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Thinker
Hi all
Apologies if this should have gone into a different section.
Ok. I'm revamping a bathroom and separate En-Suite. Both have baths but only the bathroom has a shower which we want to now come off the mian water supply(it was previously electric).
Sadly we fell for the trap of ordering shiny new 5 hole tap sets which are useless for low pressure systems. But we have them now and would like them to work properly. We also bought a thermostatic shower mixer which works with both low and high pressure systems. so now we are looking at installing a water pump.
Our rig is a standard UK, gravity fed system. Separate tanks in the loft for High Pressure Cold and Low Pressure Cold/Hot plus a smaller tank that feeds the central heating. House is about 14 yrs old.
In the airing cupboard we have a std Hot Water Cylinder.
Normally I think you would recommend a simple pump (like a Salamander) sited in the airing cupboard and the installation of a Surrey Flange to the cylinder.
But we have a complication which is that there are separate hot and cold feeds to each room. They clearly both come from the same low pressure tank in the loft, but crucially the feed is split BEFORE it comes down into the airing cupboard
Thus in the airing cupboard we have separate isolating valve wheels for the bathroom and for the En-suite.
If we site kit in the airing cupboard then we'll have to use 2 separate pumps, one for each room.
The alternative is to put 1 single pump in the loft but I think that adds complications of its own right? (Neg head pump ??)
Can anyone suggest the right way to get both rooms up to a decent pressure (say 2-3 bar) for the baths and for the shower too?
Much appreciated.
Apologies if this should have gone into a different section.
Ok. I'm revamping a bathroom and separate En-Suite. Both have baths but only the bathroom has a shower which we want to now come off the mian water supply(it was previously electric).
Sadly we fell for the trap of ordering shiny new 5 hole tap sets which are useless for low pressure systems. But we have them now and would like them to work properly. We also bought a thermostatic shower mixer which works with both low and high pressure systems. so now we are looking at installing a water pump.
Our rig is a standard UK, gravity fed system. Separate tanks in the loft for High Pressure Cold and Low Pressure Cold/Hot plus a smaller tank that feeds the central heating. House is about 14 yrs old.
In the airing cupboard we have a std Hot Water Cylinder.
Normally I think you would recommend a simple pump (like a Salamander) sited in the airing cupboard and the installation of a Surrey Flange to the cylinder.
But we have a complication which is that there are separate hot and cold feeds to each room. They clearly both come from the same low pressure tank in the loft, but crucially the feed is split BEFORE it comes down into the airing cupboard
Thus in the airing cupboard we have separate isolating valve wheels for the bathroom and for the En-suite.
If we site kit in the airing cupboard then we'll have to use 2 separate pumps, one for each room.
The alternative is to put 1 single pump in the loft but I think that adds complications of its own right? (Neg head pump ??)
Can anyone suggest the right way to get both rooms up to a decent pressure (say 2-3 bar) for the baths and for the shower too?
Much appreciated.
