Hi
Our terraced house is on a shared water main with 5 other properties, which up until the last 12 months has been acceptable, just. However since then the pressure seems to have dropped around 25%. The main issue this causes is that we have our condensing boiler in the loft as this was realistically the only place we had available.
However the hot water runs really slow and takes an absolute age to fill a bath. The boiler was fitted just under two years ago and the pressure sits at just above 1bar when idle, so I don't this it's the boiler at fault.
I have spoken to UU about a dedicated mains supply which is no problem up to the property boundaries. However our kitchen (and subsequent cold water piping) is at the rear and the mains is at the front. Our living room at the front of the property has laminate flooring laid just over three years ago and is in really good condition. Skirting boards were fitted over the laminate so this would be a huge pain on the a*se to lift and relay for access to the void under the floor.
Therefore I was wondering if an option would be to have a small (25-30 gallon) tank fitted with a pump(?) in the loft to 'improve the pressure, specifically for the boiler.
Any views or advise on this?
TIA
Craig
Our terraced house is on a shared water main with 5 other properties, which up until the last 12 months has been acceptable, just. However since then the pressure seems to have dropped around 25%. The main issue this causes is that we have our condensing boiler in the loft as this was realistically the only place we had available.
However the hot water runs really slow and takes an absolute age to fill a bath. The boiler was fitted just under two years ago and the pressure sits at just above 1bar when idle, so I don't this it's the boiler at fault.
I have spoken to UU about a dedicated mains supply which is no problem up to the property boundaries. However our kitchen (and subsequent cold water piping) is at the rear and the mains is at the front. Our living room at the front of the property has laminate flooring laid just over three years ago and is in really good condition. Skirting boards were fitted over the laminate so this would be a huge pain on the a*se to lift and relay for access to the void under the floor.
Therefore I was wondering if an option would be to have a small (25-30 gallon) tank fitted with a pump(?) in the loft to 'improve the pressure, specifically for the boiler.
Any views or advise on this?
TIA
Craig