Hello,
I have some questions regarding installing a shower.

The place is a ground floor flat, it has a water cyclinder in the
cupboard but from what I see there is no seperate 'cold water header
tank' like you normally have in the loft, does this mean there is a
water buffer in the cylinder? i cant understand how/where the water is
stored.


My other question is i need to install a shower in the bathroom as the
pressure in the hot tap is not enough as i tried a combination cold/hot

tap but the hot water just dribbles out of the hot tap.


I gather that an electric shower can run off mains cold water, but a
shower pump (which has both hot and cold feeds) which you locate
elsewhere the pressure must be the same going into it, so therefore
this may not be suitable to install as there is no header tank?


Does anyone have any suggestions or a good website that explains all
this? thx.

On 19 Jun 2006 13:53:25 -0700 someone who may be
wrote this:-

The place is a ground floor flat, it has a water cyclinder in the
cupboard but from what I see there is no seperate 'cold water header
tank' like you normally have in the loft, does this mean there is a
water buffer in the cylinder?

There is probably a small header tank built on top of the cylinder.
You may be able to see it if you look up on top. You may also be
able to see the "overflow" pipe outside.

I gather that an electric shower can run off mains cold water,

They must be, except in unusual circumstances.

but a
shower pump (which has both hot and cold feeds) which you locate
elsewhere the pressure must be the same going into it, so therefore
this may not be suitable to install as there is no header tank?

Assuming there is a small header tank on top it may just be
possible, depending on how big the header tank is and how high the
mains pressure is to keep it filled. This also depends on the type
of shower and pump performance.

If you don't want to do the design work then an electric shower will
probably be the best solution, provided the mains and electrics are
up to it.

Another option is a venturi shower, which uses mains cold water and
low pressure hot water. However one may not be suitable for your
particular circumstances.


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David Hansen, Edinburgh
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On 19 Jun 2006 13:53:25 -0700, wrote:

Hello,
I have some questions regarding installing a shower.

The place is a ground floor flat, it has a water cyclinder in the
cupboard but from what I see there is no seperate 'cold water header
tank' like you normally have in the loft, does this mean there is a
water buffer in the cylinder? i cant understand how/where the water is
stored.

There's usually a combined tank with the water tank on top of the hot
tank.