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fitted a bath but water pressure is low

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PostPosted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 9:55 am    Post Subject:
fitted a bath but water pressure is low
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hi just fitted a new bath but the water pressure seems a lot lower than the old one the bath i fitted has taps in the centre and i had to use a couple of 90 degree bends would this cause it
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New taps prob. have smaller holes inside .......very common now as they are all from China icon_mad.gif
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nige is right, fancy pants ceramic dish taps designed for high pressure direct system, installed on a low pressure gravity system will never work

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have you used flexable pipes as well or connected to copper/ plastic. Its just the amount of times ive seen people use these flexable pipes and they are necked.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 10:18 am    Post Subject:
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you may have low pressure taps

is your taps water flow like a garden tap or spray type ?

if it is spray type, it may have restrictor at water out point

just undo nut at water outlet points, remove restrictor and refit the nut

this might solve your problem
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thanks everybody looks **** i'll just have to live with it
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