Utilities & Mobile Water Pressure.

I would feel lucky if that's how it actually worked for me. Half the time my water pipes are nothing more than air vents.

Me thinks not. Pretty useful stuff that "fire" can be. Aside from lighting my cigarettes it's pretty d*mn good at making cold things hot. If fire somehow managed to be "out of stock" everyone would just have to put up with my smelly @ss. No way I'm taking a cold shower/bath.

 

JP,stick a sand filter on there before the meter if you can.had the same prob for a while until realised! P1,990 inc fittings from citi hardware.

 

This is kinda what has been done at my place (kinda) at my place. Last week we finally got someone who could be considered a plumber and finally got this recommendation and solution installed (and found several other problems with the work the previous guys had done). Here is what the guy did (I do have a few questions about the setup):

The tank that sits at a lower elevation of the house (below the houses foundation) had a pressure tank and pump added to it and the tank was it was rerouted to my house. This was the original setup, minus the pressure tank, but it was changed after the Typhoon back in 2013(?)...so the water lines, power lines and switches were already in place. This tank also fills up with low water pressure unlike the second tank that sits much higher (roof level) so it was the best choice of the two IMO. Which, brain fart on my part, it's not only the best choice....but the only choice of the two because it would be completely useless without a pump.

I'm guessing the lower tank holds around 10k-14k liters (not sure how thick the concrete is), I think the higher tank holds around 6k liters (plastic cylindrical tank)....so there should be somewhere around 16k -20k liters of water in reserve now. The lower tank is capable of filling the higher one when needed with the pump. The top one only feeds the house via gravity, which is good for sinks, filling up toilets, doing laundry, etc. For showers and to fill up the other tank I just need to go flip the pump switch in the house.

It took several months (actually years ) and several "plumbers" but I finally have water when I need it. I do have a few concerns with this setup:

First concern: Google tells me that the point of the pressure tank is to regulate water pressure, ensure that pressure is maintained in the lines and to prolong the life of the pump. However, if I leave the pump on and don't use any water in the house (all faucets/showers/second tank valve turned off/closed) the pressure in the pressure tank continues to drop and kicks on the pump after about 1 minute (the pump runs for about 1 minute) and it cycles like this until power is cut off from the pump (after which the pressure gauge on the tank will go to zero).

It would seem to me that since the pressure continuously drops that there are either leak(s) in the pipes/lines or it's feeding something (or someone) else other than just my house. I don't know much about plumbing so I could be wrong here but I would think that the lines should be able to hold pressure and not bleed off so quickly.

Second concern: My electric bill. Obviously I can't keep this thing on with the lines losing pressure like they are (running a 500W pump 12 hours a day would more than double my electric bill). Really hoping we start getting some rain soon.

Third concern: Stupid but since this pump as been installed my secondary water tank has stopped feeding the house for some reason. I have no idea WTF is going on with that as I don't think they touched the lines going to and from it. I'm afraid there might be dirt/sand building up in the upper tank as when we first installed the pump it was throwing out a lot of small rocks and sand. I'm also concerned what kind of havoc these rocks/sand might have on a pressure tank.

Complaining/concerns aside.....it's nice to have a hot shower again with good pressure!

 

We had the same issue with the sand,eventually destroyed the pump and blocked up the small filters in the taps. Easily rectified by the sand filter. Citi hardware p2000 inc all fittings.
If you get any more probs go speak to Noel in citi hardware,great guy and knowledgable about these issues.