Hope you can help as I've not managed to find an available plumber yet.
I live in a property with low mains water pressure - measured crudely at around 10ltr/min but I'm convinced it drops below this much of the time. We cannot use our electric shower at the moment due to low pressure - been this way all winter.
We are having our bathroom and ensuite updated (hopefully) soon and would like shower(s) that take hot water from a tank as we have solar panels and want to make full use of them. The first job we had planned though was to replace the half inch/15mm copper pipe that runs from the meter to the internal stopcock with 25mm plastic pipe. We had a burst three years ago and a 2m section of the copper was replaced with plastic which is how I know what we currently have. We have a standard 15mm water meter at the roadside.
My question (at last!) is do we need to replace the supply pipe at all? It would provide peace of mind in terms of burst pipes but would it improve our water supply noticeably? I believe we will end up with an unvented cylinder (pressure vessel on top I think?), and will need a larger one than at present. Do we need a better supply just for such a cylinder?
It's just the upheaval that will be caused by digging up the garden to replace the supply pipe is a concern to me.
Thanks for any help!
I live in a property with low mains water pressure - measured crudely at around 10ltr/min but I'm convinced it drops below this much of the time. We cannot use our electric shower at the moment due to low pressure - been this way all winter.
We are having our bathroom and ensuite updated (hopefully) soon and would like shower(s) that take hot water from a tank as we have solar panels and want to make full use of them. The first job we had planned though was to replace the half inch/15mm copper pipe that runs from the meter to the internal stopcock with 25mm plastic pipe. We had a burst three years ago and a 2m section of the copper was replaced with plastic which is how I know what we currently have. We have a standard 15mm water meter at the roadside.
My question (at last!) is do we need to replace the supply pipe at all? It would provide peace of mind in terms of burst pipes but would it improve our water supply noticeably? I believe we will end up with an unvented cylinder (pressure vessel on top I think?), and will need a larger one than at present. Do we need a better supply just for such a cylinder?
It's just the upheaval that will be caused by digging up the garden to replace the supply pipe is a concern to me.
Thanks for any help!