Afternoon all,
Im guessing the answer to this will be because its a combi but just want to check first...
We had a valient ecotec 28 installed a few years back, removing the old gravity fed system, hot and cold water tanks and plumbing everything in directly.
As part of that, we managed to get Veolia water to replace the lead pipe from the water main, to the boundary tap (from the boundary to the internal stopcock was done 10+ years back to 22mm) as there was a lack of water flow (not pressure!) at the kitchen tap. We have a water softener which was fitted again about 10 years back and all flow testing was done with and without the softener (the pluming in the house was done so that all cold taps could be switched at will individually by turning off one tap and turning on another). There was little difference between the flow with and without.
At the time the boiler was fitted, there was only one shower using the hot water, along with the sinks, and although there was a drop in water flow at the shower head when the tap was opened, it was still usable - the temperature maintained by a thermostatic valve.
Since then, another electric shower packed in and was replaced with a thermostatic valve.
The problem i seem to be experiencing is that the flow to the upstairs shower seems to drop more now when the second shower is on (understandably as more water is being taken from the boiler). Question is, can the boiler be adjusted by setting somewhere to take into account the extra water flow that is being requested from it? I assume if there is, it was originally set for 1 shower + sink where its now being used for 2 showers... If there is can it be adjusted by me or does it need a installer/fitter to adjust?
Im guessing the answer to this will be because its a combi but just want to check first...
We had a valient ecotec 28 installed a few years back, removing the old gravity fed system, hot and cold water tanks and plumbing everything in directly.
As part of that, we managed to get Veolia water to replace the lead pipe from the water main, to the boundary tap (from the boundary to the internal stopcock was done 10+ years back to 22mm) as there was a lack of water flow (not pressure!) at the kitchen tap. We have a water softener which was fitted again about 10 years back and all flow testing was done with and without the softener (the pluming in the house was done so that all cold taps could be switched at will individually by turning off one tap and turning on another). There was little difference between the flow with and without.
At the time the boiler was fitted, there was only one shower using the hot water, along with the sinks, and although there was a drop in water flow at the shower head when the tap was opened, it was still usable - the temperature maintained by a thermostatic valve.
Since then, another electric shower packed in and was replaced with a thermostatic valve.
The problem i seem to be experiencing is that the flow to the upstairs shower seems to drop more now when the second shower is on (understandably as more water is being taken from the boiler). Question is, can the boiler be adjusted by setting somewhere to take into account the extra water flow that is being requested from it? I assume if there is, it was originally set for 1 shower + sink where its now being used for 2 showers... If there is can it be adjusted by me or does it need a installer/fitter to adjust?