The term Water pressure refers to the physical flow of water tha comes from your tap when you turn it on. The correct standard for mains water pressure is measured as 1bar. This will guarantee that in a house or in a business, the water pressure needs to have the strength to fill a 1 gallon container in within 30 seconds using a tap othe ground floor. Regents Park Plumbers provide a professional plumbing service. This is only a minimum level of pressure that we usually expect every house or business to have as this pressure could be higher. There is currently no industry maximum for limiting the water pressure. This pressure can fluctuate as a result of a number of things. The time when the water pressure is at its high is usually during the night when there is reduced demand. Daytime is considered the peak times for water uses, for example at breakfast, lunch and dinner times.

This obviously means that there are more people in any certain area that use more water and so pressure will reduce. A Regents Park Plumber is trained on water systems. Where a new plumbing installation is being designed, measurements of both the incoming mains water pressure and flow may be needed to help with the design and specification process. For a skilled tradesman like a professional plumber a weir cup is an invaluable piece of equipment as he may need to check there is a strong enough flow rate when he is carrying out an installation like a combination boiler for example. The readings are shown on the weir cup in litres per second and gallons per minute. Should a flow rate need adjustment, a weir cup may be used to measure and then accurately adjust the operating flow rate for an appliance.