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The current setup I have in my bathroom is: hot water coming from a combo boiler supplied from the mains; cold water coming from a tank in the loft (about 1m higher than the shower head). The shower is then one where there's a dial to set the temperature and a valve system behind to mix the two water feeds.
Because of this setup, the pressure from the hot water feed is higher than that from the cold water. So, to get the shower working properly (it pulses on and off otherwise) I need to have a hot tap slightly open at the same time as having a shower (thereby reducing the hot water pressure to a similar level to the cold). This makes the shower work, but at a fairly low overall pressure.
I'm interested in any recommendations people have for how to increase my shower pressure.
What I've thought of are:
1. Bypass the cold water tank altogether by directly connecting the in-out feeds, thereby effectively having 2 separate mains pressure cold water feeds for the property.
Concerns in doing this are: all the pipework from the tank onwards is used to low pressure, then suddenly getting mains pressure it may start leaking; that cold water feed also goes to my washing machine and toilet - both of which have low pressure fittings that would need replacing.
2. Extend the current mains cold water feed on to the shower, leaving the remainder of the water-tank feed in place (to the toilet, sink and washing machine). Downside to this is it will need quite a bit of tiled flooring being removed in order to get access.
Are there any things I'm overlooking? Is there some kind of power shower I can buy that would work with this combination of hot from combo boiler and cold from a tank? Is there a way of locally boosting the pressure from the water tank? Any suggestions would be very welcome.
Because of this setup, the pressure from the hot water feed is higher than that from the cold water. So, to get the shower working properly (it pulses on and off otherwise) I need to have a hot tap slightly open at the same time as having a shower (thereby reducing the hot water pressure to a similar level to the cold). This makes the shower work, but at a fairly low overall pressure.
I'm interested in any recommendations people have for how to increase my shower pressure.
What I've thought of are:
1. Bypass the cold water tank altogether by directly connecting the in-out feeds, thereby effectively having 2 separate mains pressure cold water feeds for the property.
Concerns in doing this are: all the pipework from the tank onwards is used to low pressure, then suddenly getting mains pressure it may start leaking; that cold water feed also goes to my washing machine and toilet - both of which have low pressure fittings that would need replacing.
2. Extend the current mains cold water feed on to the shower, leaving the remainder of the water-tank feed in place (to the toilet, sink and washing machine). Downside to this is it will need quite a bit of tiled flooring being removed in order to get access.
Are there any things I'm overlooking? Is there some kind of power shower I can buy that would work with this combination of hot from combo boiler and cold from a tank? Is there a way of locally boosting the pressure from the water tank? Any suggestions would be very welcome.
