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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? |
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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 ;-) |
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"Mickster" wrote in message ... 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. |
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"Andy Burns" wrote in message ... 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 |
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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 |
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"Andy Burns" wrote in message ... or get shower replaced with electric power shower fed only on cold water from rising main. Is than an oxymoron? Adam |
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