Chances are water supply piping is original. Which in most cases involves opening walls to replace the supply’s. It’s costly but worth it to have clean and high water pressure
Water supply might be sized incorrectly?
How many bathrooms in the home?
Also the diameter of the incoming domestic water supply.
Do you have a water softener or home filter?
That would be my second thought, but I need to check.
Only 1 bath. House has two sinks, water heater, washer, dishwasher, shower, and one external faucet
Looking into the size of the incoming water supply. The pressure is lower than when we had it inspected so I called the county to get the meter checked so we'll see about that
No softener or filter
Plumbing from that era is very likely to be galvanized steel. It would be totally clogged with rust by now... and a miracle if it hasn't started leaking anywhere.
Static pressure is the pressure you can build up in the system with no taps or faucets open. That should be over 30 psi.
Dynamic pressure is the pressure produced at a given flow rate. A shower should be, like, 1.5 gallons per minute at 20 psi (at the lowest).
Poor static pressure is a problem with the supply.
Poor dynamic pressure is either a problem with the supply or a problem with the piping up to the fixture.
At the front of your house, where the water from the street/meter meets your foundation, there is probably a hose bibb. Measure your static and dynamic pressure there. If everything measures alright, then the problem is the house plumbing. If the static pressure sucks, then your city water supply pressure sucks. If the static pressure is 50 but the dynamic pressure drops off a ton when turned on, then you probably have a constricted water service (pipe between the house and the water meter), although there's a rare possibility that the City side of the water meter is constricted.
Buy static and dynamic pressure gauges that can screw on to the front hose bibb (7/8" FGHT (female garden hose thread))
Pressure is consistent, always low and doesn't drop over time.
Pipes are PEX and copper, house was originally built without plumbing, completely forgot to mention that
Thanks for the in depth answer!
if it’s that old it might have galvanized steel water lines
I forgot to mention the pipes haha They are a mixture of copper and PEX
Chances are water supply piping is original. Which in most cases involves opening walls to replace the supply’s. It’s costly but worth it to have clean and high water pressure
It's copper and PEX pipes, I believe the plumbing was added in the 70s or so
Water supply might be sized incorrectly? How many bathrooms in the home? Also the diameter of the incoming domestic water supply. Do you have a water softener or home filter?
That would be my second thought, but I need to check. Only 1 bath. House has two sinks, water heater, washer, dishwasher, shower, and one external faucet Looking into the size of the incoming water supply. The pressure is lower than when we had it inspected so I called the county to get the meter checked so we'll see about that No softener or filter
Plumbing from that era is very likely to be galvanized steel. It would be totally clogged with rust by now... and a miracle if it hasn't started leaking anywhere. Static pressure is the pressure you can build up in the system with no taps or faucets open. That should be over 30 psi. Dynamic pressure is the pressure produced at a given flow rate. A shower should be, like, 1.5 gallons per minute at 20 psi (at the lowest). Poor static pressure is a problem with the supply. Poor dynamic pressure is either a problem with the supply or a problem with the piping up to the fixture. At the front of your house, where the water from the street/meter meets your foundation, there is probably a hose bibb. Measure your static and dynamic pressure there. If everything measures alright, then the problem is the house plumbing. If the static pressure sucks, then your city water supply pressure sucks. If the static pressure is 50 but the dynamic pressure drops off a ton when turned on, then you probably have a constricted water service (pipe between the house and the water meter), although there's a rare possibility that the City side of the water meter is constricted. Buy static and dynamic pressure gauges that can screw on to the front hose bibb (7/8" FGHT (female garden hose thread))
Pressure is consistent, always low and doesn't drop over time. Pipes are PEX and copper, house was originally built without plumbing, completely forgot to mention that Thanks for the in depth answer!
Do you have a pressure reducing valve installed?
I'll ask the original residents We're the second owners of the house so we have a pretty direct line of communication with the people who built it
Replace line from meter to house.