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Hi,
I am renting a flat where all except the kitchen plumbing in the kitchen feeds of a Water Cylinder that is placed directly above the hotwater cylinder. There is a gas boiler in the kitchen that heats the water.
So here it starts:
1) The water storage tank is only about 30-40cm max above the intake of the toilet and taps (which are several meters away) it takes upto 15 min to refill the toilet.
2) There is a power shower in the ensuite bathroom. Where (how bad and not done by me) the pump is located underneath the washbasin. I tested and the powershower (aqualisa aquastream model) takes it cold water from the storage tank and the hot water from the HW cylinder.
So here are my questions:
1. How against regulations is this installation of the power shower in terms of electricity (just asking the obvious for easy start)
2. The powershower to be connected to a watertank that has a slow flow rate as can be seen from the toilet.
3. Can I (by a plumber) get the cold feed of the water tank to be capped off (it is a split tank with a seperation for the central heating part) and get the plumber to create a connection between by watermains and the capped of water pipe that feeds all else (except kitchen)? A plumber has quoted 100 pounds for this to do, but I want to sense check if it is wise to do. Especially related to point 2 as well.
FYI: interestingly if I look at the manufacturers website they state in general:
Can I pump mains water?
No! Water Supply Regulations 1999 (Water Byelaws 2000 Scotland) do not allow shower booster pumps to be connected directly to mains fed plumbing. Also this being the case, Pumped variants are not designed to withstand high pressure supplies.
However, contacting my water company, the state that within my flat after the first mains tap, one is allowed to do anything.
Hope some people can help me with the questions above and help me decide to:
1. Really start raising saftey concerns with the landlord
2. Decide to cap off and go for mains supply to toilet or not and not end up with a broken powershower as a result.
I am renting a flat where all except the kitchen plumbing in the kitchen feeds of a Water Cylinder that is placed directly above the hotwater cylinder. There is a gas boiler in the kitchen that heats the water.
So here it starts:
1) The water storage tank is only about 30-40cm max above the intake of the toilet and taps (which are several meters away) it takes upto 15 min to refill the toilet.
2) There is a power shower in the ensuite bathroom. Where (how bad and not done by me) the pump is located underneath the washbasin. I tested and the powershower (aqualisa aquastream model) takes it cold water from the storage tank and the hot water from the HW cylinder.
So here are my questions:
1. How against regulations is this installation of the power shower in terms of electricity (just asking the obvious for easy start)
2. The powershower to be connected to a watertank that has a slow flow rate as can be seen from the toilet.
3. Can I (by a plumber) get the cold feed of the water tank to be capped off (it is a split tank with a seperation for the central heating part) and get the plumber to create a connection between by watermains and the capped of water pipe that feeds all else (except kitchen)? A plumber has quoted 100 pounds for this to do, but I want to sense check if it is wise to do. Especially related to point 2 as well.
FYI: interestingly if I look at the manufacturers website they state in general:
Can I pump mains water?
No! Water Supply Regulations 1999 (Water Byelaws 2000 Scotland) do not allow shower booster pumps to be connected directly to mains fed plumbing. Also this being the case, Pumped variants are not designed to withstand high pressure supplies.
However, contacting my water company, the state that within my flat after the first mains tap, one is allowed to do anything.
Hope some people can help me with the questions above and help me decide to:
1. Really start raising saftey concerns with the landlord
2. Decide to cap off and go for mains supply to toilet or not and not end up with a broken powershower as a result.