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Hello,
I have just moved house, having a v powerful shower is an important factor for us.
In the old house we had a vented gravity fed system (big water tank in loft) and I installed an Aqualisa Quartz Digital pumped shower (has processor / pump in loft which fed mixed thermostatic water down a single pipe to the shower). Loved it - very powerful.
New house is on same estate with the same gravity system (with 17 year old Glow worm boiler)and the showers are just using the standard gravity system pressure. They are a dribble at best and we want to get much better flow like in the old place.
The new house is larger with 2 baths and 3 showers. I have ruled out going to a combi system.
So my options are
1. Stick with the same system and install a pumped shower as I did in the old house.
2. Change the heating system to an unvented mains fed high pressure system with tank.
We are thinking of converting the loft in the medium term so option 2 is quite attractive as we could remove the cold tank in the loft altogether rather than having to move it.
I have measured our mains pressure and flow rate at the kitchen tap:
Pressure: 4.8 Bar
Flow rate: 25+ litres/minute
So my question is, if I went with option 2, do you think I could I expect to have a shower as good/powerful as the pumped Aqualisa one I installed in the old house?
I'd hate to spend a few grand on option 2 only to still have a weak shower but with no option to install a pump.
Thankyou.
I have just moved house, having a v powerful shower is an important factor for us.
In the old house we had a vented gravity fed system (big water tank in loft) and I installed an Aqualisa Quartz Digital pumped shower (has processor / pump in loft which fed mixed thermostatic water down a single pipe to the shower). Loved it - very powerful.
New house is on same estate with the same gravity system (with 17 year old Glow worm boiler)and the showers are just using the standard gravity system pressure. They are a dribble at best and we want to get much better flow like in the old place.
The new house is larger with 2 baths and 3 showers. I have ruled out going to a combi system.
So my options are
1. Stick with the same system and install a pumped shower as I did in the old house.
2. Change the heating system to an unvented mains fed high pressure system with tank.
We are thinking of converting the loft in the medium term so option 2 is quite attractive as we could remove the cold tank in the loft altogether rather than having to move it.
I have measured our mains pressure and flow rate at the kitchen tap:
Pressure: 4.8 Bar
Flow rate: 25+ litres/minute
So my question is, if I went with option 2, do you think I could I expect to have a shower as good/powerful as the pumped Aqualisa one I installed in the old house?
I'd hate to spend a few grand on option 2 only to still have a weak shower but with no option to install a pump.
Thankyou.
