Hi folks,
Looking for some advice please. First floor, 1 bed flat in a 3 storey building, 1980s housing estate no gas or oil in scheme ie all electric. Central heating is night storage off-peak, water heater is immersion heater in 110l tank again off-peak but with timer facility to "boost" water heater for up to 1 hour during non off peak periods. There is also an electric shower.
Problems are :-
1 - the hot water tank (used to supply 2 sinks (1 in the kitchen & 1 in the bathroom)) is located in the wardrobe (in the bedroom) so at about 3:30am there is the sound of 1000 kettles boiling 3' away from your head and then again at various intervals during the night.
2 - hot water pressure is incredibly poor, takes over 9 minutes to fill the kitchen sink (height differential between HW tank outlet & sink is about 0.3m)
So... is there any substitute for the existing HW system that would give mains pressure hot water and ideally be capable of providing HW to a shower as well as the kitchen & bathroom sinks?
Thanks
Looking for some advice please. First floor, 1 bed flat in a 3 storey building, 1980s housing estate no gas or oil in scheme ie all electric. Central heating is night storage off-peak, water heater is immersion heater in 110l tank again off-peak but with timer facility to "boost" water heater for up to 1 hour during non off peak periods. There is also an electric shower.
Problems are :-
1 - the hot water tank (used to supply 2 sinks (1 in the kitchen & 1 in the bathroom)) is located in the wardrobe (in the bedroom) so at about 3:30am there is the sound of 1000 kettles boiling 3' away from your head and then again at various intervals during the night.
2 - hot water pressure is incredibly poor, takes over 9 minutes to fill the kitchen sink (height differential between HW tank outlet & sink is about 0.3m)
So... is there any substitute for the existing HW system that would give mains pressure hot water and ideally be capable of providing HW to a shower as well as the kitchen & bathroom sinks?
Thanks