Help with Mixer/shower tap install

[hawickblue]

Hi all, newbie here,

I have a problem with a recent shower mixer tap set up.
Basically the hot water does not have enough head to supply the shower head, its a flat and a gravity fed hot water system.

The water heater is a Elson Maxistore 210 litres (never seen these before). Basically just a big kettle...

My question is, is it possible to fit a pump on the outlet from this unit to increase the pressure to enable the shower to work.

Any help much appreciated.

Andy

 

[sonray ltd]

these are useally mains pressure.

 

[hawickblue]

these are useally mains pressure.

Yes a cold feed in, but the water then runs through heating elements etc and sits there in the tank.... like i said it is just a big kettle really.
Toilet cysterns are mains fed, but when flushed they use gravity... similar set up here am afraid..

cheers

 

[sonray ltd]

Yes a cold feed in, but the water then runs through heating elements etc and sits there in the tank

no it doesn't.

 

[Mike Jackson]

Variation on the fortic combination cylinder. Product Selector : Model Info

I would be wary of using a pump due to the low volume stored in the cold water section.

Mike

 

[hawickblue]

no it doesn't.

OK cheers, but what do you think is the best solution ?
Scrap the mixers and use a powered shower from the cold feed ?
Andy

 

[sonray ltd]

sorry i was thinking of the corel e which is mains pressure not the maxistore.

yes as said your cold water storage is to small.
you can have an electric shower.

 

[hawickblue]

Variation on the fortic combination cylinder. [DLMURL="http://www.ukplumbersforums.co.uk/redirector.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.elsonhotwater.co.uk%2Felson%2Felson.nsf%2F03798e9169de46dd80256a2a003c660b%2Fccbd8f0a012b082180256ac30052621d%3FOpenDocument"]Product Selector : Model Info[/DLMURL]

I would be wary of using a pump due to the low volume stored in the cold water section.

Mike

Thanks for info, it says on the product page that it can be supplied with mains pressure showering facility and shower valve......

What would this involve ?

Andy

 

[Mike Jackson]

I would imagine that this is a factory fitted option of a coil within the cylinder such as used on thermal stores.

Mike