Recent content by helenpenny

Good idea! I have a few things to try so will see if anything works. Thanks! :wink:

Tried it before without the head and no difference. I think perhaps the pump is not sensitive enough to flow because looking at other taps the hot water has to run at a fairly hefty rate before the pump kicks in. I'm thinking perhaps of a better pump and then maybe a pressure...

Would a pressure equalising valve make any difference do you think?

Presumably we need a shower suitable for different pressures or something? I understand what you mean about the catch 22 situation. It's weird that the pump stops working when the other tap is turned off even though the shower is apparently working... Anyway, thanks again. :D

Ta for your advice. The shower works OK with the pump running so if we leave another hot tap elsewhere running it's fine but as soon as we turn the other tap off teh pump cuts out within 30 seconds or so. The shower is an Amber Vienna twin control concealed thermostatic shower valve...

We tried running it overriding the anti-scald thingy with just hot water running through by turning the cold off at the mains and tyurning as hot as it would go. Still no hot water comes through until the pump is started with another tap somewhere else. Don't really understand how the...

We've just plumbed in a thermostatic shower valve. It lets cold through no problem but no hot water gets through unless you trun another hot water tap on in the flat. The cold water is mains fed but all hte hot water in the flat is pumped. It seems as though the pump is not recognising that...

Yep I bought the back to wall loo from avalon-bathrooms.com and a cistern from screwfix, both over the internet. In total it wasn't cheap but I guess if I'd have bought an ideal standard one of similar design it would have cost me loads more. Will try the better loo paper. Otherwise I suppose...

Poos no problem - regularity good, consistency fair and flush fine! Perhaps more information than you need... :oops: The flush just leaves paper behind. It seems to swirl the paper around but get rid of everything else. I bought the loo and cistern separately. Do you think it's more...

I recently got a new loo but it doesn't flush effectively. I think because the level of the cistern isn't much higher than the loo and the cistern capacity is quite small. Anyone got any ideas for increasing the flush power?