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I currently have just fitted a gravity fed shower with a 6" shower rose although as the pressure is not enough to cause more than i trickle, i have contemplated fitting a small pump. However i have been told that unless i put second water tank in my loft i run the risk of running my hot water system dry causing all sorts of problems.
Does anyone know if there is a small pump on the market just enough to power my shower that will not cause the above problem?
Thankyou.
 
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As long as the tanks fill faster than you can empty, then apart from running out of HOT water cant see a problem. I had a pumped shower for years, the old problem was my son using ALL the hot water.
 
Thanks for that i think i'll attach another cold water tank to the existing one just to be on the safe side.
 
Before doing any of that take the rose off and have a look inside it, they sometimes have a restrictor disc in them which cuts the flow down. Also on some the actual hole on the connection can be stupidly small and can be drilled out to give a far better water delivery
 
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legsache

Thanks for that i think i'll attach another cold water tank to the existing one just to be on the safe side.
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Remember water is HEAVY, Can your loft take the extra weight.
 
Measure your fill flow, leggsy. Much easier to add another float valve than an extra tank. If you use a pump delivering 15l/min and your tank fills at 10, a 200l tank it would give a 40 minute shower..!
Allow for other outlets but you get my drift..
 
If I were to just cut in now and say 1kg per 1,000cc's I would have contributed nothing of any value to help the public, and would have learned nothing from my fellow hard working professionals to whom I owe a great debt for the marvelous free information they give out here, which is a little more than looking up equivalents in the back of a dictionary and posting them in diferent decimal place to what has already been said.

Is that clear enough?
 
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