Hi experts!
My cousin is living in High Barnet,North London, an area apparently known for less than normal water pressure due to the area elevation.
When she first moved in, the water flow and pressure was quite good throughout the house,hot and cold.
She then had a new Vaillant EcoTec Plus 824 installed in the kitchen right next to a mains supply and stop-cock,and just above the kitchen sink.
The water pressure from the cold kitchen tap is very good, the hot tap is slightly reduced but could easily sustain a good shower.
However, upstairs is an issue. The bath takes 10/12 minutes to fill with hot only, and if you turn on the cold simultaniously,everything dries up to dribbles.
There is a ball-valved tank in the attic which,apparently, only supplies the cold bathroom basin,a remnant from the old system.
Some new pipework was installed when the combi was put in, but no more than deemed necessary at the time.
The CH system is working fine (thru the Vaillant)
She is shortly to be refurbing the bathroom, including a new shower.
My questions are:
Is the Barnet water supply likely to be causing the upstairs problem?
Can the Vaillant be supplied, with a pump inline,from the attic tank,in order to increase the pressure slightly?
Could the Vaillant be supplied from just the attic tank, no pump?
Is the position of the Vaillant an issue? Would it be better situated in the bathroom?
With thanks, Nigel
My cousin is living in High Barnet,North London, an area apparently known for less than normal water pressure due to the area elevation.
When she first moved in, the water flow and pressure was quite good throughout the house,hot and cold.
She then had a new Vaillant EcoTec Plus 824 installed in the kitchen right next to a mains supply and stop-cock,and just above the kitchen sink.
The water pressure from the cold kitchen tap is very good, the hot tap is slightly reduced but could easily sustain a good shower.
However, upstairs is an issue. The bath takes 10/12 minutes to fill with hot only, and if you turn on the cold simultaniously,everything dries up to dribbles.
There is a ball-valved tank in the attic which,apparently, only supplies the cold bathroom basin,a remnant from the old system.
Some new pipework was installed when the combi was put in, but no more than deemed necessary at the time.
The CH system is working fine (thru the Vaillant)
She is shortly to be refurbing the bathroom, including a new shower.
My questions are:
Is the Barnet water supply likely to be causing the upstairs problem?
Can the Vaillant be supplied, with a pump inline,from the attic tank,in order to increase the pressure slightly?
Could the Vaillant be supplied from just the attic tank, no pump?
Is the position of the Vaillant an issue? Would it be better situated in the bathroom?
With thanks, Nigel