Recent content by PhilD2

Hi It's a single impeller pump, I understood that single impellers came after the shower mixer.

Hi It now doesn't seem to be cutting in at all. I had a shower yesterday afternoon and a day later it still isn't cutting in. Previously it would generally be a couple of hours or so after having a shower until it would cut in again. Cheers Phil

Hi The cold is fed from the cws tank directly to the shower. To be honest I'm assuming it is greater pressure but thinking about it I'm basing that on the hot and cold feed to the bathroom sink where the cold is substantially more powerful but in that instance the cold is mains fed so that...

Hello The instructions on my pump say "Do not install a non-return valve or devices which contain non-return valves in the suction (inlet) pipework to the pump. The pump must be free to vent to the supply tanks at all times". My pump is fitted between the shower mixer and the shower head but...

Hello The instructions on my pump say "Do not install a non-return valve or devices which contain non-return valves in the suction (inlet) pipework to the pump. The pump must be free to vent to the supply tanks at all times". My pump is fitted between the shower mixer and the shower head but...

Thanks Chris. Everything seems to be clear. The pattern seems to be that if it works I can turn it off and back on again merrily and it will work every time but then if I use up a reasonable amount of water (i.e. have a shower) then it generally won't kick in, regardless of how many times I...

Hello I now have my single impeller Showermate pump plumbed in between the shower mixer and the shower head as per the instruction manual. It worked fine for the first couple of weeks coming on every time (and with the shower head in its normal position whereas previously I was having to lower...

Will do, thanks again for your help!

No sorry my terminology isn't great. It's not direct from the mains I just meant it was direct from the tank rather than via a pump.

Thanks a lot for your help, I hadn't picked up on that from the installation manual. It would be a lot of disruption (removing tiles etc) to relocate the pump so it seems that one option then for me is to buy a twin pump to replace the current pump - connecting the hot in the same position but...

Oh and also I forgot to mention that the flow generally to the hot taps in the bathroom (in particular the sink) is fairly low. These are not connected via the pump though.

The cold is on a direct feed, there is no pump on the cold supply. When I turn the shower on and the pump doesn't kick in the cold water is still coming through.

Hi, the pump is between the hot water outlet from the immersion heater and the mixer. All the pipework is 22mm but to be honest I don't know how to identify a surrey flange. Sorry my answers aren't much help in diagnosing it, I'm considerably out of my depth here. It seems to work fine until...

Hi, some more information again. The pump is in a positive head position. It is sat under the bath, with the immersion heater in the airing cupboard and the cold water tank in the loft. Would putting in a larger cold water tank increase the water pressure? Thanks.

Sorry, forgot to mention above that the Pump in question is a Showermate 1.2 bar single.