Hi
At one end of the house we've just bought we have a full water system (gravity fed cold plus dedicated HW cylinder) supplying only one en-suite bathroom and the kitchen hot tap below.
Irritatingly the installation is done in such a way that pressure to taps etc is not great (eg 15mm to bath, lots of flexi hoses etc.). As pipework is all neatly buried there's not a lot I can do about this, so looking at pumps.
Everything is nicely accessible. I can tap into 22mm from the cold and the hot before it enters the bathroom (and spurs off to the kitchen). There's power nearby and plenty of space.
A couple of questions:-
- What's a reasonable pressure for a bathroom - 2 bar, 3 bar? I'd like the shower to be invigorating, but not painful, the bath to take less than 45 minutes to run and I don't care how fast the toilet fills! In most cases, only one thing will be running at a time, although conceivably, the kitchen hot tap may call from time to time when something else is on.
- What is an equilibrium ball valve?! Apparently I will need one on the toilet.
- Silly one this. The pipes are easy to get to, but against a wall with limited play. Will be difficult to get a pipe cutter in behind them. What's the best tip for cutting into them?
Many thanks for help.
At one end of the house we've just bought we have a full water system (gravity fed cold plus dedicated HW cylinder) supplying only one en-suite bathroom and the kitchen hot tap below.
Irritatingly the installation is done in such a way that pressure to taps etc is not great (eg 15mm to bath, lots of flexi hoses etc.). As pipework is all neatly buried there's not a lot I can do about this, so looking at pumps.
Everything is nicely accessible. I can tap into 22mm from the cold and the hot before it enters the bathroom (and spurs off to the kitchen). There's power nearby and plenty of space.
A couple of questions:-
- What's a reasonable pressure for a bathroom - 2 bar, 3 bar? I'd like the shower to be invigorating, but not painful, the bath to take less than 45 minutes to run and I don't care how fast the toilet fills! In most cases, only one thing will be running at a time, although conceivably, the kitchen hot tap may call from time to time when something else is on.
- What is an equilibrium ball valve?! Apparently I will need one on the toilet.
- Silly one this. The pipes are easy to get to, but against a wall with limited play. Will be difficult to get a pipe cutter in behind them. What's the best tip for cutting into them?
Many thanks for help.