Please can you help? I live in a 1st floor flat and have very low hot water pressure from the kitchen sink and shower. The kitchen is manageable as I have a mixer tap and the cold water pressure is fine.
My problem is that I am getting conflicting advice re. whether I need a water pump or new cold water tank for my shower. I have a combi boiler and a standard size water tank (in the bathroom). I have been told that I can have a pump fitted in the airing cupboard above the tank or in my loft. I have been told by someone else that I need a cold water tank to generate enough water for my pump. I've also been advised that I should get an electric pump assisted shower? Would a new electric shower solve the problem as I need to replace my shower anyway as its a very basic one. I live on my own in a 2 bed flat so the shower will only be running once a day. Would appreciate some advice on the most cost effective option. Thanks, N
Are you a tradesperson and able to answer this question?
from what you have said you dont have a combi boiler , you are on a standard gravity system.Having a pump fittted would be the easiest solution, would not reccomend electric shower as they are not that cheap to run and can be costly to have installed when you are going to require new electrics to be run from mains
Answered15 October 2011
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Anonymous user
Fairly unususal to find a combi and a CYLINDER but quite feasible. Are you sure it's a combi? As usual it's down to assessing the incoming pressure and flow which can be done fairly easily. The final solution is dependant on this.
Answered15 October 2011
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Anonymous user
as you have described it, you cant have a combi boiler it sounds more like cold mains and a tank to feed a hot water can or cylinder so even more i am confused but i would guess that a electric shower is your answer in the most cost effective means, if i could visit i could definitely tell you what you can do....kevin
You can have a pump on a conventional system but not on a combi
Do you have a hot water tank in your bathroom and a cold water tank in your loft? Or a combi? Or a mixture of tanks and a combi?
If your cold water in the bathroom is fed from a cold water tank but your hot is fed straight from the boiler, adding a pump to the cold would make for a pretty rubbish shower
I would get a proffessional in to have a look at how your system is set up and then you can make an informed choice
Most decent plumbers will look at all of this as a part of the normal quoting process for installing a new shower
Kind regards
Terry
