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Thanks Charwood :D Saves me ripping out the kitchen ceiling.

I have a worcester 34cdi combi which is located in the kitchen and the shower is directly up on the first floor. This may sound reasonable but the piping actually runs upto the attic then come down to the floor of the bathroom where it then connects to the shower mixer. I used to have a water...

Tom1981, Flow rate is cold water at kitchen sink and I did the same test on shower head. Shower has thermostatic mixer but results are same even when set to 38 degrees. And I totally agree with you on unvented system as I had this before and it was perfect. 13 years with no problems at...

Peter, I agree that temp should be part of the equation but I was looking at just the amount of water distributed at the shower head, even if it's luke warm. As far as lead pipe is concerned, I phoned up Affinity Water and advised that I have removed lead pipe from my property and I would...

Agile, The plumber stated that boiler and new mains plastic pipe would be enough to satisfy my requirements. So I took his word. Well pressure has gone up but flow is still not quite there. My original requirement was to replace my aging potterton profile 80E and vented tank with new...

Hi, Firstly, I do apologise if this topic has been raised in other posts but sometimes it's hard to follow posts especially when they get hijacked and the topic goes off at a tangent. So I hope someone can provide me with some guidance on how I can improve the water flow and pressure to my...

Well, I'm going with the majority vote of a fast recovery cylinder. Thanks to you all for the sound advice. I hope the thread will help others who are trying to save a bob or two. :D

SimonH2 Thanks for the very detailed reply. I'm trying hard to get my head around what you described but I have a few questions. I'm a bit confused here. Do you mean that the cold feed is teed at the bottom of the cylinder and then connected to the PHE inlet?

well it looks like a new high recovery cylinder then. :D One last question - what is better, copper or steel cylinder?

Is this what you mean: In general would a plate heat exchanger provide faster recovery then the existing coil? I agree with you and muggles that replacing the cylinder would be easier but cost of a good rapid recovery cylinder like the megalife is around the £1000 mark for 150Ltr...

I would like firstly to thank you all for replying so quickly. I'm a basic diy'er so please forgive me for my ignorance. The only problem I have with my heating system is that it's very slow heating up the water, especially when my teenage daughters get infront of the bath queue :x...

This is my first time on this forum and I have a question which I seen asked many times but there has never been a clear answer. I have a standard Y plan central heating system with a vented indirect water cylinder. The current coil doesn't heat the water quickly so I was looking to replace...

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