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rebecca1
I've started to plan the renovation of my existing bathroom, but before I do would like to get the issues I'm having with low pressure/flow sorted, and I'm struggling to ascertain the cause! I have zero experience with plumbing and having scrounged the internet have found plenty of possible causes but I'm unsure of the likelihood of any one possibility over another so seeking advice before getting a plumber out!
Having done a home test I have 10L per minute coming out of my cold kitchen tap (by mains into house).
Upstairs on the first and second floor this reduces to 8L per minute from the cold (sink).
However the hot sink taps upstairs run at 6.5L per minute, and the bath and shower even worse at 5.5L per minute.
I have a ideal logic combi 30 boiler (located on the first floor) and have tried adjusting the temperature down from its current setting to the minimum, with no obvious difference in results.
I was concerned about possible deposits in my pipes upstairs as the original building is very old (the kitchen is a newer extension) being the cause for the reduced pressure, but I believe I have copper pipes everywhere which from my understanding are pretty resistant to sediment build up within normal water conditions? I believe my water is fairly hard from looking on the Severn trent website. Upstairs in my spare bathroom which does not get used a lot I have a considerable amount of blue green sediment on the fixtures within in the toilet cistern (copper?), and brown staining in the bowl (iron?). This is also similar in the sink that drips slightly, with both slight brown and blue staining in the ceramic sink being apparent. The water appears clear when run.
Would anyone possibly be able to help with any guidance on where my problem is likely coming from? Could it just be a relatively low flow at point of entry (10L per min), or should this be sufficient for a small albeit 3 storey house? Could narrow pipes be the cause? (I'm unsure of what dimensions I should have!) or is sedimentation in the pipes a possibility? Of course the other culprit could be the boiler but I live alone so would have expected it to be sufficient to run one appliance at a time? Any other possible culprits?!
Many thanks.
Having done a home test I have 10L per minute coming out of my cold kitchen tap (by mains into house).
Upstairs on the first and second floor this reduces to 8L per minute from the cold (sink).
However the hot sink taps upstairs run at 6.5L per minute, and the bath and shower even worse at 5.5L per minute.
I have a ideal logic combi 30 boiler (located on the first floor) and have tried adjusting the temperature down from its current setting to the minimum, with no obvious difference in results.
I was concerned about possible deposits in my pipes upstairs as the original building is very old (the kitchen is a newer extension) being the cause for the reduced pressure, but I believe I have copper pipes everywhere which from my understanding are pretty resistant to sediment build up within normal water conditions? I believe my water is fairly hard from looking on the Severn trent website. Upstairs in my spare bathroom which does not get used a lot I have a considerable amount of blue green sediment on the fixtures within in the toilet cistern (copper?), and brown staining in the bowl (iron?). This is also similar in the sink that drips slightly, with both slight brown and blue staining in the ceramic sink being apparent. The water appears clear when run.
Would anyone possibly be able to help with any guidance on where my problem is likely coming from? Could it just be a relatively low flow at point of entry (10L per min), or should this be sufficient for a small albeit 3 storey house? Could narrow pipes be the cause? (I'm unsure of what dimensions I should have!) or is sedimentation in the pipes a possibility? Of course the other culprit could be the boiler but I live alone so would have expected it to be sufficient to run one appliance at a time? Any other possible culprits?!
Many thanks.