Shower advice please, please help
 

Hi,

I have just moved into a house with a shower cubible in an en-suite. Having never owned a shower before i need some advice.

The water from the shower comes out very slow even when turned on at full power, it is a mixer type system and the water tank is in the attic.

What can i do to improve the pressure?

I have heard of the pumps which can be brought but i have also seen a shower unit with those spray / mister nozzles on it in Homebase, the unit says there is no need for an additional pump and has a flow rate of 12 litres per minute - is this a good flow rate?

Will this type of system suffice without an additioanl pump?

Mickster wrote:

The water from the shower comes out very slow even when turned on at
full power, it is a mixer type system and the water tank is in the
attic.

What can i do to improve the pressure?

Either raise the water tank in the loft on substantial stilts to provide
extra head, fit a (twin impellor?) shower pump near base of hot water
tank, or get shower replaced with electric power shower fed only on cold
water from rising main.

A different nozzle probably won't make much difference, it'll still feel
like standing under a couple of dribbly Jif Lemons ;-)

"Mickster" wrote in message
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Hi,

I have just moved into a house with a shower cubible in an en-suite.
Having never owned a shower before i need some advice.

The water from the shower comes out very slow even when turned on at
full power, it is a mixer type system and the water tank is in the
attic.

What can i do to improve the pressure?

I have heard of the pumps which can be brought but i have also seen a
shower unit with those spray / mister nozzles on it in Homebase, the
unit says there is no need for an additional pump and has a flow rate
of 12 litres per minute - is this a good flow rate?

Will this type of system suffice without an additioanl pump?

Mickster


Do you know if there is a pump on the shower system already? It might be a pump
that needs switched on somewhere before you get you get the proper flow you want
at the shower head. If your new home has been empty for a while before you
moved in, then the electrics may have been switched for safety reasons.

Have a look around the airing cupboards and things to see if you can see a
switch in the "Off" position. It might be near to the hot water tank if you
have one.

"Andy Burns" wrote in message
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Mickster wrote:

The water from the shower comes out very slow even when turned on at
full power, it is a mixer type system and the water tank is in the
attic.

What can i do to improve the pressure?

Either raise the water tank in the loft on substantial stilts to provide
extra head, fit a (twin impellor?) shower pump near base of hot water
tank, or get shower replaced with electric power shower fed only on cold
water from rising main.

A different nozzle probably won't make much difference, it'll still feel
like standing under a couple of dribbly Jif Lemons ;-)

I have a power shower which had a reduced flow and I found that the filter
was choked. When cleaned the flow returned to normal
Blair

Check there isn't a pump already, there would normally be a pull switch in the bathroom if so. Look in bottom of airing cupboard for a pump.

If there isn't a pump, first try and see why shower sin't working properly. Next step is descale shower head or just buy a cheap one, they all have the same screw thread.

Only if those investigations fail consider another shower.

You can buy a thermostatic mixer shower which has an integral pump. It would require an electrician to be involved in fiting such a shower with the new Part P of the building regs now in force. One make is New Team 1,000, there are others.

12 ltr/min is very good, but just because that is what the shower will give doesn't mean it will in your house if you don't have a good flow now you aren't likely to get one without a pump.

Paul

"Andy Burns" wrote in message
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or get shower replaced with electric power shower fed only on cold
water from rising main.

Is than an oxymoron?

Adam