shower pressure

[tarmacghost]

been in our house for 2 yars now, and since fitting the shower we have never really been happy with it, when you turn it up to get a decen temp of water the low pressure always comes on

the shower is fed from the mains supply

can i fit a pump to up the pressure?


thanks

 

[Newboy]

Short answer - no you are not permitted to fit a pump on the mains supply.

Assuming that you have an electric shower then I'd check what pressure and flow rate you have then check if it's working correctly

 

[tarmacghost]

cheers for that

will look into it

if my shower was fed from the water tank would a pump be ok then?

 

[swidders]

possibly - but if you're looking to install a pump (now assuming you have a header tank and hot water cylinder), then you're possibly looking at a power shower to replace the electric one!

Don't know what you've got - cubicle or above bath?

 

[tarmacghost]

yeah we have a hot water cylinder and a header tank in the loft and shower is in a cubicle

just been told by someone on another forum that a pump would make no difference to the problem ??

also after a bit more reading/searching found that a new pumped shower would be cheaper than a decent pump alone although i would still need to plumb it into the tank rather than the mains

 

[seco services]

just been told by someone on another forum that a pump would make no difference to the problem ??

you can't fit a pump to an electric shower off the mains any way.

 

[tarmacghost]

yeah i know that now, i was tallking about feeding it from the tank