Hi folks,
I've been reading many of the posts here to gather advice about my own shower pump plans...
I'm planning to fit a shower pump to feed a single shower in my bathroom. I have poor water pressure in the wash basin and think I can use the pump to feed the wash basin too.
I recently fitted the wash basin and mixer tap and the hot water pressure went to almost zero. It wasn't great before but I guess the narrow pipes in the mixer tap have made it worse. Previously it had separate hot and cold taps taking 15mm pipes.
The HWS tank is on the first floor, same as the bathroom. The CWS tank was on the first floor above the HWS (circa 1970's wimpey council house). I have moved the CWS tank to the attic in an attempt to improve the basin hot water pressure which it did a little but not nearly as much as I'd hoped. Also I figured that moving the CWS to the attic would alleviate the need for a negative head pump for the shower. I have 22mm pipe from the CWS to the HWS.
My plan is to fit a pump in a space I have end of the bath and use that to feed the shower and the basin.
I've read quite a lot on here about folks having problems with hot water flow in the pumps and am thinking I should stick with a 1 or 1.5 bar pump however I have no real idea of the difference in shower pressure that a 1, 2 or 3 bar pump will provide.
What advice do you folks have about what I plan to do and what pump might be a good choice?
thanks
Glenn
I've been reading many of the posts here to gather advice about my own shower pump plans...
I'm planning to fit a shower pump to feed a single shower in my bathroom. I have poor water pressure in the wash basin and think I can use the pump to feed the wash basin too.
I recently fitted the wash basin and mixer tap and the hot water pressure went to almost zero. It wasn't great before but I guess the narrow pipes in the mixer tap have made it worse. Previously it had separate hot and cold taps taking 15mm pipes.
The HWS tank is on the first floor, same as the bathroom. The CWS tank was on the first floor above the HWS (circa 1970's wimpey council house). I have moved the CWS tank to the attic in an attempt to improve the basin hot water pressure which it did a little but not nearly as much as I'd hoped. Also I figured that moving the CWS to the attic would alleviate the need for a negative head pump for the shower. I have 22mm pipe from the CWS to the HWS.
My plan is to fit a pump in a space I have end of the bath and use that to feed the shower and the basin.
I've read quite a lot on here about folks having problems with hot water flow in the pumps and am thinking I should stick with a 1 or 1.5 bar pump however I have no real idea of the difference in shower pressure that a 1, 2 or 3 bar pump will provide.
What advice do you folks have about what I plan to do and what pump might be a good choice?
thanks
Glenn