Hi guys,
Firstly, my apologies for this long-winded post
Have been searching through the forum trying to find more information on an issue I'm having, but haven't been able to find a complete answer. Here is the background:
3 storey house with kitchen on ground (washing machine / tap), bathroom on first (bath / shower / tap) and toilet on top floor (tap). I currently have a boiler (Worcester 28cdi) fitted, and the house has very poor mains pressure. The hot water flow to the 1st floor bath is about 6l per minute at best.
This results in an adequate shower if I'm lucky, but in the mornings, or when other appliances are on, the shower quality is very poor indeed. Somebody suggested that I try putting in a cylinder and a pump (the only place I can really fit a cylinder is in my basement or maybe a smaller one in the top floor toilet room).
While I can see that a hot water cylinder and pump would solve the hot water problem, is there a good way to provide a better / more regular flow rate for cold water? I've seen some combo-units with an integrated cold water tank attached on top of a cylinder which seem to provide a simple solution, but its hard to find any reference material as to how good these systems are...
Also, when the hot water cylinder is emptied / becoming empty (ie. I'm pumping more water from the tank than can be refilled), how will that impact things (does the supply stop, or just slow down)?
Finally, my medium term goal is to install solar power in my house so will be migrating all of my gas appliances to electric in the future, so is it possible to get a cylinder that can be heated by both my boiler, and an immersion heater?
The basic idea is to isolate my shower / bath so that I can have continuous high pressure experience no matter what else is running, or the state of the mains supply pressure. Any advice would be appreciated, so thanks in advance...
Firstly, my apologies for this long-winded post
Have been searching through the forum trying to find more information on an issue I'm having, but haven't been able to find a complete answer. Here is the background:
3 storey house with kitchen on ground (washing machine / tap), bathroom on first (bath / shower / tap) and toilet on top floor (tap). I currently have a boiler (Worcester 28cdi) fitted, and the house has very poor mains pressure. The hot water flow to the 1st floor bath is about 6l per minute at best.
This results in an adequate shower if I'm lucky, but in the mornings, or when other appliances are on, the shower quality is very poor indeed. Somebody suggested that I try putting in a cylinder and a pump (the only place I can really fit a cylinder is in my basement or maybe a smaller one in the top floor toilet room).
While I can see that a hot water cylinder and pump would solve the hot water problem, is there a good way to provide a better / more regular flow rate for cold water? I've seen some combo-units with an integrated cold water tank attached on top of a cylinder which seem to provide a simple solution, but its hard to find any reference material as to how good these systems are...
Also, when the hot water cylinder is emptied / becoming empty (ie. I'm pumping more water from the tank than can be refilled), how will that impact things (does the supply stop, or just slow down)?
Finally, my medium term goal is to install solar power in my house so will be migrating all of my gas appliances to electric in the future, so is it possible to get a cylinder that can be heated by both my boiler, and an immersion heater?
The basic idea is to isolate my shower / bath so that I can have continuous high pressure experience no matter what else is running, or the state of the mains supply pressure. Any advice would be appreciated, so thanks in advance...