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Quick update on this. Had the water supplier round this morning. His flow cup measured 10l/min at the kitchen tap. I measured 16 seconds to fill a 2 litre bottle (= 7.5l/min) but he seemed to think his cup was more accurate (!). Did the same test with a pipe connected in place of the...

Ultimately this is exactly what I've done. They're coming tomorrow and hopefully can confirm the flow rate at my meter (before any of my pipework). If it's crap there I'll try to convince them to replace their section of pipe. They're running a pressure of 1.7 bar but with a flow of only 8l/min...

If the valve was upstream of us both, it would cause him to affect me and vice versa.

The guy a couple of doors down did a flow rate test for me and got exactly the same results. His house is the same age as mine (>100 years). One thing to note is that the 7l/min is very consistent. I've never seen it drop to less than that unless I open two taps on my supply. If it was a main...

I don't know... You can heat anything given enough energy. The water company is coming on Monday to measure flow rate at the meter. Hopefully it's as bad as indoors and I can convince them that it's bad enough to warrant replacing their tap off the communication main.

Haha getting mixed up with my seconds and minutes o_O 9l/sec would make for a lovely shower!

How did you do the maths to get to 540l/min?

I though minimums were 1.0bar and 9l/sec. Not sure if that's static or dynamic though.

I have poor mains water flow rate in my house. I've just renewed all of the internal pipework in 22mm copper leaving only 3m of 1/2in steel pipe between the meter and the new stop tap (22mm full bore lever). Static pressure is about 1.7 bar but the maximum flow rate I can achieve is ~7l/min...

Yeah we've gone a bit off track talking about storage. I'm really after tips around constructing the door... Like Does it need to be fire rated What hinges can I use that are flush on the surface that also work with a door that's potentially 40mm thick Steel frame or timber frame Would this be...

The main use is as a stairway so yes - trying to also turn it into a storage system is probably not the way to go.

Not sure what you mean RE not wasted space Fair amount means the cellar currently holds my growing tool collection, some food, gas & electricity meters and all of the cat6 cabling for the house terminates down there too. Don't tell my GF but I have grand plans for the cellar to one day become...

Stop it...! Edit: oh no... wrong show!

Interesting idea. I was actually thinking that after the door in the floor is completed I could build a storage unit on wheels to fit into the lowest third or so which would otherwise be dead space. Thing is we do need to get into the cellar a fair amount and I'm worried that I'm actually making...

A metal frame would be an option (a grinder and paint makes me the welder I ain't) but not sure how the hinging would work. With timber I was thinking soss hinges so that they're flush when the door is closed.