Hi all,
Looking for a bit of impartial advice / help / potential solutions to a shower problem.
We used to have a 10.5kw Triton Thermostatic shower, which ran fine for about six months. We then had problems with it cycling - after a couple of engineer visits (and replaced heating cans / electronics) they tested the pressure / flow and found it to be below requirements. Under advice we downgraded to an 8.5kw but are having similar problems.
Static pressure is around 1.5 - 2 bar. Dynamic pressure is around 1 bar with ~8l/min flow (the min level for the 8.5kw). This was tested around mid-morning during the week and the engineer said that our readings were all over the shop, which doesn't bode well for weekday mornings!
We have a condensing boiler, whilst our shower runs off the mains. All of our internal pipework was replaced a year ago when we had the house renovated, although the street stopcock to internal stopcock looks like an old lead pipe. We recently had the drive done so would rather not rip that up again though!
We also have a redundant water tank in the loft. Bathroom is on 1st floor.
We are just looking for a reliable way to have a hot shower with relatively decent oomph behind it! Could spend up to about 1.5k if it gets us this.
Possible options from reading around:
- Return to gravity fed system from loft + shower pump
- Accumulator? Seen a couple of things on here but do not know much about this
- Move house!
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance!
Looking for a bit of impartial advice / help / potential solutions to a shower problem.
We used to have a 10.5kw Triton Thermostatic shower, which ran fine for about six months. We then had problems with it cycling - after a couple of engineer visits (and replaced heating cans / electronics) they tested the pressure / flow and found it to be below requirements. Under advice we downgraded to an 8.5kw but are having similar problems.
Static pressure is around 1.5 - 2 bar. Dynamic pressure is around 1 bar with ~8l/min flow (the min level for the 8.5kw). This was tested around mid-morning during the week and the engineer said that our readings were all over the shop, which doesn't bode well for weekday mornings!
We have a condensing boiler, whilst our shower runs off the mains. All of our internal pipework was replaced a year ago when we had the house renovated, although the street stopcock to internal stopcock looks like an old lead pipe. We recently had the drive done so would rather not rip that up again though!
We also have a redundant water tank in the loft. Bathroom is on 1st floor.
We are just looking for a reliable way to have a hot shower with relatively decent oomph behind it! Could spend up to about 1.5k if it gets us this.
Possible options from reading around:
- Return to gravity fed system from loft + shower pump
- Accumulator? Seen a couple of things on here but do not know much about this
- Move house!
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance!
