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Just replaced my old galvanised steel tank and lead pipe with 25 gallon polythene and copper.
The cold feed was just a lead pipe from the underside of the tank which was bent 90 degrees over to the nearest wall, bent again to lead down the wall, bent under the bath and up to join with the bath tap. Wiped joint before the bath tap to tee off to the sink and loo. Water pressure wasn't great but it was ok.
Now I have a 22mm tank connector, staright out of the tank horizotally a couple of inches into a gate valve, straight on another couple of inches to an elbow turning left, then about a foot to an elbow turning down the wall. About a 9 foot vertical drop to another elbow turning from the vertical to horizontal under the bath. A 22mm tee under the bath connecting to a flexible tap connector with integrated valve to the bath tap. It then runs through a 22 to 15 adapter and I've just got a stop end on that for now as we're getting a new sink and loo.
Water pressure from the cold bath tap is definitely worse than before, I'm just wondering how much the 3 x 22mm elbow joints would affect this? They are all compresson, I don't have the tools nor the skills to bend or solder the 22mm pipe.
The cold feed was just a lead pipe from the underside of the tank which was bent 90 degrees over to the nearest wall, bent again to lead down the wall, bent under the bath and up to join with the bath tap. Wiped joint before the bath tap to tee off to the sink and loo. Water pressure wasn't great but it was ok.
Now I have a 22mm tank connector, staright out of the tank horizotally a couple of inches into a gate valve, straight on another couple of inches to an elbow turning left, then about a foot to an elbow turning down the wall. About a 9 foot vertical drop to another elbow turning from the vertical to horizontal under the bath. A 22mm tee under the bath connecting to a flexible tap connector with integrated valve to the bath tap. It then runs through a 22 to 15 adapter and I've just got a stop end on that for now as we're getting a new sink and loo.
Water pressure from the cold bath tap is definitely worse than before, I'm just wondering how much the 3 x 22mm elbow joints would affect this? They are all compresson, I don't have the tools nor the skills to bend or solder the 22mm pipe.