Low water pressure question

[ensign]

Hello friends,

I have low water pressure at my kitchen sink. The rest of the water pressure in my 32bhds seems fine (bathroom, shower, outside shower).

The low water pressure at the kitchen sinks happens whether I am on city water, or using my water pump with house water. It seems very strange as the water pump is right below the kitchen sink, so I would have thought that the pressure, at least when the pump is being used, would be highest at the kitchen faucet. No such luck, it comes out in a trickle in the kitchen at all times.

Any ideas, suggestions, comments?

Thanks in advance.

Ensign

[Raugustin]

Hi,

Had the same thing....turned to be plastic label was stuck in the aerator. Unscrewed it and cleaned it out work great afterwards.

Regards,

Ron

Originally Posted by ensign

Hello friends,

I have low water pressure at my kitchen sink. The rest of the water pressure in my 32bhds seems fine (bathroom, shower, outside shower).

The low water pressure at the kitchen sinks happens whether I am on city water, or using my water pump with house water. It seems very strange as the water pump is right below the kitchen sink, so I would have thought that the pressure, at least when the pump is being used, would be highest at the kitchen faucet. No such luck, it comes out in a trickle in the kitchen at all times.

Any ideas, suggestions, comments?

Thanks in advance.

Ensign

[Borske]

My Jayco Melbourne 29d has water pressure trouble.
The bathroom sink has full water pressure from both hot and cold but the kitchen sink and shower have very little pressure. Water comes out at a trickle.
I am running off the freshwater tank (not connected to outside water source) and the system is fully pressurized. Can anyone direct me where to look to start trouble shooting?
Thank you!

[big78ford]

I had the same issue, but in my bathroom. At the tip of he faucet, were the water comes out is an aerator. It unscrews from the faucet, it is probably plugged. Take it off and clean it out and you should be good to go.

[campingdog]

We had the same issue as Ron. We took the aerator off and cleaned out the plastic. Works great now.

[Murphie]

Same problem here.

[vaskohop]

Symptom points to the aerator

[Bluesky46]

Same problem, same fix. Check the aerator, make sure it's not plugged. Mine got debris in them when I had the system blowed out, winterizing. Lesson: remove the aerators before you blow out the lines.

[Dgrdale2000]

My buddy had this issue...low pressure at kitchen faucet, but bathroom and shower were fine. Got worse and worse until it was only a trickle. I found that under the faucet there is a little one-way valve in the line. Not positive what it's for (anti-drain back?) but anyway, it had froze up and wouldn't open all the way. Removed it and cleaned and polished it and problem was solved.
Even when working properly, these valves still restrict pressure somewhat. Take it out & throw it away and you'll have full throttle!

[oldmanAZ]

Thanks for the tip.

[judgerr]

If it is the faucet that pulls out and sprays, it may not help to clean the aerator! tried that on mine. I told wife to just live with it. But yesterday decided to replace the faucet. Went to Lowes and found a "universal fit sprayer" It was $30 for the brushed nickel one. It screwed right on the hose coming out of the faucet. Faucet works better than it has at any time since we got it! Way more pressure than ever. If you have that kind of faucet I highly recommend it if nothing else works for you!

[Jeff61]

Don't overlook the sediment strainer. Usually adjacent to the pump. If you routinely fill water into your potable tank from whatever source, without using a sediment filter(at least) the bowl and strainer will collect debris