New tap :- Low hot water pressure

[jonnywells]

Having a new bathroom suite fitted at the moment.

Just had the basin installed but for some reason the hot water pressure if poor to the tap.

Its a mono tap like this

Its connected using 15mm flexi hoses. All the other taps in the house seem fine.................any ideas?

 

[JPC]

yes...they are not suitable for low pressure.

the pipework supplied and the inside workings of the taps are all geared up for high pressure...they cause too much of an obstruction and hence the hot flow is poor

 

[JohnD]

my guesses:

perhaps when you say "pressure" you mean "flow"

your hot water is supplied via a tank in the loft so the pressure is low

you have bought a stylish taps where the connectors on the bottom are the size of pencils

the tap is designed for high pressure supply and has narrow internals which are obstructing the flow of water.

edited: bah, too slow

 

[JPC]

 

[jonnywells]

Yes the "flow" is poor.....mains is fine.

Kinda Stuck with that tap now as it matched the bath tap design, but i need to buy 2 more taps for other rooms....would like a similer design if possible or will nothing like that work?

 

[TicklyT]

I did find some similar mixer taps on t'interweb that did work acceptably with gravity feeds for our bathroom. Can't remember who supplied them now.... I think the spec was 0.2 Bar minimum working pressure (That's about all the pressure you will get in a first floor bathroom with the CWST in the loft above).

Just had a quick google..... There were hundreds of results including this on fleabay.

http://search.ebay.co.uk/low-pressure-mixer-taps_W0QQfcclZ1QQfclZ4QQfnuZ1QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1