How to slow down flow to tap

I'm looking for advice on how to stop a tap soaking all my guests.

In our downstairs toilet, since the cold water was switched to mains pressure we now have a cold tap which can send water once around the very small basin and about 3 feet into the air. This is sufficient to soak a small child and seriously distress an adult.

While soaking kids can be entertaining, the trouble is that my daughter always repeats a long list of everyone else this has happened to and my wife feels this is getting embarrassing.

So, how do I stop this happening? If I put a service valve in and turn it half off, will this work or will it just be smaller volume but equally high pressure?

Should I put a pressure reducing valve in all the downstairs cold water feeds?

Your suggestions will be very welcome.

Matt

Turn your stoptap down a bit.

Best bet is probably a conventional stop tap (washer type) below the tap in question. This can be adjusted to restrict flow (and dynamic pressure) without generating noise or affecting other taps.

I would hesitate to put in a pressure reducing valve. I have one (it's got a little pressure guage on the side) to control pressure to a shower mixer and washbasin in our guest room. As we don't have guests every day I usually find it's jammed shut when we try to use the shower, and I have to twiddle the presure screw to get it working.

Perhaps I should put this is a new post.

Eezy peezy Just use one of theezy:
Flow Regulator Ball Valves
These valves are designed to maintain the flow of water at a steady rate, even as the pressure varies. Compression x compression, DZR nickel plated full bore isolation
ball valve, screwdriver operated, PTFE seat.



go to http://www.bes.ltd.uk/
and search on 17527 and you'll seee the inserts. For a small basin 6l/min maybe - but you can measure yours to see what you want

Thanks for the link ChrisR, but at over £7 with insert and VAT included, these things are a bit pricey to be fitted regularly as isolating valves. I might get some inserts just to see if they might fit in line with a cheap isolating valve.

While soaking kids can be entertaining, the trouble is that my daughter always repeats a long list of everyone else this has happened to and my wife feels this is getting embarrassing.

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yep ........get a different wife. shes lost the plot.