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So I jumped right it like I said :) yes, the orange part just unscrewed - exposed like a split spring washer, washer and o ring. Once I got the spilt spring washer off it was fine. Thanks

Hi please see attached pic. I'm fitting a salamander water pump tomorrow and fitting right after my water meter. Ideally I want the 90 degree elbow to face the other way from the top of my water meter. Can I undo the orange bit on the top of the meter? Does it unscrew? Will the elbow rotate...

You are right, 2 bar minimum to achieve max flow rate. Max flow is 10.8 +/- 15% - so @ 2bar I should get 9litres a min. Which is what is on my commissioning paperwork for the house. (2 bar/9litres a min 50degree rise taken as 7degree cold water inlet temp - 57 at all outlets ) I have 2 bar...

There are isolator valves to the kitchen sink taps but there was none to my 3 basins - at which I have just added isolators and check valves to the hot (as I thought my mixer taps were passing) Access to the bath cold is a no go. They come up through a drilled hole in the tongue and groove...

The kitchen tap doesn't have flexi pipes.. Its just 15mm copper up to the connection of the tap. It does have a aerator / restrictor in the nozzle - I tried removing that and it gives exact same flow. My boiler does have a flow restrictor in - which is 11 litres / min I'm told. There's no where...

Ahh get you. You mean just run a length in plastic to see if the flow through the boiler improves. Is it possible (given regs and everything) - on new houses they fit some kind of flow restrictor - say the cold feed to the bath is from the mains (after water meter) then the rest of the house is...

Thanks for the reply. Yeah... Oddly my water comes in, in my lounge - I have a cupboard in there where the blue Mdpe comes up out the floor - into my water meter - then 15mm copper out into the wall. I assume this then goes up and services the main bathroom first - then down into the kitchen...

The house is 8 years old, I've been here since new. It's just a small housing site of 16 new houses. The loft - top floor is a bedroom and ensuite with shower and basin. The kitchen tap is a mixer but with 2 separate taps - that's piped underneath straight off 15mm copper. The bathroom has been...

Oddly.. Kitchen tap is around 9/10 litres min, but my cold bath is 15 litres a min dnt get that.

The flow is the same at the kitchen hot tap as the shower outlet... Same flow with hose and shower head removed. Lived here since built 8 years ago, so no additions to any of the system, and issue started maybe 6 months ago.

Set the temp on the boiler to max temp now. Removed the thermostatic shower bar and put on a manual mixer - so hot water is fully open and adjust the cold to suit. Pressure/flow no different. Been having issues with showers going hot and cold - Bgas came and looked and blamed the mains pressure...

I have a greenstar 30si.... Think max flow is 12litres a min

Has anyone any experience with inline booster pumps. I'm looking at the salamander home boost and the Stuart Turner flomate. Do they work OK, are they worth it? I want to increase the pressure & flow in my shower from 9litres a min to 12litres n min. Current static pressure of 2bar, dynamic of...

The kitchen sink isn't fed from the TMV

Sorry yes. 3 basins and 1 kitchen sink. Yes the basin in the ensuite is fed from that TMV There's 3 feeds from the TMV - to all 3 basins (which I proved to be passing)