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My house is at the top of the hill. In the loft conversion, so at the top of the house is a shower room. The electric shower is almost useless because it keeps cutting out due to low pressure, especially at high-demand times of the day, eg 8am. There is no room to fit a holding tank from...

Hi, I have a "Harp" brand trv fitted to a radiator. It became stuck so I tried to free it up by tapping the pin of the valve. This worked but also served to crack the cap nut that holds the rubber valve stem seal in. So, water leaks past the stem unless it is in the fully up (on) position...

Thanks, Chris. Yes, I do have a cold cistern but it is below the height of the shower and so would need a negative head set-up. Also, I wouldn't relish the thought of lifting the chipboard sheet floor in the loft to connect to the two (about 8m apart) I just thought that since, as you say...

Thank for your responses. I do see the problem of possibly reducing the pressure below atmospheric and drawing in contamination. However, as I (no plumbing expert but from fire service experience knowing a fair bit about water flow calculations) see it, firstly, the flow to this shower would...

I know that this mustn't be done. But why not? I've got an electric shower in a loft conversion. The mains feed is so low pressure that most of the time the 0.5 bar low-pressure switch on the shower cuts out. What would be the problem in fitting one of those low-presure electric showers that...