Pump installation for Shower issues

[WATER1]

Just bought a new bath with no tap holes, we want to fit a wall mounted tap and bath spout and then get rid of the current electric shower and replace it with a T piece of the bath valves/taps and instal a shower rose from ceiling.

Is there any potential issues in installing a remote pump in the system for the water pressure for the shower ? instead of the current electric shower ?

will the water temp be affected if someone downstairs turns the hot or cold tap on ?

 

[Newboy]

The first thing to check is what type of supplies you have to the bathroom

Do you have a hot water cylinder and loft tanks or a combi boiler?

If you have a hot water cylinder - what capacity is it?

If you do have loft tanks then how much head is available (the distance beteween the base of the tank and the proposed location of the shower head)

What is the wall construction where you are proposing to site the taps/spout

 

[WATER1]

The first thing to check is what type of supplies you have to the bathroom

Do you have a hot water cylinder and loft tanks or a combi boiler?

If you have a hot water cylinder - what capacity is it?

If you do have loft tanks then how much head is available (the distance beteween the base of the tank and the proposed location of the shower head)

What is the wall construction where you are proposing to site the taps/spout

We have a Hot water Cylinder in the airing cupboard and two loft tanks. The house is about 8 years old, and the walls are soft block inner skin and brick outers with plaster board stuck by 'splodges'.

The distance from the base of the loft tank and the proposed shower head is quite small, 2 foot at the most ?

Will fitting a pump in the airing cupboard, increase water pressure throughout the house ?

 

[WATER1]

Anyone ?

 

[ChrisR]

Suggest you only pump the shower/bath.
EG: http://www.bathroomexpress.co.uk/shop_tec_qtinstall.htm

 

[WATER1]

Suggest you only pump the shower/bath.
EG: http://www.bathroomexpress.co.uk/shop_tec_qtinstall.htm[/QUOTE]

Whoaa !! thats confusing...but yeah we would probably end up only pumping the Shower and or bath..

Next question is....

Currently we have hot and cold water feed to the electric shower from the loft. and Hot and cold feed from the flooe for the bath.

If we want to do away with the electric shower, would we cap off the supply to the shower and run a t piece from each feed in the floor for the new pumped shower ?

In other words when we fit the wall mounted taps and bath spout, will we be able to switch to the shower with a single button and use the same controls for the shower, or will we need seperate shower controls ???

 

[ChrisR]

So you mean your "electric shower" is a pump and not a heater?
Easier to reuse those pipes than try to get pipes past the bath perhaps.
You can get thermostatic bath/shower wall mounted mixers but check the figures, some are restrictive.

 

[WATER1]

So you mean your "electric shower" is a pump and not a heater?
Easier to reuse those pipes than try to get pipes past the bath perhaps.
You can get thermostatic bath/shower wall mounted mixers but check the figures, some are restrictive.

well we currently have a Mirra elctric shower that does work as a pump. But we want to loose this and just run a seperate shower rose from the ceiling using the normal supply, hence the reason for the addition of a seperate pump in the airing cupboard.

I was just confused as to where the taps would go for the shower, and whether we could use the same taps for the bath as well as the shower. if we continue touse the shower supply then that will come in from above?

where as i plan on re-routing the current supply to the bath taps to a wall mounted bath spout and tap.

 

[ChrisR]

You can put the taps wherever you like - infinite variety available!