Does CWST capacity affect pressure?
- Thread starter rdwood
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I feel a bit of de-ja-vu coming on 
Sorry if I've duplicated a post. I did search but couldn't find an answer.
You didn't look very hard
Just below your post, hope you can make sense of it all
http://www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=189838
Extra capacity might help if you want to run a pumped shower, but other than that, unless the top water level in the tank is significantly higher, you're not going to see any increase in shower pressure.
You can, however, increase pressure at the shower head by increasing the height between the CWST and the shower head
And I'm afraid I'm not young and not female!
Just like DIA then !
In that case he might still pop round for a pint !
Extra capacity might help if you want to run a pumped shower, but other than that, unless the top water level in the tank is significantly higher, you're not going to see any increase in shower pressure.
You can, however, increase pressure at the shower head by increasing the height between the CWST and the shower head
You mean raising the storage tank Sparky
In most cases with the cistern on the floor of the loft the head is less than 1 m to the shower head.
Increasing the cistern height by say 1 m doubles the pressure and makes a very worthwhile improvement.
In many cases this is easily possible using an old left over galvanised tank on its side.
Tont
Increasing the cistern height by say 1 m doubles the pressure and makes a very worthwhile improvement.
In many cases this is easily possible using an old left over galvanised tank on its side.
Tont
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