Hi Everybody,
I have a question about water pressure coming from my Gledhill stainless lite 250L unvented tank. The tank was installed around 2 years ago and I was never completely satisfied with the performance of the 2 showers and bath filling.
Today I bought a water pressure gauge and took readings at the kitchen tap and also at the shower head. At the ground floor kitchen I was getting 2.8 bar but at the first floor shower hose the pressure was only 0.8 Bar. Further investigation revealed the pressure on the cold inlet side of the gledhill tank was the same as the shower ie 0.8 bar, the tank is situated on the first floor next to the master bathroom and shower.
Flow measurements (using a 10L bucket) from the shower give a result of around 13 litres per minute at the kitchen tap and the same from the shower mixer.
Would I be correct to assume their is a fault with the PRV and this is causing the mysterious loss of 2 bar from ground floor to first floor, and replacing it would improve pressure at the shower head?
Thanks in advance for any help/advice .
Angus.
I have a question about water pressure coming from my Gledhill stainless lite 250L unvented tank. The tank was installed around 2 years ago and I was never completely satisfied with the performance of the 2 showers and bath filling.
Today I bought a water pressure gauge and took readings at the kitchen tap and also at the shower head. At the ground floor kitchen I was getting 2.8 bar but at the first floor shower hose the pressure was only 0.8 Bar. Further investigation revealed the pressure on the cold inlet side of the gledhill tank was the same as the shower ie 0.8 bar, the tank is situated on the first floor next to the master bathroom and shower.
Flow measurements (using a 10L bucket) from the shower give a result of around 13 litres per minute at the kitchen tap and the same from the shower mixer.
Would I be correct to assume their is a fault with the PRV and this is causing the mysterious loss of 2 bar from ground floor to first floor, and replacing it would improve pressure at the shower head?
Thanks in advance for any help/advice .
Angus.