Reduced water pressure to kitchen sink in new build properties

Hi. It shouldn’t be like that. Your pressure must the same as it comes from the meter. Have you checked the mains stopcock if it’s fully open? Thanks

If you are handy at all, the first thing i would do is make sure a) Your house incoming water isolation tap is fully open. b) The isolation tap in the street for your house is fully open c) Verify if your neighbour has the same issue to prove it is a localised issue with your property. Until you solve the mains water pressure, any additional taps you fit are going to have the same issue.

You need to determine if the issue is pressure or flow. What you describe sounds like a flow problem rather than pressure. If you had a pressure check, you should have a static pressure reading and a dynamic pressure reading as well as a flow reading. Things to check are that the stop cocks are fully open, both interior and exterior. If you have a water softener, try isolating it and seeing if this makes a difference as there can often be a substantial restriction there, especially if it has not been serviced for a while. Edit* That's far too low. The current DG2 standard is for a flow of 9L/minute at 1.0Bar pressure. Note that your issue is low flow, not low pressure, there is an important distinction. Low flow is caused by a restriction in the pipework. It may be worth asking your water supplier to look again, because in some new builds, a flow restrictor is fitted within the meter box which should be removed when the property becomes occupied. There may also be an issue with the joints to the meter. It depends on your meter installation and without seeing that, it is difficult to be more specific. I would go back to the developer and ask them to investigate as this is clearly an insufficient level of flow.