In article ws.net,
Doctor Drivel wrote:
If your mains is good flow and pressure, I wouldn't fit a gravity fed
system. It may be cheaper, but it is incapable of running a shower
without a noisy pump.

That depends entirely on the 'head' from the header tank.

Exactly. Do you think they will give him planning permission to install a
100 foot water tower in the garden?

You can get a delightful high flow rate shower with the head that nearly
any house can provide for a gravity fed system. Provided you take care
with the pipe runs, sizing and installation. Which of course rules out
your bodged plumbing.

Any fool can provide a high pressure dribble of warm water. That's why
electric showers sell.

How often does your nurse allow you to wash?

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*When did my wild oats turn to prunes and all bran?

Dave Plowman London SW
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