Pressure Reducing Valves in Boerne, TX

PRV testing, repair and replacement across the San Antonio area, where high street pressure is the quiet cause of a lot of plumbing damage.

Worth knowing

High water pressure is the quiet cause of a lot of plumbing damage.

A pressure reducing valve sits where the main enters your house and drops street pressure to something your plumbing can live with. Around here, street pressure is often well above what fixtures are rated for.

Signs yours has failed

Or that you never had one

1
Banging pipesA knock or thud when a tap or an appliance valve shuts.
2
Running toilets and dripping tapsFill valves and cartridges are the first things to give up under pressure they were not built for.
3
Leaks that keep appearingAngle stops, supply lines and solder joints failing one after another is a pressure symptom, not bad luck.
4
A water heater that failed earlyHigh pressure pushes the relief valve and shortens the life of the tank.

What we do about it

Usually a short visit

1
Test static pressureA gauge on a hose bib, two minutes. This tells us what your house is actually seeing.
2
Check whether you have a PRVMany older houses in this area do not, and plenty that do have one that stopped regulating years ago.
3
Replace or installSet to a pressure your plumbing is rated for, then tested at a fixture to confirm it.
4
Check the expansion tankA PRV makes your system closed, which means thermal expansion has nowhere to go without one. The two work together.

If you have had more than one small leak in the last year, get the pressure checked before you fix another one. It is a quick test and the estimate is free.

Call (726) 227-4569

A pressure reducing valve sits where the water main enters your house and drops incoming street pressure to something your plumbing can live with. Around San Antonio and the Hill Country, street pressure is often well above what fixtures, water heaters and supply lines are rated for, and a failing or missing PRV is behind a surprising number of burst supply lines, leaking angle stops, running toilets and water heaters that fail early. Pawsome Plumbing tests static pressure, replaces failed PRVs and installs them where there is not one, and checks your expansion tank at the same time because the two work together.

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