On 24/07/18 14:09, Andrew wrote:
On 24/07/2018 08:59, True Blue wrote:
On Tuesday, July 24, 2018 at 8:58:09 AM UTC+1, True Blue wrote:
I had a bathroom completely refitted about 3 years ago. After the job
was done, the flow at the taps, showerhead etc was significantly
reduced. The guy who did the work told me that the old, wide fittings
were no longer available. Of course, this was bull****. It takes an
age to fill the bath and the shower is *just* adequate on full bore.

Is there any virtue in fitting a pump to the bathroom supply only?

I'm on gravity feed.


And he has fitted continental taps which are designed for direct
mains connection. He knew this would be a problem.

you'll need a pump that drives cold and hot feeds from the airing
cupboard, probably fitted in the airing cupbaord.

Then send the bill to the first bloke. If he procrastinates,
just go after him in the small claims court, doesn't cost much.


We recently had a new bathroom fitted (my days of such major jobs are
behind me).

Part of the refit was an Aqualisa Shower. It has a pump which can go in
the loft, under the bath, ...... Our has a gizmo to divert the output to
a 'rain head' or one of those hose head things. The bit in the shower
is just a switch, there is a cable to the pump/control box which has hot
and cold 'low pressure' feeds from the respective tanks. The output is,
in my view, all you could want but not variable for pressure- just temp.

We are delighted with it, so much so the plan is to have another one
fitted in our ensuite which currently has an Electric 'instant' mains
pressure shower.

Our refit was complicated by the fact the bathroom had mains pressure
cold water and gravity hot. The fitter ran pipes for the new shower-
quite a run due to the layout of the house.