Is it possible

[midge123]

that is it exactly, the idiots below us only go to the toilet and run water when we use anything in the bathroom, which is weird because they hardly ever bathe. you can hear everything and the stink coming up, people who use air fresheners all the time and the stench that comes up from below. Pure scum Yes a pump has to be installed

 

[Elkato531]

Not sure I understand your last rant, but...

As I understand it, you are in an upper flat of a converted semi. Do you have a loft space above you? Why not install a cold water storage cistern up there and pump from that to your shower ie the break tank set up that was mentioned by BigSnoopy

 

[Dan Robinson]

Why not just move?

Google the phrase "back siphonage". Then you might understand why it is not a clear cut answer and why someone of your apparent literacy can not just go shoving pumps in willy nilly.

 

[midge123]

Somebody is still upset by my truthful comments and now relying on childish insults. Love it. Property is council. In any case I knew I would never get the answer required. I have decided to upgrade my shower to a Glee thing BL105w,If that is no better when the Neanderthals decide to play their games, then a pump will be fitted and I'll see what happens. It may come as a shock to a few that, I actually pay for my water supply and I want it. Also the water regularly stinks has bits in it and for countless years all drinking water comes from 5lt botts from waitrose.

 

[midge123]

wasting my time you mean

 

[midge123]

Further, not all who live in council properties claim state funds. A little knowledge to some is a dangerous thing and my question still hasn't been answered and if those who can be prepared to read before showing their ignorance, then maybe the tabloid minds can look at the cause of all this country's woes might improve. It is also totally unbelievable that responses to my Q come with low brow replies. Why are pressure washers not banned if all the reasons I want to pump are ok for that ?

 

[midge123]

One prefers to have and use one's rights , as I'm alive I like to spend my hard earned on buying nice things and going to nice places, frequently. Ball and chain mortages [no spelling err] and 'rigsby' Landlords don't do it for me. If you think I shouldn't be living in a council hole and that some scrounger with ancestory not of European links should , you really do have a problem. Your thinking is as Victorian as the plumbing system. 'You can fool some of the people all of the time but you can't fool all of people all of the time' Now that is a smart adage.

 

[oph]

I think Joe90 has resurfaced...........

 

[Dan Robinson]

Maybe... but at least I have a good shower and don't have to live above smelly foreigners.

Only scroungers think that people who disapprove of scrounging have a victorian mindset.

Funny how you think you have a rigth to a council house.

Bob Crow lives in social housing.

He's a knob end as well.

 

[midge123]

oh,please

 

[Charnwood]

I live in social housing. I know my place.

As has been explained, it is not clear-cut. Here's an idea; for the definitive answer, go tell Severn Trent you intend to attach a power washer to their mains water. See what they say.

 

[Elkato531]

A pressure washer generates a very high pressure at the nozzle (hence its name) but the flow rate is quite low (only about 6 litres a minute). This flow rate is probably lower than the mains water flow rate out of the tap you are attaching it to. The pressure on the water main is, therefore, not going to be reduced by the pressure washer.

To get a decent shower (like the one I've just had), you are going to want at least 12 litres per minute, preferably more. If this is more than the water main can supply at its normal pressure, then the pump will reduce the pressure behind it and could lead to reduced (or no performance) at other outlets.

That's why you are allowed to attach a pressure washer to you garden tap but you are not allowed to attach a shower pump to your rising main.

 

[midge123]

ST that's interesting. Still havn't seen the refund from them from years ago, when they diddled customers .Each was owed about £15 wonder how much that would be worth now. If I use my jet washer I ain't breaking no law, and if I decide to pump the mains for my shower, what's the diff ?.I pay for my water supply and can't even drink it, the wife was convinced of the evidence and she doesn't drink it either.ST, huh, one rule for one ,not in my book

 

[sooey]

If you're going to put a pump to a leccy shower you'd better buy a load of spare PRVs, and good luck trying to heat all that water with a 10 kw leccy shower.

 

[midge123]

Thank you,an answer I can understand

A pressure washer generates a very high pressure at the nozzle (hence its name) but the flow rate is quite low (only about 6 litres a minute). This flow rate is probably lower than the mains water flow rate out of the tap you are attaching it to. The pressure on the water main is, therefore, not going to be reduced by the pressure washer.

To get a decent shower (like the one I've just had), you are going to want at least 12 litres per minute, preferably more. If this is more than the water main can supply at its normal pressure, then the pump will reduce the pressure behind it and could lead to reduced (or no performance) at other outlets.

That's why you are allowed to attach a pressure washer to you garden tap but you are not allowed to attach a shower pump to your rising main.