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thanks - it was at 55, will try reducing and see how it goes i am in chigwell (IG7)

yep thames water down here, they are basically bankrupt and always dealing with burst pipes around me. the chap told me they wont increase the pressure as it will just mean more burst pipes for them. Separately, my old combi seems to be giving up. wife was in the shower this morning and...

yes i have been told the beams in the attic look good, but will need someone (maybe building engineer) to deisgn the base to make sure it can take the weight. so accumulator would need to be 350l if 250l tank, that is quite large. looking online something like this looks like it would work...

thanks, that is something one plumber told me also. worries me as a plumber i met yesterday who seemed quite good suggested a horizontal cylinder and it made me lose a bit of faith. if i get a 250l unvented cylinder, would i need a 250l accumlator tank also? i have asked a few neighbours and...

thanks both. yep pressure seems to be the problem (thames water said its a problem a lot of houses have and nothing that can be done on their side as the min for them is 1 bar) and the only solution seems to be an accmulator tank e.g. 250l tank with 250l cylinder. attic is the only place i...

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i should of added, currently we have one child but plan is to have 3. so 5 of us in the house and we usually have in laws etc saying so ideally would want to be able to run 2 showers at the same time, ideally 3 if needed (when kids become teenagers). i was thinking to add solar option for the...

Hi, Wondering if anyone can give some good insight as I have learned some info from browsing this forum. Situation – recently moved into a 4 bed detached house. When we purchased it had 3 showers and 4 toilets. We converted one into a utility room but we will in the future (hopefully) have 3...