By Minneapolis Field Notes · September 16, 2025
Low water pressure upstairs in a Minneapolis foursquare
Categories: Leaks & repipe
Low water pressure — start at the aerator. If every upstairs tap is weak, we look at galvanized and the meter. repipe when the pipe is the restriction.
Hot-only rust is the heater dip tube or galvanized hot. water heater repair. Brown water.
1920s foursquares in Southwest Minneapolis and Kingfield still have original galvanized. One coupling is not a house. Three pinholes is.
leak detection if the meter spins. Minneapolis plumber. Minneapolis plumbing cost guide.
Minneapolis. St. Paul same housing, different desk.
DIY plumbing checks for the aerator. Stop before you start cutting.
Questions from this kind of call
Is it the city main?
Sometimes. We check the meter and the neighbors before we open walls.
PEX or copper for the upstairs?
PEX-A in joists is the usual reroute.