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My shower has recently stopped turning on.
It slowly got worse and worse...
the pipe, so it's no wonder the pump/shower isn't working properly.
Cold feed is good.
Hot taps (I've not drawn them onto the diagram) are working fine in all rooms.
The only thing I can think of, is that there is a isolating ball valve just before the shower pump. It's opening and closing just fine, but could it be possible it's blocked somehow, causing the trickle?
Pump is a Salamander CT50+.
Trouble is, I'm now confused - what would cause the hot feed to have slowed to a trickle?
Or, was it always a trickle, and the pump was previously able to suck the water up, but is now broken?
(Now, to my mind, the the hot feed into the pump should be coming directly up into the loft area, and feeding the pump that way, rather than going down to below the cylinder, and back up to the loft.
But this is what I've inherited when we bought the house. And it does work when it's working, even if it possibly isn't great for the pumps lifespan.)
Anyway, if anyone has any suggestions on how to diagnose what's causing this, that would be great.
Thanks.
EDIT: One thing I did try, was increasing the hot pressure by back filling the cold into the hot, via bath mixer tap. Dunno if that makes sense or not, but the water still trickled out of the hot feed into the pump.
It slowly got worse and worse...
- taking longer for the pump to kick in
- then would only kick in whilst fully on cold
- and now just doesn't start at all
the pipe, so it's no wonder the pump/shower isn't working properly.
Cold feed is good.
Hot taps (I've not drawn them onto the diagram) are working fine in all rooms.
The only thing I can think of, is that there is a isolating ball valve just before the shower pump. It's opening and closing just fine, but could it be possible it's blocked somehow, causing the trickle?
Pump is a Salamander CT50+.
Trouble is, I'm now confused - what would cause the hot feed to have slowed to a trickle?
Or, was it always a trickle, and the pump was previously able to suck the water up, but is now broken?
(Now, to my mind, the the hot feed into the pump should be coming directly up into the loft area, and feeding the pump that way, rather than going down to below the cylinder, and back up to the loft.
But this is what I've inherited when we bought the house. And it does work when it's working, even if it possibly isn't great for the pumps lifespan.)
Anyway, if anyone has any suggestions on how to diagnose what's causing this, that would be great.
Thanks.
EDIT: One thing I did try, was increasing the hot pressure by back filling the cold into the hot, via bath mixer tap. Dunno if that makes sense or not, but the water still trickled out of the hot feed into the pump.
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