I am currently renovating my bathroom, and due to tap choice (Hudson Reed's that uses narrow flexi connectors...even for the bath taps), I had to install a single impeller pump (ST Monsoon 3 br single) to boost my DHW, and connnect the taps to the cold mains. Also, the basin mixer tap (15cm below the bottom of my CW storage tank) in my loft conversion had always provided a feeble HW flow.
Now that I have installed the pump (on the GF beside the HW cylinder), it appears that when I try to use the basin tap on the top floor, the 15cm drop is insufficient to activate the pump reliably...sometimes it works ...at time not.
Is there a flow switch (air switch ???) that I could install that will allow the top floor tap to reliably activate pump supply ?
My other options is to replace with a larger tank and swap the location with the CH tank (which is currently above the CW tank), hopefully that would add about 50 cm to the height difference...(BUT MORE GRAFTING !!!!!!!!!)
many thanks in advance
Now that I have installed the pump (on the GF beside the HW cylinder), it appears that when I try to use the basin tap on the top floor, the 15cm drop is insufficient to activate the pump reliably...sometimes it works ...at time not.
Is there a flow switch (air switch ???) that I could install that will allow the top floor tap to reliably activate pump supply ?
My other options is to replace with a larger tank and swap the location with the CH tank (which is currently above the CW tank), hopefully that would add about 50 cm to the height difference...(BUT MORE GRAFTING !!!!!!!!!)
many thanks in advance