Advice please.
The hot water supply to my kitchen sink tap has very low pressure and it takes a while for the hot water to come through.
We live in a bungalow with the hot water cylinder in the centre of the building (oil fired/gravity fed system), but the hot water pipework to the kitchen runs under the concrete floor to the far end of the building to serve the bathroom (where the water supply is ok) before returning to the kitchen tap.
I guess the long route is the reason for the low pressure/temp problem?
Would it be feasable if I tee`d off the HW supply from the cylinder outlet and ran a 22mm pipe up and across the loft and direct down to the kitchen where I could reduce it to 15mm for the sink. This would halve the distance for the HW to travel and hopefully improve the supply.
If any pro`s think this is feasable I would be grateful for any advice, ie: is there a min/max height for the new pipe to run up vertical from the cylinder before running horizontal across the loft?
Any advice welcomed.
Thanks
Mike
The hot water supply to my kitchen sink tap has very low pressure and it takes a while for the hot water to come through.
We live in a bungalow with the hot water cylinder in the centre of the building (oil fired/gravity fed system), but the hot water pipework to the kitchen runs under the concrete floor to the far end of the building to serve the bathroom (where the water supply is ok) before returning to the kitchen tap.
I guess the long route is the reason for the low pressure/temp problem?
Would it be feasable if I tee`d off the HW supply from the cylinder outlet and ran a 22mm pipe up and across the loft and direct down to the kitchen where I could reduce it to 15mm for the sink. This would halve the distance for the HW to travel and hopefully improve the supply.
If any pro`s think this is feasable I would be grateful for any advice, ie: is there a min/max height for the new pipe to run up vertical from the cylinder before running horizontal across the loft?
Any advice welcomed.
Thanks
Mike