We've only been here for about six months, but have heard stories from neighbors about Folsom water pressure being too high. Most of the neighbors have a story about some water problem. leaks from the valves for toilets and sinks, the previous owner of our house had to replace the outdoor hose valves which were leaking. We had to replace the pool auto-fill valve just last Sept., again leaking and overfilling the pool. Neighbor across the street had the kitchen sink valve completely fail, it actually broke off the pipe, and it flooded his entire house one day while they were at work. they had to replace all the hardwood floors and carpets in the house - $23,000. fortunately insurance covered it. Every one of these problems relates to the pressure being too high. When the plumber replaced the pool valve, because of the couple stories we heard, we asked him to replace all the valves in the house, toilets, sinks, bath tubs, showers. the original valves had some plastic parts in them and were cheap. the plumber replaced them with all-metal valves. it cost about $1200 for everything. Looking back probably worth it.
Where we lived in Colorado before, the city water pressure was a very consistent 45 to 50 psi coming into the house. We knew because there was a pressure gauge on the main valve to the house. when you look around Folsom, there are many houses that are located "up the hill". just wondering if the city cranks up the water pressure to get water to these houses. that way they don't have to put in expensive boost pumps for certain neighborhoods. I have no idea what the water pressure in Folsom is. Is it too high? I don't know. Is there some standard for city water pressure? Again, I don't know.