Home Improvement → [Plumbing] Correcting low city water pressure

My knowledge of this is because of the job I have.
Certified Water Professional
Operator in Charge
Town of ______________
Water Enterprise

Incorrect! Booster pumps are used all the time to raise pressure above the supply pressure. Booster pumps will raise the pressure all the way from the pump to the outlet. What does a firetruck pump do? Raises pressure and flow through the hose and nozzle.

If you have 60 psi supply to your home and want 100 psi at your faucets a booster pump will do just that.

Why don't you start out with free option number 1? Call the water utility and have them come check the pressure at the meter?

Here, the street pressure is something like 120psi. And everyone has a regulator on their property dropping it to whatever. I had mine at 80psi for awhile. But man, did I go through the water. Backed it down to 60psi and the bill dropped.

I have a straight pipe for my showerhead. So no low flow option there for me. I like the exfoliation blaster 4000.

I have never seen this done, although thats a pretty good idea, most new home builds in this area are done with home run manifolds, feed with 1 inch main tie's to the manifold

Pipe "Size" can effect flow capability. Has nothing to do with pressure.

What percentage of threads in this "Home Improvement" forum turn into a pissing match of "I'm more of an expert than you are" ? I'm leaning towards the 75% range....

Did you ever notice the user(s) involved with nearly all of them?

Reading comprehension is very important

Where in "Pipe 'Size' can effect flow capability. Has nothing to do with pressure." do you see anything about pressure? You read that into it. I didn't say it.

No pissing match intended. There is a right way to do things.

Are you trying to tell me that flow @ 60 psi through a 1/2" pipe is the same as 60 psi through a 1" Pipe?

Depending on the system used, the utility can give you an expected range. On the one I work for it requires altitude correction. The highest elevation houses and the fire hydrant by them are on pumps while the lowest elevation homes will get nearly 80psi gravity pressure when the tank is full. However to get an exact reading from the utility requires disconnecting the home from the main at the meter and installing a pressure gauge. Some of the homes I deal with I could do in an hour. Others would require two men and a backhoe or a lot of shoveling. Getting incoming pressure anywhere else in the home falls under the due diligence part.