn't like that. The dishwasher washes the glasses badly, I have the same milk that I had previously drunk in it .. What should I do, where to go, call me and whether anything can be done about it in the pressure in the block .. Thank you all in advance

ajpier · Answer

Please report this to the housing association.

Romulus7874 · Answer

If there are strainers on the way (on the power supply of the dishwasher, for example), clean them. You also have a strainer / aerator to unscrew and clean in the tap.
From the description it would appear that there is good pressure in the bathroom, is it?

grania66 · Answer

in the bathroom is also not too big, but ok, this is what I have weaker since the community set up gas heating, I don't know if it had anything to do with it ??? PS half of the trouble in the sink, the worst is that I do not have the dishes rinsed thoroughly in the dishwasher

GSM · Answer

Hello,

gas heating has no direct influence on this.
Are there problems with the pressure only in your apartment?
Check the filter screens and aerators, if they cut off the water supply due to some work, then after the water supply is restored, the scale deposited on the inner walls of the pipes likes to break off and clog up any screens - a typical symptom.

Regards,
GSM

Samuraj · Answer

For me, the stone on the ground floor blocked the pipes on the 3rd floor. I had to unscrew the pipes and tap with a hammer to get rid of the stone, there was practically no gap.
Replacing all the pipes in the house with plastic ones helped.

grania66 · Answer

there are all plastic pipes in the block, this block is 12 years old, but anything is possible. Thank you for your response

jaga134 · Answer

I also live on the 4th floor. The pressure is not too rich, but the Ariston stove fires. Each owner of the apartment has his own water meter. There is a strainer next to this meter and unfortunately it is often clogged with various dirt in the pipes. Check that the strainer is not clogged and clean them or replace them with new ones. I do not advise you to completely remove the strainer, because the counter will fail.

grania66 · Answer

the husband claims that there are no strainers there, we have meters for hot and cold water, but the husband claims that they are all sealed and there are no strainers there. Please, write to me where these sitka are, because I will not get along with him. Regards

Samuraj · Answer

I ask just out of curiosity - low pressure is only in spring, summer or all year round?

grania66 · Answer

all year, now I think it has changed when we installed a dishwasher and a new faucet, does it have something to do, because I don't know anything and nothing, and my husband just pretends to know

jaga134 · Answer

To be sure about the strainer, I specially went to a friend of the plumber and he confirmed my assumptions. Since the meters are sealed, report the case of a drop in pressure to the cooperative and force a visit by a plumber. I was persuaded that my pressure was too low, because. ... I changed the taps for more modern ones. After the appropriate sermon, which they heard, they turned on the meter and cleaned the strainer.

grania66 · Answer

Thank you for your answer, of course I will pass it on to my husband, but with what effect, I do not know because she will probably tell me to call a plumber.

bruno5 · Answer

It may be that the sieve in the water meter (where water flows into it) is clogged. For this you need to call the administration so that there is no problem with the seal. On the other hand, the question is, is the faucet in the kitchen (tap) with hooks that go under the sink? Is it mounted directly on the wall above the sink? If it is on the tubes, it may be that the valves to which the tubes are connected are just clogged. Same thing in the dishwasher.

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