Don Task wrote:Yikes!... I'm afraid you might be in trouble my friend. I've spent my far share of time living in apartments when I was younger. Low water pressure is almost a way of like. All kinds of problems depending on the age of the building. Things like clogged pipes where rust and sediment have built up over the years. Valves can also become clogged. Unfortunately you're at the mercy of your landlord. If enough tenants complain he/she may, or may not, hire someone to come in and do an inspection of the buildings plumbing but the expense of fixing the problem may be more that the landlord is willing to pay. The problem could also be related to lacking infrastructure in your immediate neighborhood. Low pressure can also be affiliated with the floor you live on with lower floors having better pressure than upper floors.

As much as it sucks... you might want to consider using the tank/reservoir which will probably be easier than trying to get the landlord to fix the issue. However... if you hate the idea of using the reservoir in the machine the next option would be a big 5 gallon water and Flojet pump. There's a lot of information on configuring your espresso machine with a flojet but if you are unfamiliar with the topic check out >this< video... or Google "flojet pump espresso machine" - You can find the flojet at a number of retailers as well as >on Amazon<.
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clearlynotstefan wrote:I got my bwt filter and JG accessories. For starters the product picture of the bwt is on a white background and with the smallest filter and I had no sense of scale. When the box got here I couldn't BELIEVE the size of the medium filter. I wondered how it could filter better with one filter then my drinking water with 2 two filters, that question was answered when I realized it's 5 times the size of my two filters combined
Anyway, I didn't buy the pressure regulator because my cheapo gauge was indicating 21 PSI through a 1/4" the source of the long conversation above, so lowering pressure obviously not necessary. Hooked everything up with 3/8 straight to the machine. If I understand the pressure gauge correctly with direct plumbing it should reflect the line pressure on the bottom? It's showing as 3 bar, about 43psi. So either I don't understand how the Bianca gauge works, or the dinky 1/4" gauge I used in the first place was underestimating my pressure!

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During my initial shopping for a regulator I narrowed it down to four units. The BWT, this one, this one and this one. But, I later found a bad review on the cheaper of the two offered by Chris and it looked suspiciously similar to the one offered by Clive so both were eliminated. So, I had it down to the Quick Mill version from Chris or the BWT from WLL. I was torn because they look like they might both have the same regulator assembly... (just use a different gauge), and the one from Chris includes a water line I could add to my collection of accessories



But... I eventually folded and went with the BWT. FYI: I did not consider the BWT Aquameter Couldn't justify it. Instead I simply calculated the softening lifespan of my filter based on number of liters passed (based on the number of shots I pull per day on average) which gave me the approximate date when it should be expiring. At this point I just made a calendar entry in my smartphone to to remind me it was time to check the filter, pull a water sample and test it using a hardness test kit.