european taps

[wsd]

we used to have a perfectly good system - bath filled in minutes, could use shower attachment to have really powerful hair wash - ( we have conventional boiler and hw cistern - )

then installed new bathroom suite with new taps - hopeless - takes forever to fill the bath - get no water at all out of the shower -

had advice to get combi boiler but reading all the stuff on your website this does not seem to be the answer at all -

is there somewher we can get taps that still let the water through????

 

[hi-spec plumbing heating]

should of said you had gravity system not mains pressure when buying taps.

still get taps for lp but design is limited and getting harder to find modern ones

 

[Symptoms]

Was any of the pipework to the taps altered or were the new taps a straight swap. Have any isolation valves been fitted below the bath - if so, maybe they aren't fully open? What's the pressure like at the basin - has it the grunt of old?

 

[wsd]

thanks for speedy responses - there were some minor alterations to pipework but basically straight swap - but apparently the new taps wont take the 3/4" like the old ones and then they have the ceramic disc thing - yes the basin taps are much slower too but that is not so much of a problem - any ideas where I could find suitable taps even if hard to find?

 

[hi-spec plumbing heating]

ceramic disc taps or 1/4 turn the holes are so small gravity is no good and alot of bath taps now are going for 1/2" instead of the 3/4"

just got to look around depending where you live round here we are lucky with many bathroom /plumbing stores.

but the bigger ones like plumbcentre, b&q etc sell the same old rubbish nothing different.