Good evening all.
My mains water pressure seems to be quite low in some parts of the house. On flushing the 1st floor WC, the cistern does not fill up by itself to illustrate this. On turning on and off the bath cold water tap, the cistern seems to then fill up
The ground floor pressure seems to be okay although during summer months, the garden tap does not have lots of pressure either.
I've let the water company know and they came out today to test this. I'm currently isolating because of the Covid-19 so the engineer plugged a tap in outside and tested the water pressure at the boundary of the property and told me that I'm getting 28 (I think it was litres per minute but could be wrong) and that the house is fed by a 15mm metallic pipe.
Seeing the pressure at the boundary, it seemed that it was an internal issue which will be a nightmare to diagnose as there is wooden flooring laid across the hallway where the mains pipe comes in. Digging up the front drive will also not be an option in all honesty.
I currently have a gravity fed hot water system and wanted to ask if in anyone's professional opinion a mains water pump would be advisable? If so, which models of pump are good and hard waring?
Many thanks in advance.
My mains water pressure seems to be quite low in some parts of the house. On flushing the 1st floor WC, the cistern does not fill up by itself to illustrate this. On turning on and off the bath cold water tap, the cistern seems to then fill up
The ground floor pressure seems to be okay although during summer months, the garden tap does not have lots of pressure either.
I've let the water company know and they came out today to test this. I'm currently isolating because of the Covid-19 so the engineer plugged a tap in outside and tested the water pressure at the boundary of the property and told me that I'm getting 28 (I think it was litres per minute but could be wrong) and that the house is fed by a 15mm metallic pipe.
Seeing the pressure at the boundary, it seemed that it was an internal issue which will be a nightmare to diagnose as there is wooden flooring laid across the hallway where the mains pipe comes in. Digging up the front drive will also not be an option in all honesty.
I currently have a gravity fed hot water system and wanted to ask if in anyone's professional opinion a mains water pump would be advisable? If so, which models of pump are good and hard waring?
Many thanks in advance.