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    Questions about putting a pump on a gravity feed hot water supply

    Thanks for the reply, I understand the point about the dedicated feed but I was thinking of putting the pump on the hot outlet that feed the whole house because it is only a 1 bedroom house and only one person living there so having more then one outlet on at a time would be very unlikely. Does...
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    Questions about putting a pump on a gravity feed hot water supply

    If it has an internal vent pipe does that mean I could connect a pump to the hot outlet feed without needing a surrey flange? Thanks
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    Questions about putting a pump on a gravity feed hot water supply

    Many thanks, that answers that question
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    Questions about putting a pump on a gravity feed hot water supply

    Many thanks for replies, I will look into this pump. What about the No expansion/vent pipe, is that Normal?
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    Questions about putting a pump on a gravity feed hot water supply

    Also I have uploaded photos of the cylinder, it is a direct cylinder with the 2 immersion heaters in for day and night rate. I see the mains cold water going to the top tank and the hot water coming out near the top side of the bottom tank, I can also see the white overflow coming out of the top...
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    Questions about putting a pump on a gravity feed hot water supply

    Hi, About the negative/positive head situation. Yes the shower head running off a hose from the bath mixer taps would be level or slightly higher then the cold tank feed but mixer taps would be about a meter below. As there seems to be a big difference in Pump price between Positive and negative...
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    Questions about putting a pump on a gravity feed hot water supply

    Something I forgot to mention is the mixer taps with shower attachment will just be a normal set, they will not have a thermostatic mixer valve, does mains still need to be equal pressure? Thanks
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    Questions about putting a pump on a gravity feed hot water supply

    Thanks for the reply. When you say balance the cold mains do you mean just at the shower mixer taps or at the main stopcock? As for Pump, any recommendations? It is a One bed house with only one person living there, upstairs Bath, sink and toilet and downstairs kitchen sink that has a mixer tap...
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    Questions about putting a pump on a gravity feed hot water supply

    Hi, I need to change a bath mixer tap to a bath mixer tap with a shower hose attachment to make a shower that runs off the mixer taps. The house has Mains cold water and gravity feed hot water. The house is electric only and it has a Direct economy 7 immersion Hot water tank (with the cold water...
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    Heating starts only after hot water is on

    Thank you for advice. I have a wireless thermostat that I put in about 18months ago. I have just looked at the battery on it and although the light is not flashing it is showing battery practically empty. I will go get new batteries for it and see if that helps. Do you think that could be...
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    Heating starts only after hot water is on

    Hi, A new problem that has just started with my heating and hot water. I have a conventional glowworm boiler ultimate 40FF and a 3 port heating hot water valve. Until yesterday everything worked fine but now my heating switch will not fire up the boiler (the 3 port danfoss valve stays in the...
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    easiboost shower pump fitted but not working

    Hi, I have approx 840mm (33 ") from bottom of cold water storage tank to shower head. My Pipe work for the shower goes back up to my loft before coming back down to my shower head and the highest point of the pipework is approx 300mm (11.5") from bottom of CW storage tank. The only dimension...
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    Problems with New Shower Pump

    Hi, Just an update, stuck a hoover on the end of the shower hose and it worked the pump kicked in and it all started working OK. I thought that was job done but I went back to the shower after a few minutes and although I was getting water through the pump did not start up. I have found that...
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    Problems with New Shower Pump

    Seriously? I think I'll try my dyson, if I'm quick might not get much water on it.
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    Problems with New Shower Pump

    Don't have anything like that I'm afraid
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    Problems with New Shower Pump

    Thanks for replys, will have a look tonight. What would you usually use to try to suck water from the shower head?
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    Problems with New Shower Pump

    Hi, I had a gravity feed shower that wasn't a very strong flow, I fitted a second hand shower pump that didnt seem to work properly, it started for about 10 seconds then stopped, give it a few minutes turn on the shower mixer again and it would work for another 10 seconds then stop, also I...
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    easiboost shower pump fitted but not working

    I fitted the hot water supply from a surrey flange on top of the HW tank, I have just double checked the dimensions and the pipe is only 925mm below the bottom of the cold water storage tank (instructions say minimum of 1000mm) Would that be a problem? The highest of my pipework to shower is...
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    easiboost shower pump fitted but not working

    Just fitted a secpndhand easiboost twin shower pump, never had a pump before, only gravity feed shower. It started up when I turned the shower on and run for about five seconds then started to pulsate on and off a few times. I turned shower off because I didn't think that was right. I turned it...
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    Thinking of Wireless Room Thermostat

    There is 2 grey and one white cable behind the Programmer backplate. The two white cables from the junction box are 1. HW Stat Cylinder(middle cable) wires are Brown to T9 Black To T8 (there are two blacks) Black to T8 Blue to T7 Yellow/green TO T3 2. Circulating Pump wire are...
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