We live at the end of the water main. The pressure in the house is too low to run more than one tap with any force. Ive had the water company out and they say the pressure in the road is not too bad and they have monitored the flow for a couple of weeks. I have a combi boiler and want to add another two bathrooms. Any suggestions on how to increase the pressure please?
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Get a new main in from the street to your house then repipe the house.
not too bad
So how bad or good was their findings or were you spared the details.
Could you supply us with a few facts which you will be able to get by your self.
have you a two liter measuring jug and a time piece with a second hand on it?
If so you would be able to tell us the flow rate at the kitchen tap at certain times of the day. Thats how many seconds it takes to fill the jug.
A pressure reading would also help.
For some thing short of a teener you could probably pick up a guage that would couple up to the washing machine cold supply.
But firstly make sure the stop tap in the house and in the road are fully turned on
Tim
So how bad or good was their findings or were you spared the details.
Could you supply us with a few facts which you will be able to get by your self.
have you a two liter measuring jug and a time piece with a second hand on it?
If so you would be able to tell us the flow rate at the kitchen tap at certain times of the day. Thats how many seconds it takes to fill the jug.
A pressure reading would also help.
For some thing short of a teener you could probably pick up a guage that would couple up to the washing machine cold supply.
But firstly make sure the stop tap in the house and in the road are fully turned on
Tim
Waterboard man said the pipe on our side of the meter could be scaled up. he also put in a request to change the meter to a larger bore, 32mm I think. Is that likely to help? The house is about 120 feet from the road on solid rock so the thought of laying a new pipe is a bit daunting.
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If your static pressure is OK we would suggest you sort it with an accumulator.
Yours is a classic application if the static pressure is 1.5bar or above. We saved someone £2K the other day from digging up half of Surrey.
Your combi might be the next bottleneck when you try using two hot taps, but that is another story.
Yours is a classic application if the static pressure is 1.5bar or above. We saved someone £2K the other day from digging up half of Surrey.
Your combi might be the next bottleneck when you try using two hot taps, but that is another story.
THREE bathrooms off one combi? In most cases they'll only supply one. You need your situation investigating carefully by a competent plumber who can consider all the options not just one. Accumulators can be used in a proportion of cases but if you want a good shower, you won't get it with 1.5 bar regardless how enormous the accumulator is.
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