Hi all,
I'm in a large Victorian house which suffers from low hot water pressure at the taps. The cold water pressure is adequate. Mixer taps are a nightmare, when turning the cold on it almost completely overpowers the hot. Gravity showers any distance from the water tank are a nightmare. I assume most of the problem is a result of long runs of old copper pipe, (God forbid! I even found a bit of plastic pipe the other day!), which is too small (15 mm). Other than a complete renewal with 22mm pipe is there anything else I can do?
I'm in a large Victorian house which suffers from low hot water pressure at the taps. The cold water pressure is adequate. Mixer taps are a nightmare, when turning the cold on it almost completely overpowers the hot. Gravity showers any distance from the water tank are a nightmare. I assume most of the problem is a result of long runs of old copper pipe, (God forbid! I even found a bit of plastic pipe the other day!), which is too small (15 mm). Other than a complete renewal with 22mm pipe is there anything else I can do?
