Hello,
I live in a house which has 3 bathrooms with an unvented water heating system (megaflo). Currently the size of water mains coming into property is 15mm lead and hence the problem is when the bath tap is turned on in the first floor bathroom, there is no water in the second floor shower.
I am trying to upgrade my water mains from 15mm to 25mm MDPE (apparently the water utility company wouldnt let me upgrade to 32mm)
All my internal piping is 15mm, even the one that runs from the megaflo located on the first floor to second floor bathroom.
I have few questions:
1) By upgrading the mains to 25mm, will it resolve the problem? i.e. will I have enough water flow and pressure in all bathrooms if the taps are used at the same time even if the internal piping is 15mm all across?
2) The feed coming into property straight goes into water softener - is this an issue?
3) The distance from the street boundary to internal stopcock is roughly 10 metres. I have got a quote of £1,360 plus VAT which includes upgrading mains, reinstating the paved blocks in driveway where there will be holes and reinstating the disturbed concrete floor in the house - again a size of small hole that will be done to replace pipe. I feel the cost is too high. Your thoughts?
Thanks
I live in a house which has 3 bathrooms with an unvented water heating system (megaflo). Currently the size of water mains coming into property is 15mm lead and hence the problem is when the bath tap is turned on in the first floor bathroom, there is no water in the second floor shower.
I am trying to upgrade my water mains from 15mm to 25mm MDPE (apparently the water utility company wouldnt let me upgrade to 32mm)
All my internal piping is 15mm, even the one that runs from the megaflo located on the first floor to second floor bathroom.
I have few questions:
1) By upgrading the mains to 25mm, will it resolve the problem? i.e. will I have enough water flow and pressure in all bathrooms if the taps are used at the same time even if the internal piping is 15mm all across?
2) The feed coming into property straight goes into water softener - is this an issue?
3) The distance from the street boundary to internal stopcock is roughly 10 metres. I have got a quote of £1,360 plus VAT which includes upgrading mains, reinstating the paved blocks in driveway where there will be holes and reinstating the disturbed concrete floor in the house - again a size of small hole that will be done to replace pipe. I feel the cost is too high. Your thoughts?
Thanks