How can I adjust the water pressure in an upstairs bathroom?

You should be able to adjust it with a flat-head screwdriver. If your house is old, you may have corroded water pipes, and they are especially likely to affect the water pressure in an upstairs bathroom.

Why do you need a return pipe in a hot water heater?

There will be some drop in the return piping to the water heater. That would be important if you were trying to keep the minimum temperature ANYWHERE above a certain value. If that is the case, then use a different ΔT and also include the return pipe BTUH loss.

How big is the water line in a bathroom faucet?

Bathroom Faucets. A bathroom faucet has the same water-line pipe size as a kitchen faucet — 1/2 inch. Usually, this pipe is the exact same type of pipe running to the kitchen.

Why is there no hot water in my upstairs bathroom?

If you find one of these, you’ve probably found the culprit. You should be able to adjust it with a flat-head screwdriver. If your house is old, you may have corroded water pipes, and they are especially likely to affect the water pressure in an upstairs bathroom.

How to replace a hot water faucet in a bathroom?

1 Turn the water supply back on. 2 Turn on the faucet and open both the cold and hot water taps. 3 Inspect all the new connections and check for leaks above and below the sink.

Do you need to replace your hot water pipe?

Keep the hot water branch pipes as short as possible to avoid having to wait for hot water. If your house is old enough to have galvanized steel pipes and they aren’t causing problems, you may not want to replace them.

How to attach a new bathroom to existing plumbing?

The usual practice is to “T” each supply line in at the closest available location on the main pipe. Keep the hot water branch pipes as short as possible to avoid having to wait for hot water. If your house is old enough to have galvanized steel pipes and they aren’t causing problems, you may not want to replace them.

What happens when you change the size of a shower pipe?

That reduction in diameter when changing to PEX or when including ANY PEX in the piping run can show up as a complaint of a weaker shower flow just as you’ve suggested.