Recent content by sharvey66

So to remedy this I think I will put a non return valve of some description in the cold water supply to the shower mixer....any thoughts. BTW many thanks for the replies....looks like one marrage/neck saved

Thanks for the reply, Its beginging to look exactly as you suggested. the point where the water from both tanks meet is the mixer valve. Is it possible that the mixer although usefull for cutting of supply to the show head, does not isolate the hot and cold suplied from each other, and as they...

Actually this is a very good point and perhaps my reference to science fiction was a bit previous. The header tanks for the cold supply that supplies the hot tank( and consquently the pump) is above the cold tank used to supply the cold to the pump. So I guess the pressure of the hot water is...

I rencently fitted a power shower. Realising I needed a lot more cold water than I had in my header tank, I fitted a supplimentary cold tank to feed the pump above the hot tank in may airing cupboard. Although every thing is actually working fine, I cannot stop the tank from overflowing. I...