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Thanks for the reply - my local plumber installed the valve, so I'll have to double check (no pun intended!) with him what they fitted. Sounds like I need to ask them to fit a swing check valve horizontally, as that looks like it will do the trick.

Hi All, I received some great advice to a previous post: //www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=45962 Which explained that I had air in my power shower feed. I followed the advice in that post, and now I have a different problem. To recap, I have a hot water cylinder with the hot...

Thanks, thats a good clear explanation of how it works - I will certainly give this a try. cheers, Nick

Just thought Id' share my experiences... We had Solar Water installed last June. We are on oil in our village, and with the price of oil going up and up, it seemed a good option. the boiler wasn't used until about September/October when the heating came on. The price for our system, which...

Also.....why is the mixer necessary if the shower is a thermostatic mixer itself? I would think it struggles to draw water thru` the mixer that regulates the other hot draw offs and the shower feed too...Understood the safety mixers were to be fitted @ point of use..not one for all?...see what...

"The shower pump is stealing cold-feed from the hot tank." Thanks for the advice - would you mind expanding more on how this "stealing" works? Is it because it's easier for the water to be drawn out of the hot tank, than it is to get the water from the existing downpipe? thanks again, Nick

We have a shower pump (sited at the foot of the hot water tank), and powers our shower, and has done so with no problems. Last year we had a Solar Hot Water system fitted, and since then we've had several plumbers attempt to fix the problems with cavitation/poor pressure in the shower. I'll...