On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 12:17:32 +0100, Bob wrote:


"John Orrett" wrote in message
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IMM wrote:
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"John Orrett" wrote in message
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Christian McArdle wrote:
Hi all; my wife has advised me that we are getting a new bathroom
suite! she would like one that has the taps in the wall rather
than on the bath itself. The shop told her that we cannot do this
at present as we only have a Gloworm Ultimate 50 boiler and an
immersion heater, and not a combi.

big snip
The salesman may be half right. The taps may be high pressure and
his only notion of high pressure hot water is a combi.


But doesn't that just mean the taps can cope with high pressure, rather than
require it?

No. Specifically in this matter some taps are designed for high pressure
supplies and fitting them to a low pressure supply will give an
inadequate flow rate even when they are turned fully on.
You can get away with this on a kitchen sink where the cold is OK and the
hot is poor since the amount of hot water required is not great.

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