Hi Guys,
am looking to install a single pump on the hot supply in our bathroom for a shower.
want to check it wont cause any problems.
we live in a low-rise block of flats, ground, first and second floors.
The hot water system is gravity fed - we have a huge cold water tank in the roof space, which runs all the way down to the basement when it is heated by our oil fired boilers and then goes on to the clorifiers. It is then piped up the building via various feeds using the force of the downwards gravity from the roofspace,.
We have two hot water feeds in our flat, one for the bathroom and one for the kitchen.
we are on the first floor so have one flat below us and one above us., the hot water pipe runs floor to ceiling in our airing cuboard - which only supplies the bathroom in our flat plus the one above and below, with a return downwards pipe to complete circuits for the towel rail and hall radiator, which both run off the hot water system.
We had some plumbing work done and as part of that have a new direct feed from the hot water supply pipe in the airing cuboard - the plan is to run a pump on this supply to feed a mixer shower.
One person I have spoken to says this will not cause any problems and that the pump should not starve the flat above us of hot water as there is enough supply there.
I want to check what you guys think - if i use a pump am i going to create a demand that then drops the water pressure for the flat above and below?
am looking to install a single pump on the hot supply in our bathroom for a shower.
want to check it wont cause any problems.
we live in a low-rise block of flats, ground, first and second floors.
The hot water system is gravity fed - we have a huge cold water tank in the roof space, which runs all the way down to the basement when it is heated by our oil fired boilers and then goes on to the clorifiers. It is then piped up the building via various feeds using the force of the downwards gravity from the roofspace,.
We have two hot water feeds in our flat, one for the bathroom and one for the kitchen.
we are on the first floor so have one flat below us and one above us., the hot water pipe runs floor to ceiling in our airing cuboard - which only supplies the bathroom in our flat plus the one above and below, with a return downwards pipe to complete circuits for the towel rail and hall radiator, which both run off the hot water system.
We had some plumbing work done and as part of that have a new direct feed from the hot water supply pipe in the airing cuboard - the plan is to run a pump on this supply to feed a mixer shower.
One person I have spoken to says this will not cause any problems and that the pump should not starve the flat above us of hot water as there is enough supply there.
I want to check what you guys think - if i use a pump am i going to create a demand that then drops the water pressure for the flat above and below?