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Low hot water pressure in multiple showers

Anonymous user 23 February 2024 - 3.49 PM

We have a 3 story townhouse (10 yr old new build). The house has the original conventional boiler with a hot water tank in the top floor cupboard. The water tank was recently serviced and new pipes fitted as we were experiencing low hot water pressure in both showers and kitchen tap. We have had a power flush done on the boiler, radiators 3 weeks ago in the hope that this would flush any sludge and scale build up in the pipes. After 8 months we still have very low pressure in both our showers (hot water only). Cold water pressure and hot water in all other taps run really high. We had one of the showers replaced a month ago and we had normal water for a week but back to no hot water pressure again. We’ve had 4 different companies out and losing the will to live with how to resolve it. Any suggestions as to what our issue may be that this is happening and how we could resolve it would be very much appreciated.

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4 Answers

G.services
Rating: 5 out of 55519 reviews
King's Lynn
Having your system power flushed is nothing to do with water pressure If its a gravity feed system you need a pump fitted which will cure the problem and is very common with gravity feed systems I hope this helps you
Answered15 November 2022
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Houghton Heating and Plumbing services
Rating: 5 out of 555177 reviews
Wigan
Sounds like the pressure reducing valve feeding the cylinder is playing up if its and unvented cylinder
Answered15 November 2022
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Anonymous user

Unscrew the end of your kitchen tap and check for debris! Lots of particles in new builds. Flushing has no impact on hot water pressure(separate systems).
Answered15 November 2022
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Prestige gas UK ltd
Rating: 5 out of 5552 reviews
Hull
A pressurised cylinder would cure this ,as long as the incoming mains water pressure is around 2 bar
Answered22 November 2022
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