Hope maybe i can find some help with this, I am not a plumber but a construction manager trying to help a plumber determine a possible solution.
A hot water cylinder that is gravity fed by cold water from a medium sized tank in the loft above, about 3/4 of the way up the tank is a 1 inch connection from the tank that feeds approx 5 small washhandbasins in the floor below.
at the top of the tank is a 1 inch pipe that free vents back to the filler tank in the loft, out of the side of the connection at the top of the tank is a 15mm side branch that feeds a mixer shower in the floor below.
we have introduced a shower on the same floor as the cylinder and the shower head is approx 500mm in height above the tank, so we have introduced a pump, the plumber as T ed of the 15mm pipework that feeds the shower on the lower floor, the pump sits on the floor besides the cylinder, the place that it as been Ted is approx 300mm above top of pump.
When turning the shower on it pumps for a few squirts then stops (Problem)..we researched and found that a surrey or S flange may be the answer to this problem, we are about to undertake this but it looks like a surrey flange as already been fitted ( the connector at top of cylinder says surrey flange on it)
Assuming this is legible and can be understood by my description, as anyone any ideas as to what can be done to be able to resolve this.
Just for the record, we have thought that possibly if we T into the 1 inch connection that feeds the washandbasins and this goes to shower via pump, could this be a solution ??
Many thanks for any comments or asssisstance.
Regards
Russell
A hot water cylinder that is gravity fed by cold water from a medium sized tank in the loft above, about 3/4 of the way up the tank is a 1 inch connection from the tank that feeds approx 5 small washhandbasins in the floor below.
at the top of the tank is a 1 inch pipe that free vents back to the filler tank in the loft, out of the side of the connection at the top of the tank is a 15mm side branch that feeds a mixer shower in the floor below.
we have introduced a shower on the same floor as the cylinder and the shower head is approx 500mm in height above the tank, so we have introduced a pump, the plumber as T ed of the 15mm pipework that feeds the shower on the lower floor, the pump sits on the floor besides the cylinder, the place that it as been Ted is approx 300mm above top of pump.
When turning the shower on it pumps for a few squirts then stops (Problem)..we researched and found that a surrey or S flange may be the answer to this problem, we are about to undertake this but it looks like a surrey flange as already been fitted ( the connector at top of cylinder says surrey flange on it)
Assuming this is legible and can be understood by my description, as anyone any ideas as to what can be done to be able to resolve this.
Just for the record, we have thought that possibly if we T into the 1 inch connection that feeds the washandbasins and this goes to shower via pump, could this be a solution ??
Many thanks for any comments or asssisstance.
Regards
Russell