Can I use a pump on bath only??

[PeterRayner]

I have installed a new whirlpool bath. The pipes for the previous bath were used - this bath was removed some time ago and I was not aware of any pressure problem on this previous much smaller bath ( new property). Now everything is completed in new bathroom - the only problem is very poor pressure from taps (both hot and cold) on bath. The pressure on the basin and shower is good.
Can I put any pump to increase pressure for bath only - hot and cold? Does anyone know which pump could be used? Or is there another solution - such as trying to make the pipes supplying taps narrower ( I do not know how wide they are)? Need to get it soon as workman coming on Monday and may not be able to do it after that!! Thanks for any reply!

 

[PeterRayner]

Just to add - if required - could/should I run pump for the whole of that bathroom if it is not possible to only pump to bath? Again - what pump to use? Thanks

 

[PeterRayner]

I should have added that the hot and cold water supply is from a communal boiler and communal tanks in flats - the pressure is generally low from them ( ie cold water does not have enough pressure for an ordinary electric shower ( elsewhere in flat).

 

[Goldberg]

Can you measure the flow rates from the hot and cold bath taps, and also from the basin hot and cold taps, and post the results here?

 

[PeterRayner]

@ Goldberg - don't have any equipment to measure the water pressure myself, unfortunately.

 

[Goldberg]

You need to measure the flow rate, not the pressure.

You can do it with a measuring jug and a watch.