Bathroom pump

I am installing an additional bathroom. My wife is keen to have the whole bathroom as a high pressure system. How easy is it to install the pump? (I've done 3 low pressure bathrooms previously). Where should it go in the system? Although hot and cold pipework are in this part of the house the cylinder and cold water tank are much closer to the other bathroom and getting back to them is very difficult. Does this cause a problem?

diykeen said:

I am installing an additional bathroom. My wife is keen to have the whole bathroom as a high pressure system. How easy is it to install the pump? (I've done 3 low pressure bathrooms previously). Where should it go in the system?

Click to expand...

Between the source of water and the bathroom.

Although hot and cold pipework are in this part of the house the cylinder and cold water tank are much closer to the other bathroom and getting back to them is very difficult. Does this cause a problem?

Click to expand...

Not really, because you'll almost certainly find that the pump manufacturer stipulates that you create a dedicated cold outlet from the cold storage cistern. This ought to make things easier for you, since you can simply run across the loft to the new bathroom.

Personally I'd take the hot supply from near the cylinder, heading down in accordance with pump MIs, then up into the loft and across to the bathroom.

You can then place the pump in the loft, above the new bathroom. However, because the head of water will then end being very small, you'll probably have to buy pump that will work with a negative head. These are readily available, although they're more expensive than the corresponding positive head models.

diykeen
you a bit of a bad boy ,
you got it going on ...

lol

Thanks for the advice. The new bathroom is in an extension to the original house and the lofts are totally separate with a valley gutter in between them. I am exploring if I can link between the 2 lofts!